WEBVTT 00:00:00.260 --> 00:00:05.520 My name is Graeme, I've got the privilege of being the minister here at the church, and this time of year is just a joy for me, I love it. 00:00:06.120 --> 00:00:12.259 Didn't the kids do well? Who knew the angels had such good dance moves, I tell you. 00:00:13.220 --> 00:00:19.080 I love Christmas, I love Christmas because I celebrate, generally, the wonderful, life-transforming news that Jesus is born. 00:00:19.379 --> 00:00:26.359 I love Christmas because I get to do something that all of a sudden becomes socially acceptable, 00:00:26.660 --> 00:00:28.560 and that thing is to play board games. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.759 One of my favourite board games, one of you play this one at Christmas time, is this one. 00:00:34.899 --> 00:00:37.259 Yeah? Articulate, I love articulate. 00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:40.939 I get to play it with my brothers, so it's a good laugh. 00:00:41.439 --> 00:00:46.260 Well, to get us into festive spirit, I thought we'd play a game of Christmas-themed articulate. 00:00:46.539 --> 00:00:48.320 Are you up for it? Yeah? 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:53.600 So I will give you three words, and boys and girls, I'm particularly looking at you guys. 00:00:53.820 --> 00:00:57.140 I want you to tell me what thing I'm describing, okay? 00:00:57.140 --> 00:01:00.179 So I'll ease you into this, so it's nice and easy to begin with. 00:01:00.259 --> 00:01:04.319 So if I said, red-nosed reindeer sled, what would you think of? 00:01:07.519 --> 00:01:07.879 Yeah? 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:09.140 What would you think of? 00:01:10.280 --> 00:01:10.640 Rudolph. 00:01:11.319 --> 00:01:11.719 Rudolph. 00:01:12.099 --> 00:01:12.340 Okay. 00:01:13.060 --> 00:01:14.219 So, here's Rudolph. 00:01:14.219 --> 00:01:19.620 If I said, Liz Palace Sofa, what would you think of? 00:01:21.099 --> 00:01:21.780 Queen Elizabeth. 00:01:22.700 --> 00:01:24.140 Maybe you can phone a friend if you want. 00:01:26.019 --> 00:01:26.959 Your mum's sitting on the sofa. 00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:27.420 I'm worth it. 00:01:27.420 --> 00:01:27.819 Do you know what? 00:01:27.959 --> 00:01:28.280 That... 00:01:28.280 --> 00:01:29.280 That... 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:29.519 That... 00:01:29.519 --> 00:01:32.859 That's a good shout. 00:01:33.500 --> 00:01:35.019 Okay, I'm thinking of the Queen's Speech. 00:01:35.259 --> 00:01:35.859 Oh, sorry, Joe. 00:01:36.299 --> 00:01:37.219 Doesn't she look well? 00:01:37.739 --> 00:01:38.739 Doesn't at least she look well. 00:01:38.739 --> 00:01:42.199 What if I said, Kevin, New York House? 00:01:43.519 --> 00:01:44.439 Home Alone. 00:01:45.099 --> 00:01:45.799 Here he is. 00:01:46.759 --> 00:01:47.839 Our favourite, Kev. 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:49.299 And if I said... 00:01:49.299 --> 00:01:51.119 And this is maybe a slightly more difficult one, okay? 00:01:51.140 --> 00:01:53.259 What if I said, Penguin Bear Monster? 00:01:57.359 --> 00:01:58.039 For... 00:01:58.039 --> 00:02:00.099 Not for M&S. 00:02:00.179 --> 00:02:00.859 It's for John Lewis. 00:02:00.939 --> 00:02:02.739 Other department stores are available, but... 00:02:03.739 --> 00:02:05.019 John Lewis Christmas ads. 00:02:05.099 --> 00:02:05.899 They're good fun, aren't they? 00:02:05.900 --> 00:02:07.900 But what if I said... 00:02:07.900 --> 00:02:08.700 This is the last one. 00:02:08.780 --> 00:02:09.900 What if I said... 00:02:11.060 --> 00:02:14.939 Unimportant, lowly, nobodies? 00:02:16.599 --> 00:02:17.900 No, don't... 00:02:17.900 --> 00:02:21.219 Do you know who I'd be describing to you? 00:02:22.700 --> 00:02:28.259 I'd be describing to you the shepherds as we meet them in Luke chapter 2. 