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 Good morning.

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 My name is Josh Nix.

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 I'm on staff here at Willow Ridge Church.

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 For those of you who don't know me, I lead our young adult ministry here at the church,

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 so 18 to 24-year-olds, and I also oversee our facilities and our grounds here at the church.

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 So this last spring, much to my surprise, Pastor Bo asked me to preach during our summer series,

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 right, like commonly misused verses of the Bible.

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 I think in the moment when he reached out to me, I think my response was something along

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 the lines of, if you think I should.

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 And so you, obviously you guys may not realize this, but you know, Bo gets up here every

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 single Sunday and turns this mic on and makes this look super easy.

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 And he's never shared this with you before, but I'm going to tell you this, you guys are

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 kind of intimidating.

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 Now don't get me wrong, you're very loving, you're very supportive, you're absolutely very

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 encouraging, but also intimidating.

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 So imagine my surprise, a couple of months ago, Bo asked me to preach again, to which

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 I had a similar response.

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 If you think I should.

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 So here we are, right?

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 So you guys are stuck with me this morning, but if you haven't noticed, Pastor Bo is not

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 here.

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 He's actually on our mission team that's serving in New York City this weekend.

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 On Friday, it was like 22 degrees there, so I did tell my wife, I was like, look, it may

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 have been 22 degrees for you, but it was 45 and rainy on Saturday here, so yeah, beat that.

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 So, but they're part of the mission team, they're serving coats for the city, so they're handing

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 out coats to those in need in Queens, New York, and they're working alongside Pastor Walter

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 in Iglesia Batista Nueva Vida Church there in Queens.

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 I need you guys to do me a favor next week, okay?

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 So if you see my wife walking around here next Sunday, I need you to give her a hard time.

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 This is the second time I've preached, and she has missed them both, right?

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 So do me a favor.

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 So this morning we're kicking off our Christmas series, and when it comes to Christmas, specifically

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 Christmas decorating, I firmly believe that there are two types of people in this world.

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 There's two different groups of Christmasers, right?

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 You've got one group over here, not you guys specifically, but let's just pretend like the

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 group's over here.

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 You've got one group over here, and they're the ones who decorate like the day after Halloween,

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 right?

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 I mean like, last trick-or-treater walks up on the porch, you hand him candy, and before

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 he's hit the cul-de-sac, Joanne's throwing a wreath on her front door, right?

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 That kind of decorator.

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 You've got another group.

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 Let's say this group's over here, okay?

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 And I actually happen to fall into this category.

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 I'm this group.

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 We're the ones that wait until after Thanksgiving.

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 Okay?

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 Yep.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 We also might be the ones that, you know, if you guys were possibly walking through Lowe's

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 in September, you might see us over there kind of unplugging an inflatable Santa Claus because

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 it's just wrong to have Santa Claus up in September, right?

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 All jokes aside, the Knicks household has officially decorated for Christmas, right?

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 So last Friday, only after Thanksgiving, much to the disappointment of my wife and kids, we

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 decorated for Christmas because they wanted to decorate back in September.

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 But in my house, we have a few parameters, right?

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 Like we have a few guidelines that we follow in our home, okay?

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 So this morning, before we get into the message, I'd love to share some of those parameters

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 with you.

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 Not because you asked for them, but just because I think they're funny.

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 So number one, and I've already kind of alluded to it, but we do not decorate for Christmas

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 until Thanksgiving is over, okay?

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 Listen, I need you to hear me out on this one.

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 Thanksgiving is the perfect holiday.

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 And here's why.

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 There's a parade, right?

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 And then we eat.

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 There's football.

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 Then we eat again.

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 There's more football kind of mixed in with a nap because you really don't care about the

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 two teams that are playing.

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 And then you eat again.

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 And then at the end of the night, you've locked up your house and you've shut off all

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 the lights, right?

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 And you put your kids to bed and you're walking through the kitchen on your way to the bedroom

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 and you look over and you see one last treat on the counter.

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 And then you eat one more time, right?

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 Who doesn't love Thanksgiving?

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 Okay, number two, we do not listen to Christmas music in our home until the day that we decorate.

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 Okay, look, I'm going to be honest with you.

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 A couple weeks ago, my oldest, Haley, is driving down the road.

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 Yes, you heard that right.

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 She's 15.

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 She's got her permit.

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 My prayer life has absolutely improved over the last couple months because of that.

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 So I'm riding down the road.

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 She's driving and I won't name the radio station, but then the song Mariah Carey's All I Want

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 for Christmas plays on the radio.

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 I reach over in a moment of panic and shut off the volume and I do what any responsible,

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 you know, father would do.

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 I remove that radio station from our presets, all right?

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 I will not have that in my car.

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 Will not.

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 And last but not least, and number three, this one's important.

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 So don't miss this.

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 We do not watch our first Christmas movie of the year until we are in the act of officially

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 decorating our Christmas tree.

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 And I'm not saying this one has to be yours, but this is absolutely ours.

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 If you're wondering, there is only one acceptable first movie of the year.

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 Okay, calm down.

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 Miracle on 34th Street, the 1947 edition, okay?

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 When that postman walks in with a bag full of letters and throws them on the ground right

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 there in front of the judge, it still tears me up every time.

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 And then like 40 other postmen come in with like letters and they're like, see, he is saying

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 it.

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 Yeah, so now listen, I can already see the look on some of your faces and you're judging

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 me and that's okay.

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 I need you to understand my wife's been trying to change me for a long time now.

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 It's not going to work.

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 And over the years, though, I'll admit we've had a few bumps in the road when it comes to

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 these parameters, okay?

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 No better example than two weeks ago.

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 It's a normal Tuesday night, the week before Thanksgiving.

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 My wife, Kim, is cooking dinner.

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 I'm doing some dishes.

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 Our sweet seven-year-old Olivia, some of you know her as Via, turns on the TV and I don't

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 have to look up to know what she's done.

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 I just heard the intro.

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 To my surprise, I run over to shut off the TV because she's turned on the movie Home Alone.

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 Which, listen, in our house, we don't watch that movie probably until a week before Christmas.

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 It's top of the list, okay?

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 So then I did what any good dad would do.

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 I calmly and patiently took her by the hand.

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 I walked her over to the timeout corner.

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 And I let her take a few moments and think about her actions.

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 No, seriously, though, like Olivia's been in our home for seven years now, okay?

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 We've got rules.

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 She's got to follow them.

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 However, I will say I'm not a monster.

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 I did show her some grace.

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 I did not report this infraction to Sparkles the Elf.

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 So we're good.

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 We're good.

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 Okay, just so nobody panics, that was absolutely a joke.

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 I've probably never put Olivia in the timeout corner once in her life because she's got me

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 wrapped around her finger.

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 So, but as we enter into this Christmas season, we all have things that we do every year, right?

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 We have days that we take off from work.

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 Our kids get out of school early.

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 We have family traditions that have been handed down from generation to generation.

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 We watch all of our favorite movies, right?

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 We put up those decorations.

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 We cook the same dishes for Christmas Day.

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 And it's just this joyful season that we've become comfortable and familiar with.

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 But as we start our Christmas series this morning,

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 my hope is that we won't settle for something familiar or comfortable.

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 Sorry.

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 We won't just turn to a passage that we've read every December and think,

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 oh, yeah, I know this one.

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 We won't just sing Christmas songs and check them off the list.

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 My prayer is that this morning,

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 as we open up a passage that honestly we've heard countless times,

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 that we wouldn't just open it and read it in the same way that we always have.

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 I pray that it wouldn't just be this normal thing.

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 I pray that it would impact our hearts in a refreshing way,

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 in a surprising way,

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 maybe even in an extraordinary way.

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 So if you have your Bibles with you,

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 would you turn with me to Matthew chapter 1?

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 To be honest, we're going to be all over the place,

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 but Matthew chapter 1 is kind of a good place for us to kind of hang out.

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 Verse 22, Matthew writes,

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

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 Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,

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 and they shall call his name Emmanuel,

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 which means God with us.

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 Would you pray with me?

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 God, I pray that you would open our hearts and our minds this morning to hear your word,

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 and I pray that we would be impacted by it.

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 Lord, I pray just help us respond to what you have for us

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 as we enter into this Christmas season.

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 In your name I pray, amen.

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 So over the last couple of months,

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 Pastor Bo has been speaking from the book of Daniel, right?

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 We've learned of Daniel's faith

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 and how he remained faithful to God

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 through the trials and through the Babylonians

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 trying to completely change who he was, right?

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 We learned that they wanted to change the things that he ate,

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 the clothes that he wore,

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 the people that he associated with.

