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 Good morning, everybody. As we're standing, let's have a quick word of prayer.

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 Lord God, we thank you that you have gathered your people here on this last Sunday of Advent.

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 Lord, as we open up your word, give us eyes to see the beauty of the incarnation.

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 Lord, help us to be right there in the story.

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 Lord, I pray that by your Holy Spirit you would move in our hearts.

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 If anybody here has a misunderstood view of you, that that would be all that more corrected this morning.

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 For some that don't yet know you, may this be the morning they come to faith.

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 In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Please take a seat.

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 So some of us still travel into work, but a lot of us work from home.

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 Before the work from home orders, some of you would travel across one of the three bridges onto the Quebec side.

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 Think about the day ahead, think about co-workers, what you're going to eat at dinner time, new recipe.

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 Your mind would probably be racing, but unlikely that you'd be thinking about the structural integrity of the bridge you were crossing.

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 Or you hop on a bus, or you jump in your car, you're driving to the office, going to the front entrance, jump in the elevator, go up to floor seven.

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 Whatever floor you're on, thinking about you're behind at work, or maybe you're on the verge of finishing a project.

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 Whatever. Whatever it may be.

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 Family.

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 I don't think you're thinking about the structural integrity of that building that you're in.

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 What makes a bridge or a building trustworthy?

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 Is it not the integrity of the build?

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 The engineering and the contingencies in place that would give us confidence to such a degree that we don't even think about the trustworthiness of the bridge or the building or the road.

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 Unless, you know, your mind goes in a morbid direction.

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 Or, you know, there's an actual structural problem with it.

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 But how about with people?

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 What makes somebody trustworthy?

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 That's what makes a building or a road or a bridge, some kind of structure trustworthy.

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 But how about people?

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 What makes a person trustworthy?

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 People that you trust have integrity to keep confidentiality when you share with them a vulnerable thing.

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 They're not going to hijack your friendship for their own reputational gain.

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 They have a track record of trustworthiness, of showing up, of saying something and following through.

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 When they do something that offends you, you know, you can work things out.

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 There's apologies.

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 There's reconciliation.

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 There's built trust.

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 There's built integrity there.

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 Now, listen, of course, no building or bridge is going to last forever.

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 I mean, gravity, the weather, the elements, all that stuff will take its toll.

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 Things aren't built to last forever.

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 Also, to be a human is to err.

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 So, it's inevitable that there's some kind of broken trust in relationships.

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 No relationship is perfectly integral.

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 There is more to trust than simply having integrity.

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 But integrity is most certainly the crucial ingredient.

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 So, centuries before Jesus' birth, the nation of Israel found itself in what seemed to be perpetual exile

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 with Assyria, with Babylon, with Persia, eventually with Greece.

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 And by the time Jesus shows up on the scene, they're under Roman subjugation.

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 It's constantly being ruled by a foreign power.

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 And if you were to read a secular historical book, sociology, whatever, on the history of Judea,

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 they would potentially say, a historian, they would chalk it up to geopolitical forces at the time.

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 One nation conquers a small nation that is conquered and so on and so forth.

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 But the biblical account is that Israel fell into idolatry.

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 And a cycle of idolatry that wasn't just amoral, but absolutely dehumanized a whole people group.

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 Sacrificing children, going to war, worshipping in perverse and sexual, like terribly sexually perverse ways.

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 And the scriptures say that because of that, they were sent into exile.

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 So, I'm painting a bit of a backdrop leading up to Jesus coming on the scene.

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 Up until about 500 years before the Christmas story, God spoke to Israel through the prophets.

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 And he promised that he would restore them.

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 He would restore them.

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 That their relationship, the broken relationship with him would be restored.

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 And that it would be done through this mysterious and magnificent, mighty Savior.

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 We get little hints of this Savior throughout the prophetic books.

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 This anointed one from God that would be sent to correct all the wrongs.

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 To fix all the brokenness.

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 So, leading up to the first century, this messianic understanding kind of evolved past the biblical account.

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 So that the Messiah would come.

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 And by the time the Romans were there, would completely upend the Romans.

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 It would be a military and political force, this Messiah.

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 And purify the land.

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 And there was a great messianic fervor.

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 But the problem was, they were still under subjugation.

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 They were still under the yoke of a foreign oppressive rule.

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 And they struggled with it.

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 There was false messiahs.

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 There were collaborators.

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 There were people being led astray.

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 There were essentially political terrorists.

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 All within the nation of Israel.

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 All trying to achieve some kind of messianic.

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 And the question then is asked by these people.

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 Has God forgotten about us?

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 Does he lack integrity?

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 It's been 500 years since he spoke to us.

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 Let alone the fulfillment of the prophecies of the Messiah coming.

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 500 years.

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 Even the exodus or the enslavement in Egypt was 400 years.

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 This is 500 years.

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 There's groaning.

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 There's frustration.

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 Is God who he says he is?

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 Is he the promise keeping God?

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 Does he have integrity?

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 Can we trust him?

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 In fact, there was a savior already on the scene.

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 So to speak, a savior.

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 Caesar Augustus was the first emperor of Rome.

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 And his reign ushered in relative peace to the known world.

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 Maybe this is the savior that history points to.

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 But our story doesn't pick up in Rome.

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 It does not pick up in Jerusalem.

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 It does not pick up in a palace.

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 Our story picks up in lowly backwater Bethlehem.

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 And this is the backdrop for the text that we'll read this morning.

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 As we read, keep in mind the angst that is felt by society under Roman rule in ancient Israel and Judea.

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 Think about the question in your mind as we read, can God be trusted?

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 Is he trustworthy?

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 Is he an integral God?

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 Because, I mean, I don't know if there's anybody new.

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 If you're new, welcome.

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 If you're new at home, welcome.

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 But everybody here, I think, has been to church before.

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 And immediately you'll jump to, oh no, of course God is trustworthy.

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 Of course he's integral.

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 Because we see the end of the story.

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 We're familiar with the end of the story.

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 But I'd say put yourself, not at the end of the story, but in the story.

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 Try to feel the angst.

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 Ask the question.

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 Let it kind of sit uneasy in your heart.

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 Is God trustworthy?

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 Is God trustworthy?

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 So if you have a Bible, please turn with me to Luke chapter 2, starting in verse 1.

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 If at any time you need a Bible, we have some Bibles here at the front.

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 Help yourself to a Bible.

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 Feel free to take it home.

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 So we'll read Luke chapter 2, verses 1 to 7 to open it up.

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 In those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.

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 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

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 A quick pause here.

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 I'm not going to get into it at all.

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 If you're into kind of historical criticism,

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 or you've heard that there's a bit of a discrepancy with this possible,

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 like a dating issue with verse 2, this registration under Quirinius,

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 George, in his blog, had a good explanation for this.

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 The blog is from November 22nd.

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 I'd encourage you guys to check it out.

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 It should be on the YouTube show notes right under the video.

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 And you can check that out.

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 But we'll continue.

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 I'll start again in verse 2.

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 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria,

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 and all went to be registered, each to his own town.

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 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth to Judea,

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 to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem,

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 because he was of the house and lineage of David,

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 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.

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 And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth,

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 and she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloth

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 and laid him in a manger because there was no place for them in the inn.

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 Throughout this chapter, and really throughout the rest of Luke,

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 but especially in this chapter, there are these subtle jabs at Caesar Augustus.

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 Not because Luke has this thing out for Caesar Augustus.

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 It's because Caesar Augustus was the most powerful man in the world.

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 Easily the most powerful man in the world.

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 Caesar is the one who brought peace, remember, to the known world.

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 And here in this story of Jesus' lowly birth,

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 he is just an unknowing agent of God's plans.

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 The emperor, the greatest emperor of the greatest empire,

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 is a mere pawn in the purposes of God.

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 Caesar had registration across the known world for the purpose of taxation,

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 a grand, grand, grand thing,

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 and it was used by God so that an 800-year-old prophecy could be fulfilled.

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 The prophecy in Micah chapter 5,

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 that the Messiah would be born in lowly Bethlehem.

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 But Mary and Joseph were in Nazareth.

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 God, in his providence, orchestrates the fulfillment of a prophecy,

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 and he uses the most powerful person as a pawn.

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 It's remarkable.

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 It really is remarkable.

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 You could say it's coincidence.

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 If it is, let's, if you feel that way,

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 if you're thinking that way, that's okay.

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 Let's just keep, continue on.

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 But before we continue on,

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 I'm not sure if you guys knew this,

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 I'm no prophet, all right?

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 I can predict that I'll make breakfasts most mornings,

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 and I'll change at least one poopy diaper.

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 That's kind of the extent of my prophetic ability.