00:02:29.040 --> 00:02:30.460 That's a bit surprising, isn't it? 00:02:30.920 --> 00:02:32.280 What do they describe them as? 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:36.599 Insignificant, lowly, nobodies. 00:02:37.759 --> 00:02:40.020 That's the shepherds as we meet them in Luke chapter 2. 00:02:40.120 --> 00:02:43.840 If you've got a Bible there, maybe you want to turn there back to Luke chapter 2 that we read a minute ago. 00:02:45.759 --> 00:02:48.659 I think the reason we're surprised is because we hear that word shepherd, 00:02:49.020 --> 00:02:53.580 and we think in our minds, we think countryfile, quad bike, 00:02:53.939 --> 00:02:56.920 and we think crufts winning worthy sheepdog. 00:02:56.919 --> 00:03:00.699 That's what we think, isn't it, when we think of shepherds in our Western mindset. 00:03:01.119 --> 00:03:01.919 But not... 00:03:02.479 --> 00:03:05.799 That's not what you think of in the first century in the Middle East. 00:03:05.879 --> 00:03:06.619 That's not a shepherd. 00:03:08.039 --> 00:03:11.959 Shepherding in this day was a job for those at the very bottom of the social ladder. 00:03:13.039 --> 00:03:14.639 It was an unsociable job. 00:03:14.719 --> 00:03:16.239 It was an undesirable job. 00:03:16.319 --> 00:03:19.919 And if you read some historians, they'll tell you that it was a notorious job 00:03:20.459 --> 00:03:22.719 that was actually done by some pretty dodgy people. 00:03:23.060 --> 00:03:25.099 These are the shepherds. 00:03:25.099 --> 00:03:30.359 But a main thing is to these insignificant lowly nobodies 00:03:30.359 --> 00:03:34.639 that God chose to be the first people to hear about the birth of his son. 00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:36.060 That's incredible. 00:03:36.740 --> 00:03:37.560 These shepherds. 00:03:38.199 --> 00:03:39.359 Not assorted people, 00:03:40.799 --> 00:03:47.120 but lowly and messed up people like me and like you. 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:52.719 Right there is the wonderful truth about the God who's right at the heart of the Bible. 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:54.280 He has a heart for the outsider. 00:03:54.280 --> 00:03:55.199 This is this God. 00:03:56.500 --> 00:03:58.180 He has a love for the broken. 00:03:59.080 --> 00:04:02.719 He has a desire to rescue the sinful. 00:04:02.860 --> 00:04:06.460 This is the God that's right at the heart of the Christmas story. 00:04:07.379 --> 00:04:10.719 And for me, coming across the good news at the heart of Christianity 00:04:10.719 --> 00:04:12.439 that we would call the gospel, 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:16.779 the good news is the news that's transformed my life. 00:04:16.779 --> 00:04:20.419 And for billions of people around this globe, 00:04:20.539 --> 00:04:22.759 and for billions upon billions of people during the ages, 00:04:23.419 --> 00:04:26.759 this is the news that's transformed their lives. 00:04:27.599 --> 00:04:32.839 Because Christmas is all about the arrival of this good news. 00:04:32.839 --> 00:04:35.939 Now, we love our Christmas songs, don't we, at Christmas time? 00:04:36.019 --> 00:04:37.139 Hands up if you love a Christmas song. 00:04:38.299 --> 00:04:40.259 So I'm going to do something slightly different this morning. 00:04:40.339 --> 00:04:42.419 I'm going to introduce you to a Christmas chant. 00:04:42.839 --> 00:04:43.019 Okay? 00:04:43.139 --> 00:04:44.079 You up for a Christmas chant? 00:04:45.039 --> 00:04:46.459 Come on, act like you're up for it. 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:47.679 Up for a Christmas chant. 00:04:47.799 --> 00:04:48.859 Yes, that's it. 00:04:48.860 --> 00:04:51.699 Here is the Luke 2 Christmas chant. 