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 They wanted to change every part of him,

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 especially the God that he bowed down to.

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 We also talked through different prophecies and visions

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 in the book of Daniel.

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 And as I began preparing for this message,

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 it got me curious, so I did some research.

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 It turns out there are approximately 400 Old Testament prophecies

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 pertaining to Jesus.

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 And in those 400, we learn things like

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 Jesus was to be born in Bethlehem.

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 That's in Micah 5.2.

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 We learn he'll be from the house of David.

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 That's in Jeremiah 23.

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 We also get insight into his death

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 and his resurrection in Psalm 22.

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 And as we read of things to come,

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 you know, we see evidence of God's love for us

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 and that he has a plan.

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 So to be honest, this morning I was planning

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 to go through all 400 of those prophecies,

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 but Bo advised me that we probably didn't have enough time,

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 so I figured we'll get through half of them.

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 Just kidding.

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 So the Old Testament is full of a plan by God, right?

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 Full of evidence of a plan by God.

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 And as we read through our main passage this morning,

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 we'll focus on one Old Testament prophecy in particular

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 in the book of Isaiah.

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 So in Matthew chapter 1, we'll read our whole passage,

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 verses 18 through 25.

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

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 When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph,

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 before they came together,

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

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 And her husband Joseph, being a just man

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 and unwilling to put her to shame,

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 resolved to divorce her quietly.

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 But as he considered these things,

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 behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream,

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 saying, Joseph, son of David,

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 do not fear to take Mary as your wife,

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 for that which is conceived in her

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 is from the Holy Spirit.

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 She will bear a son,

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 and you shall call his name Jesus,

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 for he will save his people from their sins.

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 All this took place to fulfill

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 what the Lord had spoken by the prophet.

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 Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,

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 and they shall call his name Emmanuel,

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 which means God with us.

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 When Joseph woke from sleep,

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 he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him.

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 He took his wife,

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 but knew her not until she had given birth to a son.

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 And he called his name Jesus.

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 So point number one this morning for you note-takers,

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 God with us tells us that God had a plan.

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 In Isaiah chapter 7, verse 14,

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 Isaiah writes,

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 Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign.

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 Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,

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 and shall call his name Emmanuel.

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 Emmanuel, God with us.

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 So what's in a name?

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 It's a famous line from Shakespeare's

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 Romeo and Juliet, right?

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 While this question may be fitting for Juliet

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 to use to suggest that

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 that Romeo's last name was merely a label,

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 what we see in Matthew chapter 1,

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 the name Emmanuel carries more meaning

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 than any name ever given.

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 And the prophet Isaiah tells of this

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 700 years before the angel visited Joseph in a dream.

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 You see, my name is Joshua Caleb Nix.

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 That's Caleb, not Kayla.

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 People get that wrong all the time.

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 But for the purpose of this exercise,

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 we're going to start with my last name.

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 My last name tells you who my parents are, right?

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 It'll tell you where my father's family's from.

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 They could tell you where my family originated.

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 But you see, Joshua and Caleb are given names,

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 given to me by my parents.

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 And those given names, I mean,

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 they could be used in different ways, right?

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 Those names could be given to carry on someone else's name

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 that had come before you.

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 They could be given just because your parents

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 like the way they sound.

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 But the meaning of those two names

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 could also speak to who my parents hoped I would become.

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 What we see in Isaiah chapter 7

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 is not a hope that he would be God with us.

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 What we see in Isaiah chapter 7

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 is a foretelling that he will be God with us.

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 In Galatians chapter 4, in verse 4, Paul writes,

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 but when the set time had fully come,

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 God sent his son, born of a woman,

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 born under the law.

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 Set time.

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 This means that God didn't just take a glance down at earth

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 and think, man, it's getting pretty rough down there.

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 I better do something.

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 He didn't just look down and think,

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 oh, man, that's crazy.

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 This means that God had a plan from the very beginning

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 and that that plan was good.

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 So what's in a name?

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 Well, in this name, we see that God with us

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 speaks to God having a plan.

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 And it being foretold tells us

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 that that plan was not reactionary.

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 It was not random.

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 Not by chance.

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 But we don't just have prophecies to look at

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 for evidence of God's plan.

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 We also have history.

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 All throughout the ages,

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 God shows a consistent pattern

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 of desiring relationship with man.

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 It says he spent time walking

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 with Adam and Eve in the garden.

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 We see it in the covenant

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 that he established with Abraham.

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 And then when he tabernacles with the Israelites

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 in the wilderness.

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 We see God create all things

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 in Genesis chapter 1.

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 But in Matthew chapter 1,

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 we see God with a clear plan

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 from the beginning of time

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 to be right related

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 with that which he made

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 in his own image.

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 So that means God planned

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 to provide coverings

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 for Adam and Eve

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 when they felt shame

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 in their nakedness

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 after the fall.

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 That means that long before

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 he was patient

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 with Abraham and Sarah's disbelief,

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 he had a plan.

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 That means that when he continued

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 to guide and provide

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 for the Israelites

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 after they had showed disobedience

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 and lack of faith

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 over and over and over again,

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 he had a plan.

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 God shows us that he wanted

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 to be with that

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 which he created.

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 And that pattern

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 that we see throughout history

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 doesn't just apply to them,

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 it applies to us.

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 God with us tells us

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 that he had a plan.

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 So let's continue on

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 in Matthew chapter 1,

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 verse 21.

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 It says,

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 She will bear a son

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 and you shall call

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 his name Jesus

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 for he will save

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 his people

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 from their sins.

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 Point number two.

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 God with us tells us

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 that God had a purpose.

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 And to understand

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 God's purpose,

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 we must first better

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 have an understanding

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 of who he is.

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 But before we talk

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 about who he is,

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 I think we should establish

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 just how badly

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 we needed saving.

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 Since the fall

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 in the Garden of Eden,

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 man has rebelled.

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 man has done evil

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 in the sight

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 of the Lord.

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 In Jeremiah it says,

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 the heart is deceitful

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 and wicked.

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 Paul in Romans chapter 3

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 I think paints

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 a pretty alarming

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 but good picture

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 of this.

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 He starts by referencing

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 Psalms,

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 but then speaks

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 to this universal

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 depravity and guilt

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 of mankind.

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 Romans 3.10

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 he writes,

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 As it is written,

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 none is righteous.

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 No, not one.

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 No one understands.

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 No one seeks for God.

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 All have turned aside.

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 Together they have

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 become worthless.

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 No one does good.

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 Not even one.

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 You see,

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 and as we continue,

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 if you continue reading

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 in chapter 3,

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 Paul literally starts

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 at the head

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 of the human body

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 and works his way

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 all the way down

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 to their feet

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 and he gives

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 a depressing,

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 hopeless look

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 at the human condition

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 apart from God.

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 The picture he paints

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 is of a man

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 completely incapable

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 of saving himself.

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 But it wasn't just enough

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 that it wasn't enough

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 just to paint a picture

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 of man unable

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 to save himself.

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 Reality is,

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 left to our own hearts,

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 man doesn't seek God.

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 Left to our own hearts,

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 man doesn't love God.

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 Left to our own hearts,

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 man does not desire God.

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 It illustrates

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 that the fall

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 of mankind

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 touches every part

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 of man's being

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 and corrupts him

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 and separates him

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 from a good

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 and perfect,

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 holy,

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 blameless God.

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 The picture Paul

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 paints for us

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 is just how badly

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 we needed saving.

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 And you see,

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 our problem of sin

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 needed a divine solution.

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 The corruption

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 of man's heart

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 needed God

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 with us.

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 To understand

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 that purpose,

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 let's talk a little bit

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 about God.

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 1 John,

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 it tells us

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 God is love.

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 His very nature,

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 His love.

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 His essence is love.

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 Notice,

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 it's not just used

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 as a verb

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 to depict an action

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 or something

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 that He does.

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 It's who He is.

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 John wanted so badly

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 to communicate this to us,

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 he said it twice

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 in 1 John chapter 4,

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 starting in verse 8.

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 Anyone who does not love

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 does not know God

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 because God is love.

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 In this,

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 the love of God

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 was made manifest

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 among us

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 that God sent

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 His only Son

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 into the world

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 so that we might

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 live through Him.

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 In this is love.

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 Not that we

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 have loved God,

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 but that He loved us

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 and sent His Son

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 to be the propitiation

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 for our sins.

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 Beloved,

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 if God so loved us,

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 then we also ought

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 to love one another.

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 So as we move down

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 to verse 16,

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 we see John say it again,

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 but this time

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 we kind of get a glimpse

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 of the impact

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 that God's love

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 has on the heart

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 of a believer.