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 So I'm no prophet.

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 So I'm not going to muse on how the Lord

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 is going to use really, like, current, current events

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 for his purposes.

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 I'm not going to, I'm not going to try to figure that kind of stuff out.

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 But I'll just say this.

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 It would seem that throughout history,

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 whenever a human force tries to suppress God's church

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 or claim absolute authority over God,

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 it seems that God turns it on its head

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 and uses it for his own purposes.

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 Communist China has tried to stamp out religion

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 and destroy the church.

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 And it's because of their very actions

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 that the church has flourished.

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 They can try, but they will fail.

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 Time and time and time again in history,

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 God makes it very, very plain

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 that the most powerful,

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 the most absolute authority

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 is just a pawn in his providential plan.

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 And here we have exactly that with Caesar Augustus.

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 He's just a pawn.

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 It doesn't mean he's not a powerful person.

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 It just means, compared to God,

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 who is he?

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 Who is he?

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 It's remarkable.

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 If we had time to go through all of Luke 1 and 2

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 and just Luke 1 and 2,

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 not to mention the rest of Luke,

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 we'll see even more fulfilled prophecies,

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 but never in a way that seems to be straightforward

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 from human perspective,

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 but completely and perfectly fulfilled

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 in God's way and in his time.

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 And yet no other story could be,

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 no other way this story could be kind of told

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 would make it come to pass in the way that it did.

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 There's no other choose-your-own-adventure.

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 God could have done it this way,

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 or this way, or this way, or this way.

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 This is the way that God has chosen.

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 It's magnificent.

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 It's spectacular.

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 The greatest emperor of the greatest empire

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 is completely upended by God

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 through a child born to peasant parents

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 in a lowly backwater town

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 in a very, very contentious land.

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 And this is God's doing.

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 The emperor of peace

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 pales in comparison to the king of peace.

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 Caesar Augustus ushered in

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 the 200 years of Roman peace,

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 but it was never truly peace.

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 I mean, it definitely wasn't eternal peace.

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 It lasted for 200 years,

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 but it was a peace that was brought about

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 by subjugation and slavery

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 and a lot of bloodshed and taxation

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 and heavy-handedness.

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 It was peace,

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 but it wasn't the peace.

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 So he is the emperor of peace,

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 but he's not the king of peace.

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 And Luke here is showing us this

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 in a very subtle way in the text.

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 This is why, friends,

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 we ought to strive for good governance

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 in our country,

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 but not put our faith in it.

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 The war to end all wars

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 lasted not even a generation.

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 It was a very short-lived maxim.

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 Time and again,

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 our best attempts at peace and prosperity

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 never last.

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 They never last.

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 It's not as though we shouldn't

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 strive for peace

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 or strive for the ending of war

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 and strive for good governance.

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 It's just that we ought not

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 to ever put our faith

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 and ultimate trust and hope

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 in those things

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 because they don't have true,

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 eternal, everlasting integrity.

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 They always fall apart.

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 So what about the peace

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 that God would bring?

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 Would it last forever?

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 Remember,

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 keep yourself in the story.

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 Feel the angst.

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 Let's continue.

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 Verses 8 to 14.

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 And in the same region,

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 there were shepherds out in the field

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 keeping watch over their flock by night.

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 And the angel of the Lord appeared to them

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 and the glory of the Lord shone around them

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 and they were filled with fear.

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 And the angel said to them,

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 Fear not,

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 for behold,

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 I bring you good news of great joy

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 that will be for all people.

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 For unto you is born this day

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 in the city of David a Savior

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 who is Christ the Lord.

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 And this will be a sign for you.

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 You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths

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 and lying in a manger.

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 And suddenly there was,

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 with the angel,

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 a multitude of the heavenly hosts

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 praising God and saying,

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 Glory to God in the highest

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 and on earth peace

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 among those whom he is pleased.

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 Consider how magnificent this is.

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 At night,

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 the shepherds see the sky light up.

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 This declaration that this angel says

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 is befitting of an emperor.

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 Again,

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 these subtle jabs

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 at Caesar Augustus' absolute power.

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 Because this declaration isn't given to him.

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 It's given to Jesus.

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 It's a grand announcement.

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 A Savior,

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 a Messiah,

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 a Lord.

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 All very technical terms

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 that are full of meaning.

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 Savior,

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 somebody that will

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 literally save.

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 The Messiah,

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 the Christ,

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 someone that is anointed by God

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 to be a Savior.

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 And the Lord is a regal title.

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 And it's all given to Jesus.

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 I mean,

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 if they would have said

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 in Rome,

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 in the halls,

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 the great halls,

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 you will find this one.

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 That would be fitting.

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 But you will go to Bethlehem

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 and you'll find this,

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 the Savior,

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 Messiah,

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 and Lord

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 wrapped in swaddling cloths.

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 It doesn't fit,

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 but it's right.

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 It's right.

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 And it's also interesting that

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 the announcement isn't made to dignitaries.

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 It's not made to important people.

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 It's not made to religious leaders.

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 It's made to shepherds.

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 And although in the Bible,

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 shepherding,

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 especially where we see shepherding

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 with Moses

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 and with David,

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 it has a good connotation

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 about it.

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 Shepherding,

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 by the time Jesus' day

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 comes to pass,

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 it fell into disrepute.

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 Urbanization happened

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 so that the rich people

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 were not so much

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 the rich shepherds

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 that tended their own flock,

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 but they got the poor people

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 to attend their flock.

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 And these poor people,

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 by virtue of tending a flock,

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 couldn't engage in religious life,

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 couldn't engage in social life.

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 There was a suspicion

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 around shepherds

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 in Jesus' day.

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 They were lowly people.

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 And yet,

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 they are the first people

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 that hear this declaration

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 of the Christ.

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 The first people.

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 Luke writes

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 this true account

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 of the shepherds

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 with the blue-collar man in view,

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 the down-and-out single mom in view,

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 the my serb payment just ran out

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 father of three in view.

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 And because it is

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 for the shepherds,

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 it means it's for us.

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 It's for us.

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 It's for you.

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 Our ears are hearing this

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 with the shepherds.

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 The first announcement

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 of the Christ

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 who will come.

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 Because at the very core

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 of what it means

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 to be a human,

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 and you might be put together,

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 and if you are,

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 that is good.

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 There's no judgment.

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 But there is a brokenness

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 about humanity.

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 There is.

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 There's pain.

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 There's broken relationships.

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 There's betrayal.

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 And if we're real

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 about who we really are,

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 we are lowly people.

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 And God declares

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 His salvation to us.

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 It's wonderful.

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 It is wonderful.

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 It gives us great hope

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 that this is who God

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 has declared His goodness to.

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 And here's the bit

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 that speaks about peace.

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 Look with me again

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 in verse 14.

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 Glory to God

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 in the highest

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 and on earth.

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 Peace among those

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 with whom

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 He is pleased.

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 This peace

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 is fleshed out

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 in two songs

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 from chapter 1.

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 One Mary's song,

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 the Magnificat,

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 and also Zechariah's

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 prophecy,

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 both in chapter 1.

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 I won't read

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 Zechariah's bit,

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 but I encourage you guys

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 to take some time

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 and read through it,

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 meditate on it.

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 But here's some of

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 Mary's prayer.

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 And this is what it says.

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 This is from Luke chapter 1,

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 starting in verse 46.

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 And Mary said,

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 My soul magnifies the Lord

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 and my spirit rejoices

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 in God my Savior.

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 For He has looked

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 on the humble estate

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 of His servant.

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 For behold,

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 from now on

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 all generations

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 will call me blessed.

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 For He who is mighty

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 has done great things

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 for me

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 and holy is His name.

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 And His mercy

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 is for those

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 who fear Him.

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 From generation

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 to generation,

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 that's that long-lasting bit.

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 He has shown strength

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 with His arm.

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 He has scattered the proud

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 in the thoughts

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 of their hearts.

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 He has brought down

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 the mighty from their thrones

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 and exalted those

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 of humble estate.

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 He has filled the hungry

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 with good things

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 and the rich

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 He has sent away empty.

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 He has helped

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 His servant Israel

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 in remembrance

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 of His mercy

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 as He spoke

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 to our fathers,

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 to Abraham

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 and to His offspring forever.

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 That prayer

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 is so packed

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 with theological truth.

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 But what I want you guys

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 to hear

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 is that

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 this peace

00:23:38.359 --> 00:23:39.299
 that God will bring

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 will look to correct

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 and heal

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 and feed

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 and mend

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 the brokenness

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 and the hungry

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 and lift up the lowly

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 and for the plans

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 of those

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 who are in authority

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 that don't use

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 their authority

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 to serve

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 but to subjugate.