00:04:51.840 --> 00:04:54.120 This is what the angels say to the shepherds. 00:04:54.180 --> 00:04:54.819 You ready for this? 00:04:55.460 --> 00:04:59.259 They have good news of great joy for all people. 00:04:59.379 --> 00:05:00.020 Say it with me. 00:05:00.680 --> 00:05:04.580 They have good news of great joy for all people. 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:05.500 One more time. 00:05:05.600 --> 00:05:07.160 Repetition, the mother of education. 00:05:07.740 --> 00:05:11.680 Good news of great joy for all people. 00:05:12.199 --> 00:05:15.540 So Luke, the doctor-cum-historian, 00:05:15.540 --> 00:05:20.480 he's reliably written this down so that you and I would be able to read this decades later. 00:05:21.200 --> 00:05:22.220 And scene 1, do you see it? 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:23.740 It takes place in the hills. 00:05:24.580 --> 00:05:26.319 Here are our shepherds, if you've got it there. 00:05:26.540 --> 00:05:27.200 Verse 8. 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:32.040 And they are out there in what seems to be just an ordinary night. 00:05:32.660 --> 00:05:33.220 There they are. 00:05:33.340 --> 00:05:34.120 What does Luke tell us? 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:35.500 They are living in the fields. 00:05:36.360 --> 00:05:38.200 They are keeping watch over their flocks, 00:05:38.280 --> 00:05:40.200 just doing their usual thing. 00:05:41.200 --> 00:05:42.740 Nothing to see here, says Luke. 00:05:43.180 --> 00:05:44.140 Just doing their usual thing. 00:05:44.139 --> 00:05:46.759 But life as these guys know it, 00:05:47.139 --> 00:05:50.919 is about to be well and truly flipped on its head 00:05:50.919 --> 00:05:57.319 because they are about to be hit with good news of great joy for all people. 00:05:58.279 --> 00:05:59.279 And scene 2, do you see it? 00:05:59.300 --> 00:06:00.419 It takes place in the sky. 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:02.659 All of a sudden, verse 9, 00:06:02.759 --> 00:06:04.339 this angel appears to them 00:06:04.339 --> 00:06:08.099 and the glory of the Lord shone around them, 00:06:08.100 --> 00:06:09.980 which is Luke's way of telling us 00:06:09.980 --> 00:06:14.720 that God himself is right here in this moment. 00:06:14.780 --> 00:06:15.560 How cool is that? 00:06:16.300 --> 00:06:18.120 God is right here in this moment. 00:06:19.320 --> 00:06:19.900 It's funny, isn't it? 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:20.860 The angels in the Bible, 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:22.740 they're a bit like Edinburgh buses, aren't they? 00:06:22.780 --> 00:06:24.760 I mean, you wait for ages for one to come along 00:06:24.760 --> 00:06:26.340 and then all of a sudden three come at once. 00:06:27.439 --> 00:06:29.280 Because we've already had, haven't we, shepherds? 00:06:29.279 --> 00:06:29.959 Terrific. 00:06:30.759 --> 00:06:31.119 Terrific. 00:06:31.279 --> 00:06:31.500 No. 00:06:32.779 --> 00:06:33.139 Terrified. 00:06:34.559 --> 00:06:34.919 Terrified. 00:06:35.339 --> 00:06:36.779 I loved how these guys said it, didn't they? 00:06:36.799 --> 00:06:37.879 The shepherds earlier in the play. 00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:39.719 Terrified. 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:42.479 But the angels come to bring them good news. 00:06:42.659 --> 00:06:43.019 Do you see? 00:06:43.119 --> 00:06:43.579 What is it? 00:06:43.619 --> 00:06:44.519 Is it bad news? 00:06:44.959 --> 00:06:46.079 Is it noteworthy news? 00:06:46.159 --> 00:06:47.259 No, it's good news. 00:06:48.079 --> 00:06:49.039 And what will it bring? 00:06:50.239 --> 00:06:52.799 Moderate yet controllable levels of British excitement? 00:06:53.039 --> 00:06:53.279 No. 