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 Verse 16,

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 so we have come

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 to know

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 and to believe

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 the love that God

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 has for us.

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 God is love.

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 And whoever abides

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 in love

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 abides in God

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 and God abides

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 in him.

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 So as we're discussing

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 evidence of a plan

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 in the spirit

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.760
 of being consistent,

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 we should also discuss

00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:09.960
 evidence of this purpose.

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 We can establish

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 two things

00:22:13.040 --> 00:22:13.860
 from these verses.

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 Number one,

00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:17.520
 in God's purpose

00:22:17.520 --> 00:22:18.580
 we see that He loves us.

00:22:19.760 --> 00:22:20.560
 Romans 5, 8,

00:22:20.620 --> 00:22:20.860
 it says,

00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:21.560
 but God shows

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 His love for us

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 and that while

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 we were still sinners,

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 Christ died for us.

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 Second thing

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 we can establish

00:22:29.860 --> 00:22:30.480
 from evidence

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:31.260
 of God's purpose

00:22:31.260 --> 00:22:33.040
 is that in God's purpose

00:22:33.040 --> 00:22:34.020
 we see He wants

00:22:34.020 --> 00:22:35.420
 relationship with us.

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:38.840
 2 Corinthians 5, 21,

00:22:39.580 --> 00:22:40.400
 for our sake

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 He made Him

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 to be sin

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 who knew no sin

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 so that in Him

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 we might become

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 the righteousness

00:22:45.900 --> 00:22:46.580
 of God.

00:22:51.380 --> 00:22:51.960
 You see,

00:22:52.020 --> 00:22:53.100
 by light of His nature

00:22:53.100 --> 00:22:54.360
 God is above us

00:22:54.360 --> 00:22:55.940
 yet He initiates

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:57.000
 relationship with us.

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 By light of His law

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 God is against us

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 yet He pursues us.

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 But by light

00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:07.800
 of His gospel

00:23:07.800 --> 00:23:10.500
 God is with us.

00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:13.400
 God with us

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 tells us He had a purpose.

00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:18.520
 This past March

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 I had the opportunity

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 to go on a mission trip

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 to India.

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 It's actually

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 my second time

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 going to India.

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 So one day

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 we had the opportunity

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 to visit

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 what they call

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 the Amber Fort.

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 So it's like

00:23:31.840 --> 00:23:32.460
 a massive

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:33.920
 fortified palace

00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:35.040
 and to be honest

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 it was incredible.

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 I learned a lot

00:23:37.780 --> 00:23:38.240
 that day.

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 Also learned

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 a few things

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 about myself.

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 First I learned

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 that when your

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:44.040
 tour guide

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 says yeah

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 we can park here

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 it's just a short

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 walk up the street.

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 What he actually

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.460
 means is

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:51.240
 prepare yourself

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 for a mile long

00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:52.880
 vertical hike

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 straight into the clouds.

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 Because that's

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:56.580
 what it was.

00:23:58.320 --> 00:23:59.400
 About 700 feet

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 of elevation later

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 I decided

00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:01.980
 it might be time

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:02.840
 to get in better shape.

00:24:04.760 --> 00:24:05.520
 Later that day

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 I also discovered

00:24:06.280 --> 00:24:07.120
 that Indian food

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 is not for me.

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 That's all I'll say

00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:09.820
 about that.

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 But as we're

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.980
 walking up this road

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:15.680
 I also learned

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.360
 something else.

00:24:18.040 --> 00:24:18.940
 Auto rickshaws

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:19.460
 and buses

00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:20.280
 do not always

00:24:20.280 --> 00:24:21.280
 stop for people.

00:24:22.860 --> 00:24:23.640
 You guys have seen

00:24:23.640 --> 00:24:24.500
 the movie Elf

00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:25.160
 where you know

00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:25.720
 Buddy's like

00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:26.520
 first time

00:24:26.520 --> 00:24:27.300
 I think he comes out

00:24:27.300 --> 00:24:28.140
 like the Lincoln Tunnel

00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:28.520
 or something

00:24:28.520 --> 00:24:28.960
 and he's running

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.380
 over the road

00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:30.440
 he just crosses the street

00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:31.000
 and gets like

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.840
 just smacked

00:24:31.840 --> 00:24:33.140
 by a yellow taxi cab.

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:33.340
 Right?

00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:35.160
 And then like

00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:35.560
 later

00:24:35.560 --> 00:24:36.800
 he goes on

00:24:36.800 --> 00:24:38.480
 later he goes on

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:40.720
 and he like

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:41.460
 I think he's got

00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:42.020
 a friend with him

00:24:42.020 --> 00:24:42.500
 or his brother

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:42.940
 or something

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.320
 and they go

00:24:43.320 --> 00:24:43.880
 across the street

00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:44.180
 and he's like

00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:44.600
 whoa whoa whoa

00:24:44.600 --> 00:24:45.240
 the yellow ones

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:45.820
 don't stop.

00:24:47.580 --> 00:24:48.460
 I'll tell you this

00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:48.960
 in India

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:50.380
 turns out

00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:51.280
 yellow ones

00:24:51.280 --> 00:24:51.820
 don't stop

00:24:51.820 --> 00:24:52.460
 green ones

00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:53.080
 don't stop

00:24:53.080 --> 00:24:53.600
 red ones

00:24:53.600 --> 00:24:54.160
 don't stop

00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:54.660
 blue ones

00:24:54.660 --> 00:24:55.000
 don't really

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.440
 none of them

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:55.780
 stop.

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.540
 But the palace

00:24:58.540 --> 00:24:59.120
 itself was

00:24:59.120 --> 00:24:59.920
 absolutely

00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:00.780
 breathtaking.

00:25:02.080 --> 00:25:02.840
 Originally built

00:25:02.840 --> 00:25:03.780
 in the 9th century

00:25:03.780 --> 00:25:04.940
 and then expanded

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.900
 in the 16th

00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.700
 it was

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.400
 massive.

00:25:08.820 --> 00:25:09.260
 One of those

00:25:09.260 --> 00:25:09.880
 places where

00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:11.100
 as you walk

00:25:11.100 --> 00:25:11.380
 through

00:25:11.380 --> 00:25:11.780
 you're kind

00:25:11.780 --> 00:25:12.000
 of just

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.740
 blown away

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.180
 that this

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:13.740
 was built

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:14.320
 with far

00:25:14.320 --> 00:25:15.280
 fewer tools

00:25:15.280 --> 00:25:16.540
 far less

00:25:16.540 --> 00:25:17.120
 resources

00:25:17.120 --> 00:25:18.180
 and just

00:25:18.180 --> 00:25:18.700
 far less

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.340
 technology

00:25:19.340 --> 00:25:19.760
 than we

00:25:19.760 --> 00:25:20.140
 have.

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:23.040
 It was

00:25:23.040 --> 00:25:23.320
 literally

00:25:23.320 --> 00:25:24.100
 built and

00:25:24.100 --> 00:25:24.620
 made to

00:25:24.620 --> 00:25:24.920
 where there's

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:25.420
 like a lake

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:25.880
 at the bottom

00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:26.380
 of the mountain

00:25:26.380 --> 00:25:27.160
 and so the

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:27.580
 wind would

00:25:27.580 --> 00:25:28.100
 blow and

00:25:28.100 --> 00:25:28.700
 utilize the

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.100
 water off

00:25:29.100 --> 00:25:29.460
 that lake

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:29.920
 to cool

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:30.480
 the place

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:31.000
 which was

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:32.280
 just

00:25:32.280 --> 00:25:33.160
 just insane

00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:33.660
 right.

00:25:34.100 --> 00:25:34.900
 The year

00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:35.480
 before

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:35.780
 when I

00:25:35.780 --> 00:25:35.980
 went the

00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.480
 first time

00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:36.740
 it was

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.760
 like 117

00:25:37.760 --> 00:25:38.240
 degrees

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:38.500
 there

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:39.000
 one day

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:40.120
 so they

00:25:40.120 --> 00:25:40.520
 absolutely

00:25:40.520 --> 00:25:41.020
 need air

00:25:41.020 --> 00:25:41.360
 conditioning

00:25:41.360 --> 00:25:41.640
 in that

00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:42.100
 place.

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.420
 But as we

00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:45.100
 continued on

00:25:45.100 --> 00:25:45.540
 our tour

00:25:45.540 --> 00:25:45.960
 of this

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:46.420
 palace

00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:48.420
 they took

00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:48.680
 us to

00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:49.160
 an area

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:50.260
 this area

00:25:50.260 --> 00:25:50.460
 of the

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:50.660
 palace

00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:50.860
 called

00:25:50.860 --> 00:25:51.040
 the

00:25:51.040 --> 00:25:51.880
 Shish Mahal

00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:52.940
 probably

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:53.380
 saying that

00:25:53.380 --> 00:25:53.680
 wrong

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.880
 but that's

00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:55.060
 okay.