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 That sounds like peace

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 and this peace

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 is from generation

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 to generation.

00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:09.259
 This is the peace

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:10.399
 that God

00:24:10.399 --> 00:24:11.379
 is bringing

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 that God

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.740
 is declaring

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.940
 through these angels.

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:16.799
 Again,

00:24:16.899 --> 00:24:17.440
 Augustus

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.679
 he couldn't

00:24:18.679 --> 00:24:19.759
 he couldn't offer

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.639
 that peace.

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 The Pax Romana

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 again

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 if you were under

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 under the peace of Rome

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 you still had to pay taxes

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 and often times

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:33.720
 it was very unjust

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.819
 the tax collecting.

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 A Roman garrison

00:24:37.439 --> 00:24:38.199
 had authority

00:24:38.199 --> 00:24:39.539
 that you had to

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 submit to.

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 A third

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:43.279
 of the

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:44.240
 population

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 was enslaved.

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 That doesn't sound

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:50.000
 like full peace

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.399
 to me.

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 And yet

00:24:52.199 --> 00:24:52.819
 the peace

00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:53.939
 that God offers

00:24:53.939 --> 00:24:55.519
 is true peace

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.419
 and it's everlasting.

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 It has integrity.

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 And Mary here

00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:01.000
 connects it

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 right at the bottom

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.480
 in verse 54

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.059
 and 55

00:25:03.059 --> 00:25:04.340
 to the fulfilled

00:25:04.340 --> 00:25:05.620
 promises of God.

00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:07.740
 God

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.799
 is trustworthy.

00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:12.299
 His promises

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:13.319
 are coming true

00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:13.940
 finally.

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:15.180
 He hasn't forgotten.

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:16.180
 God

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:17.700
 is

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.580
 God

00:25:18.580 --> 00:25:19.460
 is

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.580
 God

00:25:20.580 --> 00:25:21.539
 is

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:21.660
 God

00:25:21.660 --> 00:25:22.140
 this is again

00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:23.019
 why we don't put our

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:24.440
 ultimate hope in the promises

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:25.420
 made by

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:26.420
 government

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:27.160
 by

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:28.580
 health care workers

00:25:28.580 --> 00:25:28.980
 by

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:30.019
 a spouse

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 or a partner

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:32.820
 by

00:25:32.820 --> 00:25:34.320
 the hope of a promotion

00:25:34.320 --> 00:25:34.940
 or

00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:36.440
 a salary increase.

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.940
 Those things

00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:38.900
 don't have

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:40.539
 true

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:41.940
 long lasting

00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:43.019
 fulfill

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:44.180
 the hole in our heart

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:44.920
 integrity.

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:47.640
 They might promise that

00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:49.840
 but if you've had a few

00:25:49.840 --> 00:25:50.420
 disappointments

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:50.799
 you know

00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:52.720
 you know what I'm

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.620
 saying

00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:54.960
 that that integrity

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.740
 it's lacking

00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:59.320
 because at the core

00:25:59.320 --> 00:26:00.160
 of our brokenness

00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:01.340
 isn't just

00:26:01.340 --> 00:26:03.200
 a lack

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:04.180
 of a better job

00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:04.500
 or

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:05.860
 a really thoughtful

00:26:05.860 --> 00:26:06.759
 husband or wife

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.039
 or

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:07.960
 or a husband

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.720
 and wife

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:10.279
 or a really

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:11.420
 really excellent

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:12.120
 prime minister

00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:12.719
 or premier

00:26:12.719 --> 00:26:14.699
 or mayor

00:26:14.699 --> 00:26:16.519
 or whatever

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:18.459
 but at the core

00:26:18.459 --> 00:26:19.099
 of our brokenness

00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:19.599
 is sin

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:21.539
 and an estranged

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:22.179
 relationship

00:26:22.179 --> 00:26:23.099
 from the living God.

00:26:25.139 --> 00:26:26.199
 Verse 14

00:26:26.199 --> 00:26:26.859
 at the end of it

00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:27.399
 says this

00:26:27.399 --> 00:26:28.579
 it says

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:29.979
 on earth

00:26:29.979 --> 00:26:30.399
 peace

00:26:30.399 --> 00:26:30.919
 among

00:26:30.919 --> 00:26:31.619
 those

00:26:31.619 --> 00:26:32.379
 with whom

00:26:32.379 --> 00:26:32.739
 he

00:26:32.739 --> 00:26:33.199
 God

00:26:33.199 --> 00:26:34.119
 is pleased

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:35.219
 that bit

00:26:35.219 --> 00:26:35.799
 with whom

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:36.559
 he is pleased

00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:37.959
 is this technical

00:26:37.959 --> 00:26:39.500
 biblical term

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.720
 that refers

00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:41.579
 to God's elect

00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:43.339
 those that

00:26:43.339 --> 00:26:43.640
 are

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:45.279
 a part of

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:46.160
 the in group

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:47.940
 those that God

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:49.059
 has saved

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:51.220
 and just if you

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.880
 if you think

00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:52.880
 that this is somehow

00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:54.619
 an exclusive group

00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:55.079
 remember

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:57.019
 declared to shepherds

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.700
 right

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:59.960
 and what have

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.519
 the shepherds

00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:01.119
 done to

00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:02.039
 to get into

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.480
 this

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:03.960
 wonderful

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:05.200
 exclusive

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:06.619
 elect group

00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:07.480
 this in group

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.299
 what have they done

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:10.200
 they've done

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.579
 nothing

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:13.460
 the angel

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.159
 shows up

00:27:14.159 --> 00:27:14.940
 and declares

00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:16.740
 this wonderful

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.460
 peace

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.779
 on earth

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.740
 to God's

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.159
 elect

00:27:20.159 --> 00:27:20.859
 and they just

00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:21.559
 hear it

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.980
 they have done

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.799
 nothing to

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.899
 achieve this

00:27:24.899 --> 00:27:27.159
 but they have

00:27:27.159 --> 00:27:27.960
 to receive it

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:29.579
 they have to

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:30.639
 receive it

00:27:30.639 --> 00:27:33.799
 so look with me

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.519
 in

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:36.359
 in the last

00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:37.240
 bit of our section