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:53.379 No. 00:06:54.300 --> 00:06:55.139 Great joy. 00:06:56.159 --> 00:06:57.180 And who is it for? 00:06:57.639 --> 00:06:58.459 Some people. 00:06:59.279 --> 00:07:00.300 Qualified people? 00:07:00.579 --> 00:07:00.839 No. 00:07:01.399 --> 00:07:02.879 All people. 00:07:03.819 --> 00:07:06.620 And this is where you and I come in to this story. 00:07:07.159 --> 00:07:08.959 Because whoever you are here this morning, 00:07:09.100 --> 00:07:10.360 this news is for you. 00:07:11.219 --> 00:07:11.819 It's for you. 00:07:12.740 --> 00:07:13.740 It's for young and old. 00:07:14.159 --> 00:07:15.240 For men and women. 00:07:15.899 --> 00:07:16.939 For rich and poor. 00:07:17.519 --> 00:07:18.519 For good and bad. 00:07:18.699 --> 00:07:19.719 For the religious. 00:07:20.159 --> 00:07:21.060 For the non-religious. 00:07:21.219 --> 00:07:21.779 For the prince. 00:07:21.899 --> 00:07:22.420 For the pauper. 00:07:22.540 --> 00:07:23.100 For the Scottish. 00:07:23.100 --> 00:07:23.580 The English. 00:07:23.700 --> 00:07:25.080 And even the Northern Irish too. 00:07:25.340 --> 00:07:31.800 This really is good news of great joy for all people. 00:07:32.020 --> 00:07:33.500 But how? 00:07:34.500 --> 00:07:39.140 I can hear my standard grade maths teacher in my ear saying, 00:07:39.240 --> 00:07:40.660 Shanks, show you're working. 00:07:40.820 --> 00:07:44.020 How is this good news of great joy for all people? 00:07:44.100 --> 00:07:44.240 How? 00:07:45.840 --> 00:07:47.580 Well, because of, do you see it? 00:07:47.939 --> 00:07:48.620 Verse 11. 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:49.820 Who does this center on? 00:07:49.819 --> 00:07:51.740 Not a decent bloke. 00:07:52.420 --> 00:07:53.779 Not a moral teacher. 00:07:54.420 --> 00:07:57.800 Not even a strong and stable political leader. 00:07:57.920 --> 00:07:59.779 Friends, if that was our biggest problem, 00:07:59.779 --> 00:08:03.099 that's exactly who God would have sent 2,000 years ago. 00:08:03.099 --> 00:08:06.399 No matter what the events of this week have taught you to think. 00:08:07.399 --> 00:08:08.799 God sent, do you see? 00:08:09.239 --> 00:08:09.979 A saviour. 00:08:10.759 --> 00:08:11.599 That's what we need. 00:08:11.659 --> 00:08:12.479 We need a saviour. 00:08:12.919 --> 00:08:13.659 To do what? 00:08:13.660 --> 00:08:15.160 To save us. 00:08:15.160 --> 00:08:19.120 Because we are lost without this God. 00:08:19.380 --> 00:08:24.060 We are not right with him outside of Jesus. 00:08:24.060 --> 00:08:27.360 And so God sent us a saviour. 00:08:28.660 --> 00:08:32.340 So what his name means, Jesus, just means God saves. 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:35.620 That's exactly what this baby has come to do. 00:08:36.659 --> 00:08:38.820 For this same Jesus, he would grow up. 00:08:39.580 --> 00:08:41.019 He would be the sinless man. 00:08:41.019 --> 00:08:45.639 He would give his life for our sin on the cross. 00:08:46.360 --> 00:08:52.960 So that God rejecters and dark preferers like you and like me 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:57.860 could be made right with and brought back to the very God 00:08:57.860 --> 00:09:01.480 who made us in his image in the first place. 00:09:02.299 --> 00:09:04.919 Do you see that word that's right at the heart of the angel's song? 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:06.340 Peace. 00:09:07.299 --> 00:09:07.939 Peace. 00:09:07.940 --> 00:09:09.780 It's a wonderful gospel word. 00:09:09.880 --> 00:09:10.280 Peace. 00:09:11.480 --> 00:09:17.140 Jesus has come to offer that shalom, that rightness with the God who made us 00:09:17.140 --> 00:09:23.720 so that we can live in a harmonious and joyous and eternal relationship with him. 