00:25:55.860 --> 00:25:56.500
 So you

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:56.940
 walk in

00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.280
 here and

00:25:57.280 --> 00:25:57.540
 as our

00:25:57.540 --> 00:25:57.900
 guide is

00:25:57.900 --> 00:25:58.400
 talking about

00:25:58.400 --> 00:25:58.500
 it

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:58.860
 it turns

00:25:58.860 --> 00:25:59.120
 out

00:25:59.120 --> 00:25:59.300
 that

00:25:59.300 --> 00:25:59.660
 they're

00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:00.260
 on the

00:26:00.260 --> 00:26:00.640
 walls

00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:00.940
 and the

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.260
 ceilings

00:26:01.260 --> 00:26:01.560
 of this

00:26:01.560 --> 00:26:01.840
 place

00:26:01.840 --> 00:26:02.020
 there's

00:26:02.020 --> 00:26:02.200
 like

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.500
 over

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:03.100
 thousands

00:26:03.100 --> 00:26:03.480
 of

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:03.980
 mirrors

00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.720
 right

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:06.420
 and it's

00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:06.720
 set up

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.000
 so that

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.660
 the smallest

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:09.220
 bit of

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:09.780
 light

00:26:09.780 --> 00:26:11.380
 would shine

00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:11.780
 in there

00:26:11.780 --> 00:26:12.200
 and reflect

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:12.620
 off those

00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:12.920
 mirrors

00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:13.480
 and create

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:13.900
 like a

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:14.460
 dazzling

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:15.000
 display

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:16.800
 pretty cool

00:26:16.800 --> 00:26:18.200
 and as

00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:18.500
 our guide

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.100
 continued to

00:26:19.100 --> 00:26:19.400
 tell us

00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:19.760
 about it

00:26:19.760 --> 00:26:20.160
 and talk

00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:20.580
 about it

00:26:20.580 --> 00:26:21.360
 he said

00:26:21.360 --> 00:26:21.540
 that it

00:26:21.540 --> 00:26:21.660
 was

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:22.120
 literally

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:22.740
 built

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.460
 for one

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:23.740
 of the

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.160
 queens

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:24.480
 at the

00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:24.960
 palace

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.600
 so that

00:26:25.600 --> 00:26:26.000
 she could

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.720
 see the

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.020
 beauty

00:26:27.020 --> 00:26:27.360
 of the

00:26:27.360 --> 00:26:27.960
 stars

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:29.320
 inside

00:26:29.320 --> 00:26:32.180
 so guys

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:32.660
 no pressure

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:33.440
 but

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:34.340
 if you're

00:26:34.340 --> 00:26:34.780
 still shopping

00:26:34.780 --> 00:26:35.100
 for a

00:26:35.100 --> 00:26:35.380
 christmas

00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:35.680
 present

00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:35.960
 you've

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:36.260
 got some

00:26:36.260 --> 00:26:36.540
 catching

00:26:36.540 --> 00:26:36.900
 up to

00:26:36.900 --> 00:26:37.100
 do

00:26:37.100 --> 00:26:37.780
 so that

00:26:37.780 --> 00:26:38.000
 guy's

00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.280
 got us

00:26:38.280 --> 00:26:38.420
 all

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:38.660
 beat

00:26:38.660 --> 00:26:40.640
 inside

00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:41.080
 the fort

00:26:41.080 --> 00:26:41.280
 though

00:26:41.280 --> 00:26:41.620
 there's

00:26:41.620 --> 00:26:41.820
 this

00:26:41.820 --> 00:26:42.200
 temple

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.960
 right

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.140
 like

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:43.260
 it's

00:26:43.260 --> 00:26:43.640
 dedicated

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:44.000
 to

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.660
 to a

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:44.980
 hindu

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:45.440
 goddess

00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:47.120
 where

00:26:47.120 --> 00:26:47.400
 like

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:47.860
 devout

00:26:47.860 --> 00:26:48.480
 followers

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:49.100
 could

00:26:49.100 --> 00:26:49.520
 come

00:26:49.520 --> 00:26:49.740
 and

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.460
 could

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:50.760
 come

00:26:50.760 --> 00:26:50.920
 and

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.100
 just

00:26:51.100 --> 00:26:51.540
 worship

00:26:51.540 --> 00:26:51.840
 and

00:26:51.840 --> 00:26:52.040
 pay

00:26:52.040 --> 00:26:52.600
 respects

00:26:52.600 --> 00:26:52.800
 to

00:26:52.800 --> 00:26:53.020
 this

00:26:53.020 --> 00:26:53.540
 hindu

00:26:53.540 --> 00:26:54.240
 goddess

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:55.220
 right

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:55.400
 like

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:55.560
 this

00:26:55.560 --> 00:26:55.820
 false

00:26:55.820 --> 00:26:56.100
 god

00:26:56.100 --> 00:27:01.000
 in

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.400
 my

00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:02.020
 experience

00:27:02.020 --> 00:27:02.300
 there

00:27:02.300 --> 00:27:02.580
 it kind

00:27:02.580 --> 00:27:02.680
 of

00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:03.100
 reminded

00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:03.600
 me

00:27:03.600 --> 00:27:05.440
 of

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:05.840
 something

00:27:05.840 --> 00:27:07.020
 something

00:27:07.020 --> 00:27:07.300
 that

00:27:07.300 --> 00:27:07.880
 I read

00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:08.080
 in a

00:27:08.080 --> 00:27:08.360
 book

00:27:08.360 --> 00:27:11.560
 it's

00:27:11.560 --> 00:27:11.720
 the

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.020
 story

00:27:12.020 --> 00:27:12.200
 that

00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:12.320
 a

00:27:12.320 --> 00:27:12.660
 pastor

00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:13.240
 tells

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:13.400
 and

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:13.820
 he's

00:27:13.820 --> 00:27:14.120
 speaking

00:27:14.120 --> 00:27:14.320
 of

00:27:14.320 --> 00:27:14.440
 a

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:14.740
 time

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:14.900
 that

00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:15.060
 he

00:27:15.060 --> 00:27:15.480
 had

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:16.740
 with

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.220
 two

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.560
 other

00:27:17.560 --> 00:27:18.340
 two

00:27:18.340 --> 00:27:18.560
 other

00:27:18.560 --> 00:27:18.920
 religious

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:19.360
 leaders

00:27:19.360 --> 00:27:20.280
 right

00:27:20.280 --> 00:27:22.160
 in

00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:22.360
 this

00:27:22.360 --> 00:27:22.840
 story

00:27:22.840 --> 00:27:24.060
 he's

00:27:24.060 --> 00:27:24.260
 sitting

00:27:24.260 --> 00:27:24.520
 down

00:27:24.520 --> 00:27:24.680
 they're

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:24.820
 kind

00:27:24.820 --> 00:27:24.920
 of

00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:25.700
 they're

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:25.840
 at

00:27:25.840 --> 00:27:26.060
 some

00:27:26.060 --> 00:27:26.420
 temple

00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:26.600
 but

00:27:26.600 --> 00:27:26.720
 they're

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:26.860
 just

00:27:26.860 --> 00:27:27.000
 kind

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.080
 of

00:27:27.080 --> 00:27:27.280
 sitting

00:27:27.280 --> 00:27:27.440
 out

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:27.500
 in

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:27.620
 the

00:27:27.620 --> 00:27:27.940
 courtyard

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.260
 of

00:27:28.260 --> 00:27:28.420
 it

00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:30.100
 and

00:27:30.100 --> 00:27:31.220
 they're

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:31.280
 having

00:27:31.280 --> 00:27:31.400
 this

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:31.940
 conversation

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.600
 and it

00:27:32.600 --> 00:27:32.940
 shifts

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:33.160
 to

00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:33.400
 like

00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:33.940
 faith

00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:34.380
 and

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:34.820
 beliefs

00:27:34.820 --> 00:27:37.460
 one of

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:37.520
 the

00:27:37.520 --> 00:27:37.780
 men

00:27:37.780 --> 00:27:38.580
 made

00:27:38.580 --> 00:27:38.740
 the

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.020
 statement

00:27:39.020 --> 00:27:39.420
 that

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:40.300
 you

00:27:40.300 --> 00:27:40.400
 know

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:40.680
 we

00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:40.900
 may

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:41.220
 have

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.600
 different