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:38.119
 verses 15 to

00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:38.439
 20

00:27:38.439 --> 00:27:40.959
 when the angels

00:27:40.959 --> 00:27:41.539
 went away

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.859
 sorry

00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:43.379
 when the angels

00:27:43.379 --> 00:27:43.779
 went away

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:44.339
 from them

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:45.179
 into heaven

00:27:45.179 --> 00:27:46.019
 the shepherds

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.500
 said to one

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:46.739
 another

00:27:46.739 --> 00:27:47.399
 let us go

00:27:47.399 --> 00:27:47.959
 over to

00:27:47.959 --> 00:27:48.479
 Bethlehem

00:27:48.479 --> 00:27:49.459
 and see

00:27:49.459 --> 00:27:50.119
 this thing

00:27:50.119 --> 00:27:50.439
 that has

00:27:50.439 --> 00:27:50.819
 happened

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.779
 which the

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.339
 Lord has

00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:52.959
 made known

00:27:52.959 --> 00:27:53.559
 to us

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:55.279
 they are

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:55.979
 responding

00:27:55.979 --> 00:27:56.539
 to this

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:57.019
 message

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:58.619
 it's not

00:27:58.619 --> 00:27:58.939
 just that

00:27:58.939 --> 00:27:59.419
 they hear

00:27:59.419 --> 00:27:59.979
 it and

00:27:59.979 --> 00:28:00.299
 go on

00:28:00.299 --> 00:28:00.719
 their way

00:28:00.719 --> 00:28:01.419
 it changes

00:28:01.419 --> 00:28:01.739
 them

00:28:01.739 --> 00:28:02.839
 they respond

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:03.099
 to it

00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:03.319
 look

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:03.899
 continue

00:28:03.899 --> 00:28:04.819
 on with

00:28:04.819 --> 00:28:04.939
 me

00:28:04.939 --> 00:28:05.699
 verses 16

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.480
 and they

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:06.920
 went with

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:07.420
 haste

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:07.900
 and found

00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:08.440
 Mary

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:09.380
 and Joseph

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:13.120
 and the

00:28:13.120 --> 00:28:13.420
 baby

00:28:13.420 --> 00:28:14.019
 lying in

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:14.500
 a manger

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:17.460
 they went

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:18.519
 with haste

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.839
 the idea

00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:20.799
 with this

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.160
 haste is

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:21.420
 that they

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:22.220
 left their

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.799
 flocks

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:24.019
 they left

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.559
 their flocks

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:24.900
 where they

00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:25.200
 were

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:27.339
 we looked

00:28:27.339 --> 00:28:27.700
 at this

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:28.299
 in a Bible

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:28.599
 study

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:29.059
 recently

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.599
 we had a

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:30.000
 discussion

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.319
 well did

00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:30.700
 they leave

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:31.119
 people to

00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:31.639
 look after

00:28:31.639 --> 00:28:32.220
 the flocks

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.559
 and take

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:32.819
 care of

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.440
 the flocks

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:34.299
 you know

00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:34.720
 because

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.779
 it's not

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.120
 like this

00:28:36.120 --> 00:28:36.860
 was a

00:28:36.860 --> 00:28:37.180
 pendant

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.779
 area

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.259
 they're

00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:38.460
 just

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:39.080
 literally

00:28:39.080 --> 00:28:39.920
 just

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.440
 following

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:41.080
 the flocks

00:28:41.080 --> 00:28:41.519
 in a

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:42.000
 giant

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.740
 giant

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.340
 wilderness

00:28:43.340 --> 00:28:44.519
 where there's

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.480
 predators

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:46.480
 and everybody

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:47.779
 who knows

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:48.279
 anything about

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:48.600
 sheep

00:28:48.600 --> 00:28:48.920
 like they

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.600
 have zero

00:28:49.600 --> 00:28:50.140
 defense

00:28:50.140 --> 00:28:50.720
 mechanisms

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.799
 so that's

00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:52.019
 what the

00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:52.320
 shepherds

00:28:52.320 --> 00:28:52.720
 are for

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:53.820
 shepherds

00:28:53.820 --> 00:28:54.320
 lead them

00:28:54.320 --> 00:28:55.600
 to food

00:28:55.600 --> 00:28:55.940
 and to

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:56.519
 good water

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:57.360
 and protect

00:28:57.360 --> 00:28:57.720
 them

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:59.100
 well

00:28:59.100 --> 00:28:59.840
 but they

00:28:59.840 --> 00:29:00.539
 leave their

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:01.660
 their flocks

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:02.920
 with haste

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:04.340
 there is

00:29:04.340 --> 00:29:04.700
 something

00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:05.300
 wonderful

00:29:05.300 --> 00:29:06.240
 about this

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:09.860
 they are

00:29:09.860 --> 00:29:10.340
 overcome

00:29:10.340 --> 00:29:11.140
 they have

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:11.539
 to see

00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:11.700
 it

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:11.980
 they're

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.680
 responding

00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:13.420
 with this

00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:14.620
 with this

00:29:14.620 --> 00:29:15.140
 passion

00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:15.640
 with this

00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:16.500
 fervency

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:19.580
 let's continue

00:29:19.580 --> 00:29:19.980
 on verse

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.400
 17

00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:20.759
 and when

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.279
 they saw

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:21.480
 it

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:22.680
 the baby

00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:23.180
 they made

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:23.660
 known the

00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:24.019
 saying

00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.500
 that had

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:24.900
 been told

00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:25.100
 them

00:29:25.100 --> 00:29:25.460
 concerning

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:26.000
 the child

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:27.039
 and all

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.539
 who heard

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:28.140
 it wondered

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:28.580
 at what

00:29:28.580 --> 00:29:29.220
 the shepherds

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:29.940
 told them

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.440
 it was

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:30.940
 likely that

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.360
 Bethlehem

00:29:31.360 --> 00:29:32.740
 was swollen

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.319
 with people

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:33.660
 for this

00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:34.079
 registration

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.420
 I mean

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:34.960
 we know

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.299
 that there's

00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:36.519
 no room

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:37.180
 in the inn

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:37.579
 not like

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:37.859
 they have

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.480
 a holiday

00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:38.819
 inn

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.599
 but there's

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:40.180
 no place

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:40.579
 for them

00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:40.960
 to have

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.380
 a room

00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:41.680
 to have

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:42.180
 a bed

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:43.620
 Bethlehem

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:44.019
 is full

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.539
 of people

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.079
 and they're

00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:45.759
 hearing this

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.380
 words going

00:29:46.380 --> 00:29:46.900
 around

00:29:46.900 --> 00:29:48.519
 but Mary

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.660
 treasured

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:49.800
 up

00:29:49.800 --> 00:29:50.400
 all these

00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:50.840
 things

00:29:50.840 --> 00:29:51.400
 pondering

00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:51.600
 them

00:29:51.600 --> 00:29:51.860
 in her

00:29:51.860 --> 00:29:52.140
 heart

00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:52.860
 and the

00:29:52.860 --> 00:29:53.200
 shepherds

00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:53.780
 returned

00:29:53.780 --> 00:29:55.080
 glorifying

00:29:55.080 --> 00:29:55.660
 and praising

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:55.960
 God

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.620
 for all

00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:57.000
 they had

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.340
 heard

00:29:57.340 --> 00:29:57.940
 and seen

00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:58.860
 as it

00:29:58.860 --> 00:29:59.360
 had been

00:29:59.360 --> 00:29:59.740
 told

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.019
 them

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:01.200
 they are

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.800
 responding

00:30:01.800 --> 00:30:02.380
 and their

00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:03.080
 response is

00:30:03.080 --> 00:30:03.680
 with joy

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:04.360
 and their

00:30:04.360 --> 00:30:04.980
 response is

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.600
 with sharing

00:30:05.600 --> 00:30:06.060
 what they

00:30:06.060 --> 00:30:06.680
 have seen

00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:07.440
 sharing

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:08.100
 their faith

00:30:08.100 --> 00:30:08.920
 and not

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.259
 kind of

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:10.019
 going on

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.720
 their way

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:12.280
 but glorifying

00:30:12.280 --> 00:30:12.620
 God

00:30:12.620 --> 00:30:13.240
 it results

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:14.200
 in praise

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.920
 remember

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:15.759
 verse 14

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.660
 glory to God

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:16.879
 in the

00:30:16.879 --> 00:30:17.240
 highest

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.599
 this is

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:17.839
 about

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:18.319
 God's

00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:18.680
 renown

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:19.220
 and God's

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:19.680
 glory

00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:24.799
 verse 19

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:25.900
 verse 18

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:26.400
 and all

00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:26.819
 who heard

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.019
 it

00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:27.700
 wondered

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:28.140
 at what

00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:28.319
 the

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:28.720
 shepherds

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:29.160
 had told