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:25.480 What did we sing earlier? 00:09:25.640 --> 00:09:28.400 Peace on earth and mercy mild. 00:09:28.540 --> 00:09:31.480 God and sinners reconciled. 00:09:32.420 --> 00:09:35.420 And that peace with God is on offer this morning 00:09:35.419 --> 00:09:40.019 and it's only possible through faith in this Jesus. 00:09:40.959 --> 00:09:49.839 Friends, that really, really, really is good news of great joy for all people. 00:09:50.039 --> 00:09:51.699 And do you see heaven's take on this? 00:09:51.799 --> 00:09:55.559 What God is doing here for a broken and rebellious world? 00:09:55.659 --> 00:09:56.659 Do you see how their take on it? 00:09:56.679 --> 00:09:59.059 Is that it is truly magnificent. 00:09:59.059 --> 00:10:03.899 So much so that a flash mob of angels, do you see them there, burst into song, 00:10:04.500 --> 00:10:09.379 praising God for what he is doing right here in this moment. 00:10:10.819 --> 00:10:12.899 Shame they didn't have smartphones in this day, isn't it? 00:10:13.659 --> 00:10:15.139 So I'd love to have heard that song. 00:10:15.939 --> 00:10:17.779 I'd love to have seen that scene recorded. 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:20.939 What a shepherd selfie that would have been. 00:10:21.939 --> 00:10:23.439 But what are the shepherds going to do? 00:10:23.440 --> 00:10:26.980 Well, they were hardly going to sit down after that, were they? 00:10:27.880 --> 00:10:30.940 Scene 3 takes place in the manger. 00:10:31.900 --> 00:10:37.780 Verse 16, the shepherds find the Bethlehem scene exactly as the angel described it. 00:10:37.820 --> 00:10:42.340 There's Mary, there's Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. 00:10:42.780 --> 00:10:45.860 A manger, just an animal's feeding trough. 00:10:46.800 --> 00:10:49.620 You see, this king, God's king, the setting for his birth, 00:10:50.360 --> 00:10:51.880 is not the Marriott suite. 00:10:51.879 --> 00:10:54.100 It's the manger suite. 00:10:54.860 --> 00:10:57.460 And here he is, not wrapped in the finest cotton, 00:10:58.500 --> 00:11:02.000 but here he is, swaddled in the frailest cloth. 00:11:02.759 --> 00:11:04.480 God's king, get your head around that, 00:11:04.600 --> 00:11:09.639 came and was born not into luxury, but into poverty. 00:11:11.100 --> 00:11:15.100 See how there's something so incredibly simple about this birth. 00:11:15.179 --> 00:11:18.039 There is no royal procession, there's no Bethlehem brass band, 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:20.039 there's no swagger, there's no grandeur. 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:28.120 And yet, here is the most significant birth that has ever or will ever take place in human history. 00:11:28.120 --> 00:11:31.100 Because this is God come down. 00:11:31.279 --> 00:11:35.560 Here he is, in the person of Jesus, in our flesh. 00:11:36.279 --> 00:11:39.399 Here is God entering our broken story. 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:43.120 Here is God stepping down into our everyday existence. 00:11:43.860 --> 00:11:44.419 And why? 00:11:44.419 --> 00:11:55.219 Well, to rescue broken, messy, sinful people like me, and like you, and like these shepherds. 00:11:56.079 --> 00:12:03.839 Friends, that really, really, really is good news of great joy for all people. 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:06.700 And scene four, do you see how it takes place in the street? 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:08.680 It takes place in the street. 00:12:08.780 --> 00:12:10.460 Verse 20, the shepherds, what do they do? 00:12:10.519 --> 00:12:11.399 They return home. 00:12:12.160 --> 00:12:12.860 And what do they do? 00:12:13.580 --> 00:12:14.800 Do they make a scrapbook? 