00:27:41.600 --> 00:27:42.020
 views

00:27:42.020 --> 00:27:42.300
 about

00:27:42.300 --> 00:27:42.700
 small

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.120
 issues

00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:43.320
 but

00:27:43.320 --> 00:27:43.440
 when

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:43.560
 it

00:27:43.560 --> 00:27:43.800
 comes

00:27:43.800 --> 00:27:43.940
 to

00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:44.040
 the

00:27:44.040 --> 00:27:44.240
 most

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.640
 important

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:45.180
 issues

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:45.860
 our

00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:46.200
 religions

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.440
 are

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:46.600
 the

00:27:46.600 --> 00:27:46.900
 same

00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:49.960
 to

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:50.100
 which

00:27:50.100 --> 00:27:50.280
 the

00:27:50.280 --> 00:27:50.620
 pastor

00:27:50.620 --> 00:27:51.360
 responded

00:27:51.360 --> 00:27:52.640
 he

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:52.760
 says

00:27:52.760 --> 00:27:52.900
 it

00:27:52.900 --> 00:27:53.160
 sounds

00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:53.340
 as

00:27:53.340 --> 00:27:53.500
 though

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:53.760
 you

00:27:53.760 --> 00:27:54.040
 both

00:27:54.040 --> 00:27:54.480
 picture

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:55.120
 God

00:27:55.120 --> 00:27:55.440
 or

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:56.160
 whatever

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:56.480
 you

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:56.680
 may

00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:57.000
 call

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.400
 God

00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:57.600
 at

00:27:57.600 --> 00:27:58.120
 the

00:27:58.120 --> 00:27:58.440
 top

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:58.580
 of

00:27:58.580 --> 00:27:58.700
 the

00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.040
 mountain

00:27:59.040 --> 00:28:01.560
 while

00:28:01.560 --> 00:28:01.780
 we

00:28:01.780 --> 00:28:01.960
 are

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.200
 here

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.340
 at

00:28:02.340 --> 00:28:02.460
 the

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:02.720
 bottom

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:07.020
 and

00:28:07.020 --> 00:28:07.200
 I

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:07.380
 may

00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:07.620
 take

00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:07.920
 one

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.300
 path

00:28:08.300 --> 00:28:08.480
 up

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:08.660
 the

00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:08.980
 mountain

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:10.080
 while

00:28:10.080 --> 00:28:10.340
 you

00:28:10.340 --> 00:28:10.580
 may

00:28:10.580 --> 00:28:10.860
 take

00:28:10.860 --> 00:28:11.240
 another

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.540
 just

00:28:11.540 --> 00:28:11.980
 different

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.420
 path

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:12.680
 up

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:12.800
 the

00:28:12.800 --> 00:28:13.060
 mountain

00:28:13.060 --> 00:28:14.400
 but

00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:14.520
 in

00:28:14.520 --> 00:28:14.680
 the

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:15.020
 end

00:28:15.020 --> 00:28:15.880
 we'll

00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:16.080
 all

00:28:16.080 --> 00:28:16.300
 end

00:28:16.300 --> 00:28:16.460
 up

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:16.580
 in

00:28:16.580 --> 00:28:16.720
 the

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:16.920
 same

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.400
 place

00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:19.360
 they

00:28:19.360 --> 00:28:20.060
 excitedly

00:28:20.060 --> 00:28:21.120
 responded

00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:21.660
 reacted

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:21.880
 they're

00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:22.040
 like

00:28:22.040 --> 00:28:22.220
 yeah

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.440
 yeah

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:22.880
 exactly

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.480
 exactly

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:23.740
 that's

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:23.880
 what

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.040
 we

00:28:24.040 --> 00:28:24.300
 mean

00:28:24.300 --> 00:28:26.760
 but

00:28:26.760 --> 00:28:26.900
 then

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.020
 he

00:28:27.020 --> 00:28:27.320
 asked

00:28:27.320 --> 00:28:27.440
 them

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:27.560
 a

00:28:27.560 --> 00:28:27.920
 question

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:28.160
 that

00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:28.280
 would

00:28:28.280 --> 00:28:28.500
 set

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:28.680
 the

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:28.960
 tone

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:29.160
 for

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.380
 a

00:28:29.380 --> 00:28:30.000
 fundamental

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.820
 life

00:28:30.820 --> 00:28:31.360
 changing

00:28:31.360 --> 00:28:31.940
 answer

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:34.820
 he

00:28:34.820 --> 00:28:34.940
 said

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.140
 what

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:35.300
 if

00:28:35.300 --> 00:28:35.680
 God

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:37.280
 doesn't

00:28:37.280 --> 00:28:37.500
 wait

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:37.880
 for us

00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:38.040
 to

00:28:38.040 --> 00:28:38.300
 find

00:28:38.300 --> 00:28:38.460
 our

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:38.640
 way

00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:38.780
 to

00:28:38.780 --> 00:28:39.060
 him

00:28:39.060 --> 00:28:40.240
 but

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:40.560
 instead

00:28:40.560 --> 00:28:41.120
 comes

00:28:41.120 --> 00:28:41.320
 to

00:28:41.320 --> 00:28:41.700
 us

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:46.940
 you

00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:47.060
 see

00:28:47.060 --> 00:28:47.300
 that's

00:28:47.300 --> 00:28:47.420
 the

00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:47.700
 beauty

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:47.980
 in

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:48.440
 Emmanuel

00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:49.360
 God

00:28:49.360 --> 00:28:49.580
 with

00:28:49.580 --> 00:28:49.920
 us

00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:52.060
 when

00:28:52.060 --> 00:28:52.180
 the

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:52.420
 prophet

00:28:52.420 --> 00:28:52.780
 Isaiah

00:28:52.780 --> 00:28:53.160
 wrote

00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:53.320
 of

00:28:53.320 --> 00:28:53.800
 Emmanuel

00:28:53.800 --> 00:28:54.200
 and

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:54.340
 the

00:28:54.340 --> 00:28:54.940
 angel

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.080
 of

00:28:55.080 --> 00:28:55.140
 the

00:28:55.140 --> 00:28:55.280
 Lord

00:28:55.280 --> 00:28:55.580
 told

00:28:55.580 --> 00:28:55.960
 Joseph

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.240
 his

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.540
 name

00:28:56.540 --> 00:28:56.760
 will

00:28:56.760 --> 00:28:56.940
 be

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:57.320
 Jesus

00:28:57.320 --> 00:28:58.040
 it

00:28:58.040 --> 00:28:58.140
 was

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:58.280
 a

00:28:58.280 --> 00:28:58.760
 declaration

00:28:58.760 --> 00:28:59.240
 of

00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.400
 a

00:28:59.400 --> 00:28:59.840
 beautiful

00:28:59.840 --> 00:29:00.500
 plan

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:00.800
 and

00:29:00.800 --> 00:29:01.380
 purpose

00:29:01.380 --> 00:29:03.200
 that

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:03.640
 God

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:03.900
 not

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.080
 as

00:29:04.080 --> 00:29:04.660
 a

00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:05.060
 distant

00:29:05.060 --> 00:29:05.460
 deity

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:06.080
 separated

00:29:06.080 --> 00:29:06.380
 from

00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:06.700
 us

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:06.800
 and

00:29:06.800 --> 00:29:06.940
 all

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.060
 of

00:29:07.060 --> 00:29:07.220
 our

00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:07.520
 hurts

00:29:07.520 --> 00:29:07.660
 and

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:07.820
 our

00:29:07.820 --> 00:29:08.120
 heart

00:29:08.120 --> 00:29:08.420
 aches

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:08.640
 but

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:09.300
 not

00:29:09.300 --> 00:29:09.580
 not

00:29:09.580 --> 00:29:10.040
 God

00:29:10.040 --> 00:29:10.260
 on

00:29:10.260 --> 00:29:10.380
 the

00:29:10.380 --> 00:29:10.640
 top

00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:10.760
 of

00:29:10.760 --> 00:29:10.920
 this

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.200
 mountain

00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:11.620
 waiting

00:29:11.620 --> 00:29:11.880
 for

00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:12.080
 us

00:29:12.080 --> 00:29:12.200
 to

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:12.560
 overcome

00:29:12.560 --> 00:29:12.800
 our

00:29:12.800 --> 00:29:13.180
 challenges

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:13.460
 and

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:13.800
 somehow

00:29:13.800 --> 00:29:14.700
 overcome

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:14.980
 the