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:29.420
 them

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:30.660
 but Mary

00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:31.140
 treasured

00:30:31.140 --> 00:30:31.480
 up all

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:31.720
 these

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.119
 things

00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:32.779
 pondering

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:32.940
 them

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:33.140
 in her

00:30:33.140 --> 00:30:33.379
 heart

00:30:33.379 --> 00:30:34.359
 you can

00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:34.720
 hear

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.019
 about

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.180
 the

00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:35.379
 good

00:30:35.379 --> 00:30:35.619
 news

00:30:35.619 --> 00:30:35.779
 of

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.099
 God

00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:36.339
 and

00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:36.480
 kind

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:36.559
 of

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:36.740
 go

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:36.839
 on

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:36.960
 your

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.099
 own

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:37.420
 way

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:38.019
 that

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.440
 but

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:38.680
 in

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:38.900
 verse

00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:39.559
 19

00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:40.519
 it

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:41.259
 juxtaposes

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:41.980
 Mary's

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:42.579
 good

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:43.319
 response

00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:43.920
 with the

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:44.379
 response

00:30:44.379 --> 00:30:44.879
 of others

00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:46.400
 that didn't

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:46.880
 have the

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:47.060
 right

00:30:47.060 --> 00:30:47.680
 response

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.780
 and

00:30:48.780 --> 00:30:49.280
 obviously

00:30:49.280 --> 00:30:49.660
 it's

00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:50.400
 juxtaposed

00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:50.720
 with the

00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:51.040
 shepherds

00:30:51.040 --> 00:30:51.220
 who have

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:51.440
 a good

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:51.860
 response

00:30:51.860 --> 00:30:52.260
 as well

00:30:52.260 --> 00:30:53.140
 it's not

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:53.320
 enough

00:30:53.320 --> 00:30:53.880
 to hear

00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:54.360
 about

00:30:54.360 --> 00:30:55.100
 about

00:30:55.100 --> 00:30:55.640
 the peace

00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:56.000
 that God

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.380
 brings

00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:56.640
 that the

00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:57.020
 Messiah

00:30:57.020 --> 00:30:57.580
 is coming

00:30:57.580 --> 00:30:57.800
 it's

00:30:57.800 --> 00:30:58.500
 not enough

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:58.820
 to just

00:30:58.820 --> 00:30:59.460
 hear about

00:30:59.460 --> 00:30:59.680
 it and

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.000
 go on

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.540
 your way

00:31:00.540 --> 00:31:01.780
 grips

00:31:01.780 --> 00:31:02.160
 you

00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:03.880
 and it's

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:04.320
 not something

00:31:04.320 --> 00:31:04.580
 that you

00:31:04.580 --> 00:31:04.840
 have to

00:31:04.840 --> 00:31:05.340
 muster

00:31:05.340 --> 00:31:05.520
 up

00:31:05.520 --> 00:31:05.980
 either

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.540
 the

00:31:06.540 --> 00:31:06.760
 Holy

00:31:06.760 --> 00:31:07.180
 Spirit

00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:07.520
 is at

00:31:07.520 --> 00:31:07.820
 work

00:31:07.820 --> 00:31:08.320
 you hear

00:31:08.320 --> 00:31:08.720
 something

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:08.920
 and if

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.040
 it

00:31:09.040 --> 00:31:09.280
 grips

00:31:09.280 --> 00:31:09.520
 you

00:31:09.520 --> 00:31:10.380
 you

00:31:10.380 --> 00:31:10.900
 by the

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:11.140
 Holy

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:11.820
 Spirit's

00:31:11.820 --> 00:31:12.380
 strength

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:13.460
 act on

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:13.820
 that

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:15.179
 you

00:31:15.179 --> 00:31:15.639
 can't

00:31:15.639 --> 00:31:15.819
 just

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.539
 go back

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:17.079
 to

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:18.099
 tending

00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:18.419
 the

00:31:18.419 --> 00:31:19.039
 flock

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:20.000
 as if

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.819
 nothing

00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:21.539
 happened

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:22.139
 where there's

00:31:22.139 --> 00:31:22.700
 no change

00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:23.119
 it seems

00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:23.439
 that the

00:31:23.439 --> 00:31:23.759
 shepherds

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.139
 went back

00:31:24.139 --> 00:31:24.339
 to

00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:24.980
 tending

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.200
 their

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:25.659
 flock

00:31:25.659 --> 00:31:26.559
 it says

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:27.079
 right in

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.579
 verse 20

00:31:27.579 --> 00:31:28.939
 and the

00:31:28.939 --> 00:31:29.240
 shepherds

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.720
 returned

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.500
 I don't know

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:31.339
 it doesn't say

00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:32.079
 specifically to

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.559
 their flock

00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:33.460
 let's say

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:33.779
 they went

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.119
 back to

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:34.599
 their flock

00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:36.319
 it's not

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:36.700
 as if

00:31:36.700 --> 00:31:37.419
 all of a

00:31:37.419 --> 00:31:37.559
 sudden

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:38.000
 they were

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.439
 elevated

00:31:38.439 --> 00:31:39.099
 to the

00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:39.679
 highest

00:31:39.679 --> 00:31:40.519
 throne

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:41.220
 of

00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:41.619
 of

00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:42.240
 of

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:42.639
 Rome

00:31:42.639 --> 00:31:43.039
 or

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.839
 King

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:44.539
 Herod's

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:45.299
 palace

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:45.519
 they're

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:46.039
 they're

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.279
 just

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:46.619
 they're

00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:46.839
 still

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.500
 shepherds

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:48.359
 but their

00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:48.900
 lives are

00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:49.480
 different

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:50.279
 they're

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:50.879
 glorifying

00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:51.359
 God

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:51.700
 they're

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:52.180
 they're

00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:52.539
 gripped

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:52.980
 with this

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.680
 good news

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.119
 they have

00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:55.039
 a little

00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:55.460
 skip

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:55.799
 in their

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.240
 step

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:58.799
 the

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.519
 good news

00:31:59.519 --> 00:31:59.720
 has

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.299
 changed

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:00.539
 their

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.180
 lives

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:03.299
 friends

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:03.839
 we're

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.220
 in

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:04.639
 the

00:32:04.639 --> 00:32:04.900
 the

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:05.579
 boots

00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:05.960
 of the

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:06.539
 shepherds

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:08.119
 we hear

00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:08.579
 about the

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:08.900
 peace

00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:09.500
 of God

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:11.579
 that will

00:32:11.579 --> 00:32:12.079
 endure

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.640
 forever

00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:13.119
 and that

00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:13.259
 will

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:13.839
 satisfy

00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:14.140
 our

00:32:14.140 --> 00:32:14.539
 hearts

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:14.720
 that

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:14.859
 will

00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:15.420
 remove

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:15.859
 the

00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:16.359
 sin

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:17.240
 and

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:19.359
 fix

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:19.559
 the

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:20.240
 estrangement

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:20.519
 we have

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:20.720
 with

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.180
 God

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:22.039
 this is

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:22.279
 good

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:22.700
 news

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:23.000
 and it

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:23.700
 might

00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:24.000
 not

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.440
 change

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:24.599
 where

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:24.799
 you're

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:25.200
 at

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:27.400
 but we

00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:27.619
 have to

00:32:27.619 --> 00:32:27.900
 remember

00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:28.779
 that our

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.220
 hope

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:30.160
 isn't

00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:30.799
 in a

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:31.079
 better

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:31.579
 life

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:31.920
 here

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.180
 and

00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:32.539
 now

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:33.519
 although

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:33.759
 it's

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.000
 good

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.299
 to get

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:34.599
 a better

00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:34.880
 life

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:35.059
 here

00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:35.180
 and

00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:35.339
 now

00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:35.539
 our

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:35.900
 hope

00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:36.880
 is

00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:37.299
 to be

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:37.859
 with

00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:38.339
 God

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:38.819
 in

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:38.980
 his

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.559
 presence

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:40.299
 enjoying

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:40.579
 his

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:41.000
