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 Christmas is weird, isn't it?

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 There's lots of weird things about Christmas.

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 It's the only time of the year we chop down a tree

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 and some families set fire

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 to their Christmas pudding.

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 Any families here that set fire?

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 That is great.

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 Traditionalists.

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 Weird things about Christmas.

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 Things that we don't understand.

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 But there's nothing compared

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 to the very first Christmas.

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 The very first Christmas

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 was really weird, wasn't it?

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 There was a star

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 above Bethlehem.

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 There were wise men that brought presents

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 that cost thousands

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 and thousands of thousands of parents

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 to a family they'd never met before

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 and they didn't know.

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 None of those things happened

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 when I had a baby.

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 No shepherds turned up.

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 I didn't have a baby.

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 No, my wife turned a baby.

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 Shepherds didn't turn up.

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 Wiser men didn't turn up.

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 Why did they happen?

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 Why did all these weird things happen

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 at that first Christmas?

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 Well, because the baby is an incredible infant.

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 That's the first thing I've got to say today.

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 An incredible infant.

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 We saw that in the reading, didn't we?

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 The name that Mary and Joseph

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 gave to their baby

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 was Jesus.

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 He was going to give birth to a son

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 and his name shall be Jesus.

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 Which means,

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 the word Jesus means God saves.

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 It's a strange name, isn't it?

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 It's like calling your child fireman.

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 Fireman.

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 God saves.

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 And Jesus showed everyone

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 he was God the saviour.

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 This baby is God.

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 Now that explains some weird things.

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 He is an incredible infant.

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 It explains the star in the sky.

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 God is entering this world.

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 The wise men, the angels.

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 And I think, don't you,

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 I think it would be very weird

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 if weird things didn't happen

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 when God entered the world.

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 He is the king of the universe.

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 Christmas, that first Christmas,

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 is a big fuss

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 because the creator

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 is entering his creation.

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 Jesus is God.

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 Is there a God?

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 You might ask that.

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 Well, Jesus shows what God is like.

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 Just look at Jesus

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 in the pages of the Bible.

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 And there is nothing

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 un-God-like in Jesus.

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 An incredible infant.

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 An incredible infant,

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 secondly,

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 who had a low-down life.

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 The Christmas story

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 is not just about

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 the amazing things, is it?

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 It's not just about the star

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 and the wise men

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 and the gifts

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 and the shepherds

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 and choirs of angels.

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 The story of Christmas

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 is very humble.

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 It's very lowly.

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 They end up in someone else's house.

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 On someone else's floor.

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 Maybe even sharing a room

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 with sheep and with goats

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 and with cows.

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 Or, as you know,

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 the baby is put in a manger.

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 There's no talk of a cattle shed.

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 But there is talk of a manger.

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 He's put in a feeding trough.

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 It's very, very lowly.

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 It's meant to jar us.

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 It's not what you would expect

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 when God comes to the world.

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 Now, you sing a song, don't you,

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 in Christ,

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 Christ,

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 and Son of the Spirit.

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 My God is so

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 big, so

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 and so

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 there's nothing my

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 the

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 the

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 the

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 the stars are his

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 my God is so

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 so

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 and so mighty.

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 There's nothing my God can do.

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 Now I'm going to teach you two new verses, okay?

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 Here's a few verses.

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 Okay?

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 Here they are.

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 This verse says,

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 My God is so small

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 so weak

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 and so helpless

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 there's nothing that God child can do.

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 Is that alright?

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 My God is so small

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 so weak and so helpless

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 there's nothing that God child can do.

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 The mountains are his

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 the rivers are his

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 the stars are his handiwork too.

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 But my God is so small

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 so weak and so helpless

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 there's nothing my God

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 will not do for you.

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 And that's the story of Christmas, isn't it?

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 The God is so big

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 so strong

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 so mighty

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 becomes

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 so small

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 so weak

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 and so helpless.

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 And the God child

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 lies in a manger

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 and there's nothing

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 he can do.

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 But wonderfully

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 that God child

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 is so small

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 so weak

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 and so helpless

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 there's nothing

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 that he will not do for you.

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 Jesus had a low young life

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 his dad was a carpenter.

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 Lots of people didn't like him

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 there's nothing special about him.

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 The people he went to

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 were not the rich

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 and the famous

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 they were

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 the lowly

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 and the humble

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 and the poor.

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 people that you and I

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 might think

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 oh

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 they believe me

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 but not for Jesus.

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 Jesus is God

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 he could have

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 hanged out with angels

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 couldn't he

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 but he hanged out

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 with losers.

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 And in the end

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 he died on the cross

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 now why

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 is he dying on the cross?

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 So the incredible infant

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 the lowly life

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 would be the Greek gift.