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.240
 sin

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:15.380
 in

00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:15.520
 our

00:29:15.520 --> 00:29:16.000
 life

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:17.040
 but

00:29:17.040 --> 00:29:17.620
 Emmanuel

00:29:17.620 --> 00:29:18.320
 God

00:29:18.320 --> 00:29:18.580
 with

00:29:18.580 --> 00:29:19.060
 us

00:29:19.060 --> 00:29:19.820
 love

00:29:19.820 --> 00:29:20.240
 coming

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.600
 down

00:29:20.600 --> 00:29:20.800
 to

00:29:20.800 --> 00:29:21.060
 be

00:29:21.060 --> 00:29:21.360
 with

00:29:21.360 --> 00:29:21.780
 us

00:29:21.780 --> 00:29:22.640
 to

00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:22.900
 meet

00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:23.220
 us

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.500
 where

00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:23.760
 we

00:29:23.760 --> 00:29:24.160
 are

00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:26.120
 and

00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:26.220
 to

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.360
 make

00:29:26.360 --> 00:29:26.620
 a way

00:29:26.620 --> 00:29:26.800
 for

00:29:26.800 --> 00:29:26.940
 us

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:27.040
 to

00:29:27.040 --> 00:29:27.200
 have

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:27.480
 life

00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:27.660
 with

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:27.880
 him

00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:30.720
 I

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:30.860
 read

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:31.040
 in a

00:29:31.040 --> 00:29:31.400
 commentary

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:31.780
 earlier

00:29:31.780 --> 00:29:32.060
 this

00:29:32.060 --> 00:29:32.280
 week

00:29:32.280 --> 00:29:34.080
 says

00:29:34.080 --> 00:29:34.300
 this

00:29:34.300 --> 00:29:35.020
 astounding

00:29:35.020 --> 00:29:35.400
 truth

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:35.580
 of

00:29:35.580 --> 00:29:36.180
 Christianity

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:38.140
 the

00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:38.520
 reality

00:29:38.520 --> 00:29:38.720
 that

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:38.960
 God

00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:39.320
 became

00:29:39.320 --> 00:29:39.880
 flesh

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:40.880
 may

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:41.060
 be

00:29:41.060 --> 00:29:42.060
 incomprehensible

00:29:42.060 --> 00:29:42.380
 to

00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:42.680
 many

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.800
 but

00:29:43.800 --> 00:29:43.940
 to

00:29:43.940 --> 00:29:44.180
 those

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:44.340
 who

00:29:44.340 --> 00:29:44.700
 believe

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:44.880
 it

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:45.000
 is

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.700
 irresistible

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:47.260
 there's

00:29:47.260 --> 00:29:47.440
 an

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:47.860
 infinitely

00:29:47.860 --> 00:29:48.340
 great

00:29:48.340 --> 00:29:48.780
 God

00:29:48.780 --> 00:29:49.480
 mighty

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:49.680
 in

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:50.000
 power

00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:51.040
 who

00:29:51.040 --> 00:29:51.220
 out

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:51.320
 of

00:29:51.320 --> 00:29:51.480
 his

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:51.780
 love

00:29:51.780 --> 00:29:52.020
 for

00:29:52.020 --> 00:29:52.400
 us

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:53.060
 has

00:29:53.060 --> 00:29:53.260
 not

00:29:53.260 --> 00:29:53.640
 simply

00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:53.960
 sent

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.140
 a

00:29:54.140 --> 00:29:54.500
 messenger

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:54.980
 to

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.180
 tell

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:55.320
 us

00:29:55.320 --> 00:29:55.520
 about

00:29:55.520 --> 00:29:55.680
 his

00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:55.980
 love

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:57.060
 even

00:29:57.060 --> 00:29:57.440
 better

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:58.240
 he

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:58.440
 has

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:58.720
 come

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.360
 himself

00:29:59.360 --> 00:30:00.700
 and

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:00.840
 what

00:30:00.840 --> 00:30:00.960
 he

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.200
 came

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.340
 to

00:30:01.340 --> 00:30:01.520
 do

00:30:01.520 --> 00:30:01.680
 is

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:01.780
 the

00:30:01.780 --> 00:30:02.060
 greatest

00:30:02.060 --> 00:30:02.360
 news

00:30:02.360 --> 00:30:03.580
 in

00:30:03.580 --> 00:30:03.700
 the

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:03.980
 whole

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.520
 world

00:30:04.520 --> 00:30:08.000
 we've

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.140
 been

00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:08.320
 given

00:30:08.320 --> 00:30:08.520
 a

00:30:08.520 --> 00:30:08.840
 gift

00:30:08.840 --> 00:30:10.660
 like

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:10.780
 the

00:30:10.780 --> 00:30:11.000
 best

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.360
 gift

00:30:11.360 --> 00:30:14.060
 like

00:30:14.060 --> 00:30:14.180
 the

00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:14.360
 kind

00:30:14.360 --> 00:30:14.480
 of

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:14.680
 gift

00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:14.840
 that

00:30:14.840 --> 00:30:15.060
 makes

00:30:15.060 --> 00:30:15.220
 all

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.360
 the

00:30:15.360 --> 00:30:15.540
 other

00:30:15.540 --> 00:30:15.780
 gifts

00:30:15.780 --> 00:30:15.980
 just

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.160
 kind

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.260
 of

00:30:16.260 --> 00:30:16.460
 seem

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:16.680
 like

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:16.860
 they're

00:30:16.860 --> 00:30:17.020
 just

00:30:17.020 --> 00:30:17.220
 not

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:17.440
 very

00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:17.720
 good

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.140
 gifts

00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:24.380
 one of

00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:24.500
 my

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:24.720
 favorite

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:25.220
 traditions

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.460
 that

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:25.600
 our

00:30:25.600 --> 00:30:25.920
 family

00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:26.300
 has

00:30:26.300 --> 00:30:26.460
 was

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:26.820
 actually

00:30:26.820 --> 00:30:27.540
 passed

00:30:27.540 --> 00:30:27.820
 down

00:30:27.820 --> 00:30:28.020
 from

00:30:28.020 --> 00:30:28.180
 my

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:28.520
 wife's

00:30:28.520 --> 00:30:28.860
 family

00:30:28.860 --> 00:30:30.500
 each

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:30.780
 year

00:30:30.780 --> 00:30:30.980
 we

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.500
 have

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:31.620
 a

00:30:31.620 --> 00:30:31.880
 family

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:32.220
 ornament

00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:32.660
 and

00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:33.560
 our

00:30:33.560 --> 00:30:33.840
 kids

00:30:33.840 --> 00:30:34.060
 get

00:30:34.060 --> 00:30:34.240
 like

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.360
 an

00:30:34.360 --> 00:30:34.760
 individual

00:30:34.760 --> 00:30:35.080
 ornament

00:30:35.080 --> 00:30:35.240
 so

00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:35.380
 like

00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:35.660
 family

00:30:35.660 --> 00:30:35.960
 ornament

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.100
 will

00:30:36.100 --> 00:30:36.180
 be

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.440
 like

00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:36.660
 you know

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:36.860
 there's

00:30:36.860 --> 00:30:37.000
 like

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.480
 five

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:38.200
 black

00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:38.580
 bears

00:30:38.580 --> 00:30:39.020
 and

00:30:39.020 --> 00:30:39.400
 you know

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:39.620
 you put

00:30:39.620 --> 00:30:39.900
 your name

00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:40.200
 on them

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.420
 and then

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:41.020
 one year

00:30:41.020 --> 00:30:41.440
 was like

00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:41.860
 you know

00:30:41.860 --> 00:30:42.660
 hot chocolate

00:30:42.660 --> 00:30:43.260
 cups

00:30:43.260 --> 00:30:43.540
 or something

00:30:43.540 --> 00:30:43.900
 I don't

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.040
 know

00:30:44.040 --> 00:30:44.400
 each year

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:44.560
 is a

00:30:44.560 --> 00:30:44.740
 different

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.080
 thing

00:30:45.080 --> 00:30:45.720
 we're

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:45.940
 kind of

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.260
 running out

00:30:46.260 --> 00:30:46.640
 of ideas

00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:46.940
 at this

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.220
 point

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:48.840
 but our

00:30:48.840 --> 00:30:49.060