 company

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.339
 at

00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:41.579
 his

00:32:41.579 --> 00:32:42.220
 table

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:44.279
 being

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:44.819
 friends

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.079
 with

00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:45.420
 him

00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:46.900
 not

00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:47.240
 looking

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:47.519
 over

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:47.779
 our

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.259
 shoulder

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:49.120
 not

00:32:49.120 --> 00:32:49.460
 feeling

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:49.700
 the

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:50.099
 weight

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:50.339
 of

00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:50.500
 a

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:51.140
 taxation

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:51.519
 from

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:52.019
 Rome

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:53.839
 not

00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:54.519
 having

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:54.720
 a

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:54.960
 fear

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.200
 of

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:55.759
 death

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.460
 taking

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:56.660
 a

00:32:56.660 --> 00:32:56.920
 loved

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:57.240
 one

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:57.380
 or

00:32:57.380 --> 00:32:57.720
 taking

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.299
 our

00:32:58.299 --> 00:32:58.519
 own

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:58.880
 body

00:32:58.880 --> 00:32:59.019
 or

00:32:59.019 --> 00:32:59.400
 fear

00:32:59.400 --> 00:32:59.620
 that

00:32:59.620 --> 00:32:59.779
 our

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.200
 bodies

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.440
 will

00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:00.680
 just

00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:01.500
 deteriorate

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:01.660
 and

00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:01.940
 break

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:02.420
 down

00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:04.339
 or

00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:04.539
 not

00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:04.740
 that

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.000
 this

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:06.079
 beautiful

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.559
 city

00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:07.019
 we live

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:07.160
 in

00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:07.299
 will

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:07.539
 just

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:07.920
 crumble

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.160
 to

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:08.500
 pieces

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.099
 no

00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:10.460
 our

00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:10.720
 hope

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:10.900
 is

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.039
 in

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.180
 the

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:11.519
 eternal

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.019
 city

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:14.359
 where

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:15.039
 our

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:15.460
 bodies

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:15.859
 will be

00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:16.140
 made

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:16.680
 completely

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.220
 right

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:18.259
 never

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:19.059
 breaking

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.420
 down

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:19.700
 again

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:19.880
 that

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:20.099
 we

00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:20.500
 will

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:20.680
 be

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:20.960
 at

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.240
 this

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.880
 table

00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:23.039
 with

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:23.980
 the

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.839
 savior

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:25.579
 himself

00:33:25.579 --> 00:33:25.940
 we

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.079
 will

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:26.259
 be

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.799
 friends

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:27.039
 of

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.440
 his

00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:28.500
 enjoying

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:28.940
 his

00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:29.400
 food

00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:31.579
 no

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:31.819
 more

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:32.319
 tears

00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:32.559
 of

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.059
 pain

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:34.279
 that's

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:34.519
 what we

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.019
 look to

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.440
 that's

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:35.700
 what the

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:36.099
 peace

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:36.319
 is

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:36.700
 talking

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:37.119
 about

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:38.759
 hope

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:39.819
 is

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:40.199
 wrapped

00:33:40.199 --> 00:33:40.579
 up

00:33:40.579 --> 00:33:41.399
 in

00:33:41.399 --> 00:33:41.939
 swaddling

00:33:41.939 --> 00:33:42.559
 cloths

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:42.839
 sitting

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:43.619
 in

00:33:43.619 --> 00:33:43.899
 a

00:33:43.899 --> 00:33:44.279
 food

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:44.779
 trough

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.739
 in

00:33:45.739 --> 00:33:45.939
 a

00:33:45.939 --> 00:33:46.439
 backwater

00:33:46.439 --> 00:33:47.000
 place

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:48.099
 that's

00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:48.239
 the

00:33:48.239 --> 00:33:48.559
 hope

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:50.879
 it is

00:33:50.879 --> 00:33:51.219
 not

00:33:51.219 --> 00:33:51.459
 in

00:33:51.459 --> 00:33:51.919
 Rome

00:33:51.919 --> 00:33:53.099
 it is

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:53.579
 not

00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:55.099
 at

00:33:55.099 --> 00:33:55.379
 Parliament

00:33:55.379 --> 00:33:55.819
 Hill

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.239
 it is

00:33:56.239 --> 00:33:56.419
 not

00:33:56.419 --> 00:33:56.579
 at

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:56.939
 Queen's

00:33:56.939 --> 00:33:57.259
 Park

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:57.559
 it is

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:57.939
 not

00:33:57.939 --> 00:33:59.119
 in

00:33:59.119 --> 00:33:59.259
 your

00:33:59.259 --> 00:33:59.639
 bank

00:33:59.639 --> 00:34:00.059
 account

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:00.439
 it is

00:34:00.439 --> 00:34:00.879
 not

00:34:00.879 --> 00:34:01.119
 with

00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:01.279
 your

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:01.779
 children

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:02.359
 or

00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:02.539
 your

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.119
 spouse

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:04.039
 it is

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.379
 not

00:34:04.379 --> 00:34:04.599
 with

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:04.739
 your

00:34:04.739 --> 00:34:05.239
 muscles

00:34:05.239 --> 00:34:05.679
 or

00:34:05.679 --> 00:34:05.859
 your

00:34:05.859 --> 00:34:06.419
 brain

00:34:06.419 --> 00:34:07.159
 it's

00:34:07.159 --> 00:34:07.279
 with

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:07.859
 nothing

00:34:07.859 --> 00:34:09.519
 because

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:09.759
 all

00:34:09.759 --> 00:34:09.980
 those

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.199
 things

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:10.359
 will

00:34:10.359 --> 00:34:10.619
 break

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:10.960
 away

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.579
 break

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:11.960
 apart

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.400
 fall

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:12.699
 away

00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:15.000
 this

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.559
 peace

00:34:15.559 --> 00:34:17.339
 it's

00:34:17.339 --> 00:34:17.799
 wonderful

00:34:17.799 --> 00:34:19.539
 you know

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:19.839
 the thing

00:34:19.839 --> 00:34:20.159
 about the

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:20.420
 first

00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:20.880
 Advent

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.940
 is that

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:22.519
 the promises

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:23.339
 of God

00:34:23.339 --> 00:34:24.219
 were fulfilled

00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:24.819
 that God

00:34:24.819 --> 00:34:25.619
 proved to

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:25.880
 be an

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.420
 integral

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:27.420
 promise

00:34:27.420 --> 00:34:28.000
 keeping

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:29.059
 trustworthy

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.799
 God

00:34:29.799 --> 00:34:30.559
 which

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:31.119
 means

00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:32.000
 that

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.440
 as

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:32.639
 we

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:33.039
 read

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.500
 about

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:34.279
 the

00:34:34.279 --> 00:34:34.659
 second

00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:35.119
 coming

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:35.420
 of

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:35.880
 Christ

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:36.199
 whether

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:36.500
 that

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:36.960
 happens

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:37.119
 in

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:37.259
 our

00:34:37.259 --> 00:34:37.579
 earthly

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:37.940
 life

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.079
 or

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:38.359
 not

00:34:38.359 --> 00:34:39.079
 we

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:39.400
 can

00:34:39.400 --> 00:34:39.659
 have

00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:40.139
 sure

00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:40.619
 confidence

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:40.880
 that

00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:41.000
 it

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.159
 will

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:41.380
 come

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:41.539
 to

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:41.920
 pass

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:43.940
 how

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:44.199
 will

00:34:44.199 --> 00:34:44.319
 it

00:34:44.319 --> 00:34:44.480
 come

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:44.659
 to

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:45.119
 pass

00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:45.299
 I

00:34:45.299 --> 00:34:45.500
 don't

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:45.900
 know

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:46.359
 I

00:34:46.359 --> 00:34:46.500
 would

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:46.839
 say

00:34:46.839 --> 00:34:47.299
 let's

00:34:47.299 --> 00:34:47.420
 be

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:47.539
 a

00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:47.679
 bit

00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:48.019
 wary

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.219
 of

00:34:48.219 --> 00:34:48.480
 people

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:48.719
 that

00:34:48.719 --> 00:34:49.099
 know

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:49.359
 the

00:34:49.359 --> 00:34:49.659
 date

00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:49.779
 or

00:34:49.779 --> 00:34:49.940
 the

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:50.299
 hour

00:34:50.299 --> 00:34:50.839
 and

00:34:50.839 --> 00:34:51.019
 have

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.119