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:15.500 No. 00:12:16.160 --> 00:12:17.800 Do they dictate some memoirs? 00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:18.040 No. 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:18.680 What do they do? 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:19.840 They spread the word. 00:12:20.440 --> 00:12:21.440 Do you see how they hit the streets? 00:12:21.560 --> 00:12:22.580 Anybody they can find? 00:12:23.240 --> 00:12:25.220 Let me tell you what just happened to us. 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:28.400 You'll never guess what we just saw. 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:32.699 And let us tell you what it all means. 00:12:33.340 --> 00:12:36.679 What God has done for a broken man. 00:12:38.319 --> 00:12:43.659 Do you see how this news is so life-transformingly good that they can't keep it to themselves? 00:12:43.779 --> 00:12:44.480 They've got to get out there. 00:12:44.559 --> 00:12:46.600 They've got to tell others about what God has done. 00:12:47.959 --> 00:12:52.919 You know, we took our girls out to see the Light Palace on George Street last week. 00:12:52.980 --> 00:12:54.519 Has anyone seen the Light Palace on George Street? 00:12:55.579 --> 00:12:56.579 Yeah, a few of us. 00:12:56.580 --> 00:13:00.460 So we're walking past this Light Palace. 00:13:00.540 --> 00:13:01.440 I don't know if that's what it's called. 00:13:01.520 --> 00:13:02.200 This is what I'm going to call it. 00:13:02.259 --> 00:13:02.379 Okay. 00:13:02.480 --> 00:13:03.680 Walking past this Light Palace. 00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:07.480 And because we're Scottish and we found out you needed to pay, we thought, no, we're not paying. 00:13:07.580 --> 00:13:08.720 So we're walking past it. 00:13:09.420 --> 00:13:10.980 And we're looking in from the outside. 00:13:12.180 --> 00:13:19.060 And all we can see is a whole bunch of people, each with their own set of head muffed earphones on. 00:13:19.600 --> 00:13:20.980 And they're just sitting there dancing. 00:13:21.140 --> 00:13:23.040 Have you seen this on George Street? 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:23.079 Right? 00:13:24.139 --> 00:13:27.500 And I'm thinking, looking in at this, thinking, what in the name of the wee man is going on in there? 00:13:27.500 --> 00:13:29.720 So there they are dancing away. 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:33.419 And I found out later that this thing is called a silent disco. 00:13:33.600 --> 00:13:34.200 Have you heard of this? 00:13:34.860 --> 00:13:35.580 Silent disco. 00:13:36.500 --> 00:13:41.740 As if to say, my headphones are on, there's a party going on in my head, but no one else is invited. 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:44.519 That's what silent disco is, isn't it? 00:13:45.320 --> 00:13:47.840 See how the shepherds did the opposite of a silent disco? 00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:56.500 And you see how we're called this morning as God's people is to not do the example of the silent disco, but to follow the example of the shepherds. 00:13:57.139 --> 00:13:58.620 This isn't an in-house party. 00:13:58.780 --> 00:13:59.899 This is not a party for one. 00:14:00.040 --> 00:14:03.139 This is a party for the world to know about. 00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:07.660 We want to tell people how good this news is. 00:14:07.980 --> 00:14:10.960 Forgiveness of sins is an offer through this baby born here. 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:13.580 Fullness of life is an offer in his name. 00:14:13.580 --> 00:14:20.480 Peace with God is on offer by trusting in this baby whose earthly life started in Bethlehem. 00:14:20.560 --> 00:14:21.360 That is incredible. 