 kids

00:30:49.060 --> 00:30:49.480
 get like

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:49.660
 an

00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:50.260
 individual

00:30:50.260 --> 00:30:51.060
 ornament

00:30:51.060 --> 00:30:51.600
 right

00:30:51.600 --> 00:30:53.400
 and typically

00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:53.900
 that ornament

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:54.200
 would

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:55.000
 give some

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.460
 insight

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:56.620
 into what's

00:30:56.620 --> 00:30:57.180
 going on

00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:57.780
 that year

00:30:57.780 --> 00:30:58.320
 in their

00:30:58.320 --> 00:30:58.700
 life

00:30:58.700 --> 00:31:01.180
 so

00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:01.380
 as we

00:31:01.380 --> 00:31:01.700
 turn on

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:02.020
 Miracle

00:31:02.020 --> 00:31:02.220
 on

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:02.800
 34th

00:31:02.800 --> 00:31:03.000
 street

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:04.180
 and we

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:04.400
 begin

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:04.760
 to take

00:31:04.760 --> 00:31:05.000
 these

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.480
 ornaments

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:07.020
 out of

00:31:07.020 --> 00:31:07.180
 their

00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:07.700
 container

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:08.120
 that's

00:31:08.120 --> 00:31:08.540
 my job

00:31:08.540 --> 00:31:08.900
 pretty

00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:09.100
 good

00:31:09.100 --> 00:31:09.480
 at it

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:11.040
 we

00:31:11.040 --> 00:31:11.500
 unwrap

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:11.660
 them

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:11.980
 and as

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.120
 I

00:31:12.120 --> 00:31:12.500
 unwrap

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:12.620
 them

00:31:12.620 --> 00:31:12.920
 and kind

00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:13.000
 of

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.480
 organize

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:13.700
 them

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.600
 my

00:31:14.600 --> 00:31:14.960
 wife

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.260
 and my

00:31:15.260 --> 00:31:15.620
 kids

00:31:15.620 --> 00:31:15.820
 they

00:31:15.820 --> 00:31:16.240
 come

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:16.480
 up

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:16.660
 and they

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:16.840
 just

00:31:16.840 --> 00:31:17.060
 start

00:31:17.060 --> 00:31:17.580
 to look

00:31:17.580 --> 00:31:18.120
 for

00:31:18.120 --> 00:31:18.340
 their

00:31:18.340 --> 00:31:19.160
 ornaments

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:24.280
 and we

00:31:24.280 --> 00:31:24.440
 just

00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:24.740
 take

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:24.980
 this

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.640
 walk

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:26.300
 down

00:31:26.300 --> 00:31:26.800
 memory

00:31:26.800 --> 00:31:27.440
 lane

00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:27.960
 together

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:28.360
 right

00:31:28.360 --> 00:31:28.720
 just

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:30.260
 long

00:31:30.260 --> 00:31:30.600
 walk

00:31:30.600 --> 00:31:30.820
 down

00:31:30.820 --> 00:31:31.100
 memory

00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:31.400
 lane

00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:33.260
 2007

00:31:33.260 --> 00:31:34.020
 an

00:31:34.020 --> 00:31:34.300
 ornament

00:31:34.300 --> 00:31:34.620
 with a

00:31:34.620 --> 00:31:34.860
 guy

00:31:34.860 --> 00:31:35.100
 and a

00:31:35.100 --> 00:31:35.360
 girl

00:31:35.360 --> 00:31:36.460
 fancy

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:37.080
 clothes

00:31:37.080 --> 00:31:38.140
 reads

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:38.380
 Merry

00:31:38.380 --> 00:31:38.740
 Christmas

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.380
 Newlyweds

00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:42.020
 2010

00:31:42.020 --> 00:31:42.520
 it's like

00:31:42.520 --> 00:31:42.940
 a little

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.260
 baby

00:31:43.260 --> 00:31:43.540
 with a

00:31:43.540 --> 00:31:44.140
 pacifier

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:44.540
 says

00:31:44.540 --> 00:31:44.920
 Haley's

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.120
 first

00:31:45.120 --> 00:31:45.600
 Christmas

00:31:45.600 --> 00:31:49.000
 2017

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.580
 this

00:31:49.580 --> 00:31:50.300
 little

00:31:50.300 --> 00:31:50.520
 girl

00:31:50.520 --> 00:31:50.700
 with

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.160
 pigtails

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:51.400
 and a

00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:51.680
 backpack

00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:52.120
 and

00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:53.840
 doesn't

00:31:53.840 --> 00:31:54.080
 say

00:31:54.080 --> 00:31:54.440
 attitude

00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:54.800
 but a

00:31:54.800 --> 00:31:54.920
 little

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.060
 bit

00:31:55.060 --> 00:31:55.140
 of

00:31:55.140 --> 00:31:55.500
 attitude

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:55.880
 and it

00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:56.060
 says

00:31:56.060 --> 00:31:56.640
 Samantha's

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:56.860
 first

00:31:56.860 --> 00:31:57.060
 day

00:31:57.060 --> 00:31:57.180
 of

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:57.460
 school

00:31:57.460 --> 00:32:00.840
 2023

00:32:00.840 --> 00:32:01.460
 is like

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:01.580
 a

00:32:01.580 --> 00:32:01.960
 dinosaur

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:02.340
 but

00:32:02.340 --> 00:32:02.660
 like

00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:02.920
 listen

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.380
 not like

00:32:03.380 --> 00:32:03.820
 Jurassic

00:32:03.820 --> 00:32:04.300
 Park

00:32:04.300 --> 00:32:04.800
 you know

00:32:04.800 --> 00:32:05.600
 velociraptor

00:32:05.600 --> 00:32:05.800
 like

00:32:05.800 --> 00:32:06.060
 like a

00:32:06.060 --> 00:32:06.160
 little

00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:06.440
 cute

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:06.600
 one

00:32:06.600 --> 00:32:06.720
 with

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:06.840
 like

00:32:06.840 --> 00:32:06.960
 the

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.200
 rounded

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:07.660
 teeth

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:09.200
 reads

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.620
 Olivia

00:32:09.620 --> 00:32:10.160
 because

00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:10.380
 she was

00:32:10.380 --> 00:32:10.540
 just

00:32:10.540 --> 00:32:11.040
 obsessed

00:32:11.040 --> 00:32:11.280
 with

00:32:11.280 --> 00:32:11.560
 anything

00:32:11.560 --> 00:32:11.940
 to do

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.080
 with

00:32:12.080 --> 00:32:12.460
 dinosaurs

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:12.800
 that

00:32:12.800 --> 00:32:13.080
 year

00:32:13.080 --> 00:32:16.140
 as

00:32:16.140 --> 00:32:16.340
 great

00:32:16.340 --> 00:32:16.440
 as

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:16.600
 those

00:32:16.600 --> 00:32:16.900
 memories

00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:17.320
 are

00:32:17.320 --> 00:32:17.560
 and

00:32:17.560 --> 00:32:18.240
 as

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.460
 much

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:18.580
 as

00:32:18.580 --> 00:32:18.680
 they

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:18.860
 do

00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:19.000
 a

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.460
 fantastic

00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:19.800
 job

00:32:19.800 --> 00:32:19.980
 of

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.240
 putting

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:20.540
 us

00:32:20.540 --> 00:32:20.820
 into

00:32:20.820 --> 00:32:21.020
 the

00:32:21.020 --> 00:32:21.400
 Christmas

00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:22.360
 spirit

00:32:22.360 --> 00:32:23.860
 that's

00:32:23.860 --> 00:32:24.040
 not

00:32:24.040 --> 00:32:24.220
 the

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:24.560
 gift

00:32:24.560 --> 00:32:29.980
 and

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.240
 underneath

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:30.500
 this

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:30.740
 tree

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:30.960
 with

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:31.140
 all

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:31.240
 of

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.380
 our

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:31.760
 memories

00:32:31.760 --> 00:32:32.060
 on

00:32:32.060 --> 00:32:32.240
 it

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:32.780
 there

00:32:32.780 --> 00:32:32.900
 are

00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:33.340
 presents

00:32:33.340 --> 00:32:35.840
 there's

00:32:35.840 --> 00:32:35.980
 like

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.080
 the

00:32:36.080 --> 00:32:36.240
 kind

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.360
 of

00:32:36.360 --> 00:32:36.660
 presents

00:32:36.660 --> 00:32:36.860
 that

00:32:36.860 --> 00:32:36.960
 you

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.100
 look

00:32:37.100 --> 00:32:37.300
 down

00:32:37.300 --> 00:32:37.500
 there

00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:37.620
 and

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:37.700
 you

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:37.820
 see

00:32:37.820 --> 00:32:37.940
 your

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:38.160
 name