 it

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:51.279
 all

00:34:51.279 --> 00:34:51.480
 kind

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:51.579
 of

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:51.839
 mapped

00:34:51.839 --> 00:34:52.239
 out

00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:54.699
 there

00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:54.880
 was

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:55.719
 500

00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:56.359
 6

00:34:56.359 --> 00:34:56.699
 7

00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:57.039
 800

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:57.619
 years

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:57.880
 to

00:34:57.880 --> 00:34:58.779
 discern

00:34:58.780 --> 00:34:59.000
 the

00:34:59.000 --> 00:34:59.800
 prophecies

00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:00.680
 of

00:35:00.680 --> 00:35:02.220
 God

00:35:02.220 --> 00:35:02.700
 in

00:35:02.700 --> 00:35:02.980
 the

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:03.580
 Old

00:35:03.580 --> 00:35:04.060
 Testament

00:35:04.060 --> 00:35:05.000
 and

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.100
 by

00:35:05.100 --> 00:35:05.220
 the

00:35:05.220 --> 00:35:05.400
 time

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:05.660
 Jesus

00:35:05.660 --> 00:35:06.040
 comes

00:35:06.040 --> 00:35:06.360
 around

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:06.660
 they

00:35:06.660 --> 00:35:07.519
 they've

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:07.820
 gotten

00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:07.980
 it

00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:08.380
 wrong

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:09.500
 I

00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:09.680
 don't

00:35:09.680 --> 00:35:10.140
 trust

00:35:10.140 --> 00:35:10.760
 myself

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:11.140
 to

00:35:11.140 --> 00:35:11.680
 figure

00:35:11.680 --> 00:35:11.860
 out

00:35:11.860 --> 00:35:12.000
 the

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.200
 book

00:35:12.200 --> 00:35:12.340
 of

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:12.860
 Revelation

00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:13.720
 and

00:35:13.720 --> 00:35:14.040
 map

00:35:14.040 --> 00:35:14.300
 out

00:35:14.300 --> 00:35:14.519
 how

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:14.920
 Jesus

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:15.420
 is

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:15.540
 going

00:35:15.540 --> 00:35:15.620
 to

00:35:15.620 --> 00:35:15.800
 come

00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:15.980
 back

00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:16.100
 but

00:35:16.100 --> 00:35:16.220
 I

00:35:16.220 --> 00:35:16.400
 do

00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:16.580
 know

00:35:16.580 --> 00:35:16.740
 he

00:35:16.740 --> 00:35:17.040
 will

00:35:17.040 --> 00:35:19.500
 I

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:19.800
 do

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:20.000
 know

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.200
 he

00:35:20.200 --> 00:35:20.500
 will

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:22.080
 why

00:35:22.080 --> 00:35:22.400
 because

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:22.560
 he

00:35:22.560 --> 00:35:23.060
 came

00:35:23.060 --> 00:35:24.019
 for

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.160
 the

00:35:24.160 --> 00:35:24.440
 first

00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:24.780
 advent

00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:25.040
 he

00:35:25.040 --> 00:35:25.460
 came

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:26.340
 as

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:26.500
 a

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:26.880
 baby

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:27.360
 he

00:35:27.360 --> 00:35:27.780
 fulfilled

00:35:27.780 --> 00:35:27.980
 the

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.460
 promises

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:32.000
 we

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:35.780
 we

00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:36.260
 struggle

00:35:36.260 --> 00:35:36.500
 with

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:37.220
 skepticism

00:35:37.220 --> 00:35:37.940
 and

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:38.079
 we

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:38.420
 struggle

00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:38.639
 with

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.119
 belief

00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:40.820
 and

00:35:40.820 --> 00:35:41.000
 it's

00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:41.199
 very

00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:41.579
 clear

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:41.760
 as

00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:41.880
 we

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:42.019
 go

00:35:42.019 --> 00:35:42.380
 through

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:42.800
 Luke

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.019
 1

00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:43.159
 and

00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:43.340
 2

00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:43.559
 that

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:43.860
 Mary

00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:44.240
 doesn't

00:35:44.240 --> 00:35:44.539
 quite

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:44.880
 know

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:45.340
 everything

00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:45.599
 that's

00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:45.699
 going

00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:45.780
 to

00:35:45.780 --> 00:35:46.079
 happen

00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:47.539
 she

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:47.820
 doesn't

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:48.000
 know

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.179
 that

00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:48.340
 her

00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:48.659
 son

00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:48.900
 is

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.039
 going

00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:49.139
 to

00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:49.420
 go

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:49.760
 and

00:35:49.760 --> 00:35:49.980
 die

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.139
 on

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:50.539
 a

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:50.960
 cross

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:52.400
 Zechariah's

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:52.800
 prophecy

00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:53.199
 talks

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:53.440
 about

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:53.619
 how

00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:53.820
 she

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:53.980
 will

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.139
 be

00:35:54.139 --> 00:35:54.480
 pierced

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:54.579
 in

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:54.679
 the

00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:54.960
 heart

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.619
 but

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:55.820
 doesn't

00:35:55.820 --> 00:35:56.019
 say

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.559
 why

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:58.880
 it's

00:35:58.880 --> 00:35:59.299
 shrouded

00:35:59.299 --> 00:35:59.500
 in a

00:35:59.500 --> 00:35:59.599
 bit

00:35:59.599 --> 00:35:59.699
 of

00:35:59.699 --> 00:35:59.920
 mystery

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.139
 but

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:00.299
 she

00:36:00.299 --> 00:36:00.960
 believes

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:03.219
 skepticism

00:36:03.219 --> 00:36:04.139
 and

00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:04.659
 and

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:06.259
 a bit

00:36:06.259 --> 00:36:06.440
 of

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:07.219
 unbelief

00:36:07.219 --> 00:36:08.940
 how

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:09.159
 does

00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:09.340
 this

00:36:09.340 --> 00:36:09.639
 kind of

00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:09.960
 come to

00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.340
 pass

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:10.599
 is it

00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:10.880
 really

00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:11.500
 true

00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:12.599
 historically

00:36:12.599 --> 00:36:13.039
 this

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:13.480
 and that

00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:14.260
 I

00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:14.400
 think

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:14.539
 it's

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:14.840
 okay

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:15.099
 to

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:15.559
 sit

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:15.679
 in

00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:15.900
 that

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:16.039
 and

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.199
 to

00:36:16.199 --> 00:36:16.420
 wrestle

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:16.639
 with

00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:16.900
 that

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:18.719
 because

00:36:18.719 --> 00:36:20.679
 we

00:36:20.679 --> 00:36:22.000
 we

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:22.199
 don't

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:22.360
 have

00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:22.480
 to

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:23.000
 understand

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:23.340
 a

00:36:23.340 --> 00:36:23.619
 through

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:23.900
 z

00:36:23.900 --> 00:36:24.320
 to

00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:24.579
 have

00:36:24.579 --> 00:36:24.960
 belief

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.159
 we

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:25.579
 believe

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:25.780
 and

00:36:25.780 --> 00:36:25.920
 then

00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:26.099
 we

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:26.699
 understand

00:36:26.699 --> 00:36:28.579
 it's

00:36:28.579 --> 00:36:28.679
 a

00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:29.079
 commitment

00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:29.679
 to

00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:29.940
 the

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:30.360
 truth

00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:30.699
 of

00:36:30.699 --> 00:36:31.039
 God

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:31.679
 even

00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:31.940
 if

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:32.059
 we

00:36:32.059 --> 00:36:32.320
 don't

00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:32.579
 quite

00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:33.260
 understand

00:36:33.260 --> 00:36:33.659
 it

00:36:33.659 --> 00:36:33.940
 all

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:34.320
 I

00:36:34.320 --> 00:36:34.400
 mean

00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:34.579
 the

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:34.920
 Bible

00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:35.340
 is

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:35.679
 far

00:36:35.679 --> 00:36:35.900
 from

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:36.019
 an

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.320
 action

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:36.659
 plan

00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:36.920
 that

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:37.559
 spells

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:37.900
 out

00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:38.119
 a

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:38.320
 through

00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:38.539
 z

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:38.980
 of

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:39.740
 God's

00:36:39.740 --> 00:36:40.420
 providential

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:40.900
 ordering

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:41.500
 of

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:41.860
 history

00:36:41.860 --> 00:36:42.159
 it's

00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:42.399
 it's

00:36:42.399 --> 00:36:42.579
 not

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:42.980
 that

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:44.259
 we

00:36:44.259 --> 00:36:44.379
 are

00:36:44.379 --> 00:36:44.599
 used

00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:44.759
 to

00:36:44.759 --> 00:36:44.960
 that

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:45.159
 that

00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:45.399
 stuff

00:36:45.399 --> 00:36:45.699
 gives

00:36:45.699 --> 00:36:45.879
 us

00:36:45.879 --> 00:36:46.559
 comfort

00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:48.480
 but

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:48.679
 that's

00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:48.779
 not

00:36:48.779 --> 00:36:48.920
 what

00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:49.059
 it

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:49.379
 is

00:36:49.379 --> 00:36:50.079
 so

00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:51.460
 you

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:51.799
 might

00:36:51.799 --> 00:36:52.059
 not

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:52.359
 ever

00:36:52.359 --> 00:36:52.779
 fully

00:36:52.779 --> 00:36:53.359
 grasp

00:36:53.359 --> 00:36:54.059
 all

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:54.239
 the

00:36:54.239 --> 00:36:54.639
 promises

00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:54.879