00:14:21.900 --> 00:14:24.300 That I get to know the God who made me. 00:14:24.379 --> 00:14:28.920 I get to be right with him because of my faith in what his son has done on the cross. 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:29.759 That is incredible. 00:14:30.580 --> 00:14:31.379 That is incredible. 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:39.940 And that really, really, really is good news of great joy for all people. 00:14:40.120 --> 00:14:42.620 Now, are you up for a bit of Christmas articulate to finish? 00:14:42.620 --> 00:14:42.980 Yeah? 00:14:44.419 --> 00:14:44.779 Right. 00:14:44.919 --> 00:14:50.240 If I said, here we go, Dickens, Little Tommy and Bahumbug, what would you think? 00:14:51.700 --> 00:14:52.060 Yeah? 00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:55.620 Well, I've got Scrooge, but yeah, she would think Christmas Carol. 00:14:55.679 --> 00:14:56.060 That's great. 00:14:56.379 --> 00:15:01.019 What if I said, Will Ferrell, Santa, I know him. 00:15:01.080 --> 00:15:01.639 What would you say? 00:15:02.600 --> 00:15:02.960 Yeah. 00:15:03.419 --> 00:15:04.399 Yeah, there he is. 00:15:04.659 --> 00:15:05.120 There he is. 00:15:05.179 --> 00:15:05.440 Elf. 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:09.060 What if I said, green, round, you love them or you hate them. 00:15:09.080 --> 00:15:09.620 What would you say? 00:15:09.620 --> 00:15:09.700 Okay. 00:15:10.600 --> 00:15:11.940 Brussels sprouts. 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:13.320 There we go. 00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:17.919 And what if I said, Savior, Messiah, Lord, who would you think of? 00:15:18.620 --> 00:15:19.720 Jesus in the manger. 00:15:19.840 --> 00:15:20.320 There he is. 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:25.399 Whose birth really, really, really, really is. 00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:26.179 Friends. 00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:31.279 It is good news of great joy for all people. 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:32.779 This is what we sing, okay? 00:15:33.339 --> 00:15:38.120 Light and life to all he brings, risen with healing in his wings. 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:47.539 Mild he lays his glory by, born that man no more may die, born to raise the sons of earth, 00:15:48.299 --> 00:15:50.919 born to give them second birth. 00:15:51.539 --> 00:15:57.419 Hark the herald, angels sing, glory to this new born king. 00:15:57.419 --> 00:15:59.179 Let me pray. 00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:09.159 Dear God, thank you for the amazing God that you are. 00:16:09.819 --> 00:16:19.240 Thank you so much for Christmas and for sending Jesus into our world and into our lives to save us. 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:24.519 And dear Father, I ask that in all the fun that we get to have at Christmas time, 00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:28.700 that you would help us to delight most of all in him. 00:16:29.560 --> 00:16:30.580 And so this is our prayer. 00:16:30.740 --> 00:16:32.220 Thank you that you do hear us. 00:16:32.580 --> 00:16:34.500 Because we pray in Jesus' name. 00:16:35.019 --> 00:16:35.340 Amen. 00:16:35.340 --> 00:16:35.500 Amen. 00:16:35.500 --> 00:16:35.539 Amen. 00:16:35.539 --> 00:16:35.580 Amen. 00:16:35.580 --> 00:16:35.620 Amen. 00:16:35.620 --> 00:16:37.539 Amen. 00:16:37.539 --> 00:16:37.639 Amen. 00:16:37.639 --> 00:16:37.700 Amen. 00:16:37.700 --> 00:16:37.740 Amen. 00:16:37.740 --> 00:16:37.759 Amen. 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:37.779 Amen. 00:16:37.779 --> 00:16:37.820 Amen. 00:16:37.820 --> 00:16:38.299 Amen. 00:16:38.299 --> 00:16:38.340 Amen.