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 Great Christmas gifts

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 is brilliant isn't it?

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 What's been your favourite

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 gift of the morning?

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 So don't tell me.

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 Peter

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 what was your favourite

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 gift this morning?

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 Your white

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 Debbie

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 what was your favourite

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 gift this morning?

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 Do you have an opener?

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 All these traditionalists

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 John

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 a bike racing

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 blu-ray

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 have you opened

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 your presents yet

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 Marius?

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 What was your favourite

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 present this morning?

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 A jumper

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 it's a very nice

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 jumper isn't it?

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 Everybody compliment

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 what about you

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 Rebecca?

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 What was yours?

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 A face

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 meeting

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 face painting

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 set

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 face painting

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 sounds

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 to death

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 is it?

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 It's great

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 gifts

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 great gifts

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 sometimes boring

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 presents

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 imagine you

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 got up this

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 morning

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 and there was

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 a parcel

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 at the end

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 of your bed

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 and you opened

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 it up

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 and it was

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 washing up

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 liquid

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 boring presents

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 I bought

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 Clara Blender

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 once

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 Jesus comes

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 to bring you

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 rescue

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 rescue

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 what a rubbish

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 gift

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 rubbish

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 gift

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 but it is

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 actually the

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 greatest gift

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 you should

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 call his

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 name

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 Jesus

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 for he

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 will

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 save

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 his

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 people

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 from

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 their

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 sins

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 and

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 Jesus

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 means

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 God

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 saves

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 but here's

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 the thing

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 you might be sitting here this morning

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 and you might think

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 I don't need that gift

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 I don't need it

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 but let me say this to you

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 you could go without any present

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 that you will have today

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 you could go without the greatest present

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 that you've got

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 but you cannot do without this present

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 for us

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 because he will save his people

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 from their sins

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 what is sin?

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 sin is living life without God

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 we wake up

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 we get on with our day

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 we brush our teeth

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 we get out of the house

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 we go on our way

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 and we don't think

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 of God

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 God is the God of all

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 he gave us everything

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 we enjoy

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 he should be our God

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 so how do you think

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 God feels

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 when we live life

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 without thanking him

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 without honouring him

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 and in fact

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 we just ignore him

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 how do we treat people

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 we don't like?

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 we never thank them

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 we never bother with them

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 in fact we just try to avoid them

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 sometimes we even ignore them

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 it's like I invite you

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 to my house

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 for Christmas day

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 and I welcome you in

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 and as soon as you're in

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 you open the front door

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 and you push me

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 out of my own house

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 and you lock the door

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 and you throw away the key

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 and I'm outside

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 of my own home

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 and that is how we treat God

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 and we need rescuing

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 from that

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 from ourselves

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 the angels tell us

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 that he came to save us

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 from our sins

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 that he came to take

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 the punishment

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 that we deserve

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 for pushing them out

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 and locking the door

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 the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ

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 is a little bit like a key

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 it's a little bit like the key

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 that unlocks the door

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 that you pushed God out of

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 and that door

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 opens that door

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 so God can come in

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 and we can be friends

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 and know him forever

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 and that's what Christmas is about

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 it is about God's invitation

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 to be friends with him

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 and it's invitation

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 for all people

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 for people who come to church

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 every week

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 for people who come to church

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 maybe just once a year

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 you can have this gift

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 this gift is for you

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 simply by acknowledging

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 the reality of how you've lived

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 that you've lived life

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 without paying any attention

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 to his son

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 and saying sorry

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 and asking to be forgiven

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 and if we will mean it

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 God will say yes

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 Christmas makes us do

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 weird things

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 people sing songs

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 and love singing songs

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 they don't believe in

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 things they don't do

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 for the rest of the year

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 they decorate their house

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 in a way that they never

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 decorated in February

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 or January

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 they send cards to people

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 that they can't even remember

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 who they are

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 we eat turkey

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 when none of us really like it

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 and maybe today

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 you can do something else

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 that you wouldn't normally do

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 that you think

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 may be a little bit weird

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 you've been thinking

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 about the Lord Jesus

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 God has come to save us

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 in his son

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 if we could save ourselves

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 he wouldn't need to have

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 sent his son

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 God came to save us

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 through Jesus

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 and whatever gifts

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 you get this year

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 and I hope you get

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 who you want it

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 I hope you get great gifts

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 I hope you have a great day

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 but even the greatest gift

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 that you get today

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 doesn't compare

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 with the greatest gift

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 of knowing God

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 through Jesus

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 because we have treated him

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 like an enemy

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 and we can leave here today

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 knowing him as our friend

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 and so I want to wish you

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 a very very happy Christmas

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 but I want you to think

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 and I want you to consider

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 Christ Jesus came into this world

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 to see the sinners

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 let's pray