 of

00:36:54.879 --> 00:36:55.219
 God

00:36:55.219 --> 00:36:55.719
 or

00:36:55.719 --> 00:36:56.039
 every

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:56.779
 nuance

00:36:56.779 --> 00:36:57.399
 of

00:36:57.399 --> 00:36:57.559
 the

00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:57.940
 faith

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:59.739
 but

00:36:59.739 --> 00:36:59.980
 don't

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.139
 let

00:37:00.139 --> 00:37:00.319
 that

00:37:00.319 --> 00:37:00.679
 stop

00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:00.859
 you

00:37:00.859 --> 00:37:01.119
 from

00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:01.539
 hearing

00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:01.759
 and

00:37:01.759 --> 00:37:02.219
 receiving

00:37:02.219 --> 00:37:06.519
 ask

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:06.739
 God

00:37:06.739 --> 00:37:06.879
 to

00:37:06.879 --> 00:37:07.099
 help

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:07.219
 it

00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:07.399
 to

00:37:07.399 --> 00:37:08.199
 drive

00:37:08.199 --> 00:37:08.460
 you

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:08.719
 on

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:08.879
 a

00:37:08.879 --> 00:37:09.460
 deeper

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:10.059
 search

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:11.079
 to

00:37:11.079 --> 00:37:11.359
 search

00:37:11.359 --> 00:37:11.579
 the

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:11.980
 scriptures

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:12.599
 to

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:13.679
 figure

00:37:13.679 --> 00:37:14.079
 things

00:37:14.079 --> 00:37:14.400
 out

00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:14.659
 that

00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:15.079
 keep

00:37:15.079 --> 00:37:15.219
 you

00:37:15.219 --> 00:37:15.400
 up

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:15.559
 at

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:15.820
 night

00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:16.079
 or

00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:16.599
 that

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:16.740
 are

00:37:16.740 --> 00:37:17.039
 head

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:17.699
 scratchers

00:37:17.699 --> 00:37:17.960
 or

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:18.920
 make

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.059
 you

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:19.300
 very

00:37:19.300 --> 00:37:20.059
 uneasy

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:20.440
 that

00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:20.619
 you're

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:20.740
 a

00:37:20.740 --> 00:37:21.099
 Christian

00:37:21.099 --> 00:37:25.139
 and

00:37:25.139 --> 00:37:25.300
 this

00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:25.679
 Christmas

00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:26.519
 enjoy

00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:26.820
 it

00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:28.119
 if

00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:28.280
 it's

00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:28.940
 going to

00:37:28.940 --> 00:37:29.159
 be a

00:37:29.159 --> 00:37:29.320
 tough

00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:29.760
 Christmas

00:37:29.760 --> 00:37:30.460
 because

00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:30.619
 you

00:37:30.619 --> 00:37:30.860
 can't

00:37:30.860 --> 00:37:31.079
 connect

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.240
 with

00:37:31.240 --> 00:37:31.579
 family

00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:31.800
 or

00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:32.079
 maybe

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:32.320
 this

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 is

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:32.619
 just

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:32.820
 the

00:37:32.820 --> 00:37:35.000
 way

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:35.519
 Christmases

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:35.800
 go

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:36.860
 however

00:37:36.860 --> 00:37:37.119
 your

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:37.400
 Christmas

00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:37.780
 plays

00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:37.980
 out

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:38.380
 think

00:37:38.380 --> 00:37:38.780
 about

00:37:38.780 --> 00:37:39.260
 how

00:37:39.260 --> 00:37:40.579
 Christ

00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:40.800
 has

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:41.059
 come

00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:42.659
 and

00:37:42.659 --> 00:37:42.759
 he

00:37:42.759 --> 00:37:42.920
 has

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:43.179
 come

00:37:43.179 --> 00:37:43.380
 to

00:37:43.380 --> 00:37:43.539
 bring

00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:43.659
 an

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:44.139
 everlasting

00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:44.420
 and

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:44.739
 eternal

00:37:44.739 --> 00:37:45.179
 peace

00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:45.299
 and

00:37:45.299 --> 00:37:45.519
 how

00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:46.079
 his

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:46.519
 coming

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:47.279
 proves

00:37:47.279 --> 00:37:47.460
 that

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:47.699
 God

00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:47.820
 is

00:37:47.820 --> 00:37:47.940
 a

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:48.380
 trustworthy

00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:49.199
 and

00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:49.679
 integral

00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:49.900
 and

00:37:49.900 --> 00:37:50.219
 promise

00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:50.500
 keeping

00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:50.880
 God

00:37:50.880 --> 00:37:52.860
 heavenly

00:37:52.860 --> 00:37:53.219
 father

00:37:53.219 --> 00:37:54.159
 we thank

00:37:54.159 --> 00:37:54.480
 you so

00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:54.799
 much

00:37:54.799 --> 00:37:56.000
 for

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:56.380
 this

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:56.699
 wonderful

00:37:56.699 --> 00:37:57.279
 story

00:37:57.279 --> 00:37:58.380
 that

00:37:58.380 --> 00:37:58.739
 is

00:37:58.739 --> 00:37:58.980
 a

00:37:58.980 --> 00:37:59.400
 story

00:37:59.400 --> 00:38:00.279
 it's

00:38:00.279 --> 00:38:00.440
 a

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:01.279
 historically

00:38:01.279 --> 00:38:01.980
 true

00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:02.840
 account

00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:03.079
 but

00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:03.199
 it

00:38:03.199 --> 00:38:03.340
 is

00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:03.519
 still

00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:03.739
 a

00:38:03.739 --> 00:38:04.059
 story

00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:04.239
 it

00:38:04.239 --> 00:38:04.619
 moves

00:38:04.619 --> 00:38:04.920
 us

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:05.099
 it

00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:05.579
 grips

00:38:05.579 --> 00:38:06.000
 us

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.639
 it

00:38:06.639 --> 00:38:06.780
 is

00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:06.940
 a

00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:07.940
 wonderful

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:10.159
 account

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:10.599
 of how

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:10.860
 you

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.039
 have

00:38:11.039 --> 00:38:11.320
 come

00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:11.519
 to

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:11.920
 save

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.519
 that

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:12.659
 you

00:38:12.659 --> 00:38:12.960
 don't

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:14.019
 just

00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:14.260
 give

00:38:14.260 --> 00:38:14.480
 us

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:14.880
 an

00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:15.460
 information

00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:15.840
 dump

00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:16.000
 but

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:16.280
 you

00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:16.980
 involve

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:17.280
 us

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:17.500
 into

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:17.719
 this

00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:19.039
 wonderful

00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:20.159
 narrative

00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:20.559
 that is

00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:20.920
 playing

00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:21.320
 out

00:38:21.320 --> 00:38:22.780
 and

00:38:22.780 --> 00:38:22.900
 Lord

00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:23.059
 I

00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:23.360
 pray

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:23.599
 that

00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:23.739
 we

00:38:23.739 --> 00:38:23.920
 will

00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:24.320
 look

00:38:24.320 --> 00:38:24.539
 with

00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:24.860
 fresh

00:38:24.860 --> 00:38:25.340
 eyes

00:38:25.340 --> 00:38:25.519
 at

00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:25.659
 the

00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:25.940
 Christ

00:38:25.940 --> 00:38:26.360
 child

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:28.320
 and

00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:28.500
 that

00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:28.920
 we

00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:29.139
 won't

00:38:29.139 --> 00:38:29.380
 just

00:38:29.380 --> 00:38:29.860
 look

00:38:29.860 --> 00:38:30.000
 at

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:30.119
 the

00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:30.400
 Christ

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:30.800
 child

00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:31.039
 and

00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:31.699
 smile

00:38:31.699 --> 00:38:32.039
 and

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:32.199
 kind

00:38:32.199 --> 00:38:32.300
 of

00:38:32.300 --> 00:38:32.500
 go

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:32.780
 on

00:38:32.780 --> 00:38:33.039
 with

00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:33.440
 a

00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:33.699
 regular

00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:34.179
 Christmas

00:38:34.179 --> 00:38:34.420
 but

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:34.639
 that

00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:35.119
 we

00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:35.319
 will

00:38:35.319 --> 00:38:35.679
 look

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:36.059
 to

00:38:36.059 --> 00:38:36.219
 the

00:38:36.219 --> 00:38:36.559
 life

00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:36.739
 that

00:38:36.739 --> 00:38:36.960
 the

00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:37.500
 Christ

00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:37.900
 child

00:38:37.900 --> 00:38:38.379
 will

00:38:38.379 --> 00:38:38.679
 live

00:38:38.679 --> 00:38:38.819
 we

00:38:38.819 --> 00:38:39.019
 will

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:39.539
 look

00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:39.759
 at

00:38:39.759 --> 00:38:39.879
 the

00:38:39.879 --> 00:38:40.480
 prophecies

00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:40.699
 that

00:38:40.699 --> 00:38:41.079
 the

00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:41.319
 Christ

00:38:41.319 --> 00:38:41.699
 child

00:38:41.699 --> 00:38:42.359
 fulfills

00:38:42.359 --> 00:38:42.579
 we

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:42.779
 will

00:38:42.779 --> 00:38:43.480
 just

00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:43.719
 be

00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:44.599
 absolutely

00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:47.059
 responsive

00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:48.299
 in this

00:38:48.299 --> 00:38:48.900
 declaration

00:38:48.900 --> 00:38:49.500
 that

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:51.539
 you have

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:51.759
 brought

00:38:51.759 --> 00:38:52.460
 peace

00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:52.980
 everlasting

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:53.779
 peace

00:38:53.779 --> 00:38:54.279
 to

00:38:54.279 --> 00:38:54.599
 men

00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:56.559
 Lord

00:38:56.559 --> 00:38:56.779
 be

00:38:56.779 --> 00:38:57.039
 with

00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:57.400
 us

00:38:57.400 --> 00:38:58.379
 help

00:38:58.379 --> 00:38:58.539
 us

00:38:58.539 --> 00:38:58.699
 to

00:38:58.699 --> 00:38:59.219
 believe

00:38:59.219 --> 00:38:59.500
 help

00:38:59.500 --> 00:38:59.659
 our

00:38:59.659 --> 00:39:00.299
 unbelief

00:39:00.299 --> 00:39:01.319
 help

00:39:01.319 --> 00:39:01.480
 us

00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:01.719
 to

00:39:01.719 --> 00:39:02.679
 trust

00:39:02.679 --> 00:39:02.920
 in

00:39:02.920 --> 00:39:03.139
 you

00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:03.440
 in

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:03.739
 deeper

00:39:03.739 --> 00:39:03.900
 and

00:39:03.900 --> 00:39:04.079
 deeper

00:39:04.079 --> 00:39:04.500
 ways

00:39:04.500 --> 00:39:05.420
 we

00:39:05.420 --> 00:39:05.579
 pray

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:05.900
 these

00:39:05.900 --> 00:39:06.340
 things

00:39:06.340 --> 00:39:06.500
 in

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:06.719
 Jesus

00:39:06.719 --> 00:39:07.039
 name