00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:38.360
 on

00:32:38.360 --> 00:32:38.460
 it

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:38.560
 and

00:32:38.560 --> 00:32:38.640
 you

00:32:38.640 --> 00:32:38.760
 look

00:32:38.760 --> 00:32:38.840
 at

00:32:38.840 --> 00:32:38.960
 the

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.160
 shape

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:39.260
 of

00:32:39.260 --> 00:32:39.360
 the

00:32:39.360 --> 00:32:39.680
 box

00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:39.820
 and

00:32:39.820 --> 00:32:39.960
 when

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:40.200
 nobody

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.320
 is

00:32:40.320 --> 00:32:40.420
 in

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:40.540
 there

00:32:40.540 --> 00:32:40.640
 you

00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:40.820
 might

00:32:40.820 --> 00:32:41.100
 shake

00:32:41.100 --> 00:32:41.220
 it

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:41.300
 a

00:32:41.300 --> 00:32:41.420
 little

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:41.760
 bit

00:32:41.760 --> 00:32:43.640
 and

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:43.700
 you

00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:43.860
 think

00:32:43.860 --> 00:32:44.000
 is

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.140
 this

00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:44.300
 the

00:32:44.300 --> 00:32:44.520
 red

00:32:44.520 --> 00:32:44.720
 rider

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:44.980
 BB

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:45.260
 gun

00:32:45.260 --> 00:32:45.400
 I've

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:45.500
 been

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:45.760
 asking

00:32:45.760 --> 00:32:46.060
 for

00:32:46.060 --> 00:32:48.760
 there's

00:32:48.760 --> 00:32:48.960
 another

00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:49.300
 type

00:32:49.300 --> 00:32:50.220
 it's

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:50.300
 the

00:32:50.300 --> 00:32:50.440
 kind

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:50.560
 that

00:32:50.560 --> 00:32:50.740
 makes

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:50.860
 you

00:32:50.860 --> 00:32:51.160
 smile

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:51.380
 because

00:32:51.380 --> 00:32:51.480
 you

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:51.680
 look

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:51.900
 at

00:32:51.900 --> 00:32:52.080
 it

00:32:52.080 --> 00:32:52.400
 because

00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:52.600
 you

00:32:52.600 --> 00:32:52.900
 know

00:32:52.900 --> 00:32:53.060
 the

00:32:53.060 --> 00:32:53.240
 shape

00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:53.340
 of

00:32:53.340 --> 00:32:53.420
 the

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:53.680
 box

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:53.880
 because

00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:54.060
 you're

00:32:54.060 --> 00:32:54.140
 the

00:32:54.140 --> 00:32:54.260
 one

00:32:54.260 --> 00:32:54.380
 that

00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:54.660
 wrapped

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:54.780
 it

00:32:54.780 --> 00:32:54.860
 and

00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:54.960
 you're

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.040
 the

00:32:55.040 --> 00:32:55.180
 one

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:55.300
 that

00:32:55.300 --> 00:32:55.480
 put

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:55.780
 something

00:32:55.780 --> 00:32:56.160
 inside

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:56.300
 of

00:32:56.300 --> 00:32:56.460
 it

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.100
 you

00:32:57.100 --> 00:32:57.260
 know

00:32:57.260 --> 00:32:57.400
 who

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:57.560
 it's

00:32:57.560 --> 00:32:57.840
 for

00:32:57.840 --> 00:32:58.100
 and

00:32:58.100 --> 00:32:59.020
 you

00:32:59.020 --> 00:32:59.220
 can't

00:32:59.220 --> 00:32:59.360
 wait

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:12.100
 that's

00:33:12.100 --> 00:33:12.220
 not

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:12.320
 the

00:33:12.320 --> 00:33:12.520
 gift

00:33:12.520 --> 00:33:12.800
 either

00:33:12.800 --> 00:33:16.480
 verse

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:17.000
 24

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:19.700
 when

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:19.960
 Joseph

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.260
 woke

00:33:20.260 --> 00:33:20.460
 up

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:20.580
 he

00:33:20.580 --> 00:33:20.820
 did

00:33:20.820 --> 00:33:20.960
 what

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.100
 the

00:33:21.100 --> 00:33:21.380
 angel

00:33:21.380 --> 00:33:21.520
 of

00:33:21.520 --> 00:33:21.640
 the

00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:21.840
 Lord

00:33:21.840 --> 00:33:22.060
 had

00:33:22.060 --> 00:33:22.460
 commanded

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:22.700
 him

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.640
 he

00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:23.820
 took

00:33:23.820 --> 00:33:24.060
 Mary

00:33:24.060 --> 00:33:24.400
 home

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:24.560
 as

00:33:24.560 --> 00:33:24.720
 his

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:25.080
 wife

00:33:25.080 --> 00:33:26.100
 but

00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:26.200
 he

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:26.320
 did

00:33:26.320 --> 00:33:26.500
 not

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:27.040
 consummate

00:33:27.040 --> 00:33:27.220
 their

00:33:27.220 --> 00:33:27.620
 marriage

00:33:27.620 --> 00:33:27.940
 until

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.160
 she

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:28.420
 gave

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:28.680
 birth

00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:28.840
 to

00:33:28.840 --> 00:33:29.020
 a

00:33:29.020 --> 00:33:29.300
 son

00:33:29.300 --> 00:33:30.560
 and

00:33:30.560 --> 00:33:30.640
 he

00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:30.800
 gave

00:33:30.800 --> 00:33:30.900
 him

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.020
 the

00:33:31.020 --> 00:33:31.160
 name

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:31.600
 Jesus

00:33:31.600 --> 00:33:34.260
 you

00:33:34.260 --> 00:33:34.360
 see

00:33:34.360 --> 00:33:34.560
 God

00:33:34.560 --> 00:33:34.720
 with

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:34.900
 us

00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:35.140
 tells

00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:35.280
 us

00:33:35.280 --> 00:33:35.400
 that

00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:35.600
 God

00:33:35.600 --> 00:33:35.740
 had

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:35.840
 a

00:33:35.840 --> 00:33:36.160
 plan

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:38.320
 and

00:33:38.320 --> 00:33:38.520
 God

00:33:38.520 --> 00:33:38.700
 with

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:38.840
 us

00:33:38.840 --> 00:33:39.080
 tells

00:33:39.080 --> 00:33:39.240
 us

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:39.340
 that

00:33:39.340 --> 00:33:39.340
 that

00:33:39.340 --> 00:33:39.800
 plan

00:33:39.800 --> 00:33:39.980
 had

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.100
 a

00:33:40.100 --> 00:33:40.600
 purpose

00:33:40.600 --> 00:33:42.860
 and

00:33:42.860 --> 00:33:42.980
 our

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.200
 final

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:43.460
 point

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:43.640
 this

00:33:43.640 --> 00:33:43.900
 morning

00:33:43.900 --> 00:33:44.160
 point

00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:44.340
 number

00:33:44.340 --> 00:33:44.640
 three

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.340
 God

00:33:45.340 --> 00:33:45.560
 with

00:33:45.560 --> 00:33:45.820
 us

00:33:45.820 --> 00:33:46.080
 tells

00:33:46.080 --> 00:33:46.240
 us

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:46.380
 that

00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:46.620
 we

00:33:46.620 --> 00:33:47.200
 must

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:48.060
 respond

00:33:48.060 --> 00:33:51.260
 you

00:33:51.260 --> 00:33:51.400
 see

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:51.580
 we

00:33:51.580 --> 00:33:51.920
 know

00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.140
 little

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:52.440
 about

00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:52.740
 Joseph

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:53.000
 we

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.580
 know

00:33:53.580 --> 00:33:53.840
 he's

00:33:53.840 --> 00:33:53.980
 from

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.100
 the

00:33:54.100 --> 00:33:54.300
 house

00:33:54.300 --> 00:33:54.460
 of

00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:54.720
 David

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:56.220
 we

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:56.360
 know

00:33:56.360 --> 00:33:56.500
 that

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:56.700
 Mary

00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:56.920
 is

00:33:56.920 --> 00:33:57.040
 to

00:33:57.040 --> 00:33:57.200
 be

00:33:57.200 --> 00:33:57.420
 his

00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:57.840
 wife

00:33:57.840 --> 00:33:59.940
 we

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:00.100
 know

00:34:00.100 --> 00:34:00.220
 of

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:00.320
 his

00:34:00.320 --> 00:34:00.640
 character

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:00.940
 because

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.120
 in

00:34:01.120 --> 00:34:01.280
 verse

00:34:01.280 --> 00:34:01.680
 19

00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:01.880
 it

00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:02.080
 says

00:34:02.080 --> 00:34:02.200
 he

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.300
 was

00:34:02.300 --> 00:34:02.460
 a

00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:02.800
 just

00:34:02.800 --> 00:34:03.340
 man

00:34:03.340 --> 00:34:05.940
 but

00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:06.280
 Joseph

00:34:06.280 --> 00:34:06.600
 knew

00:34:06.600 --> 00:34:06.800
 that

00:34:06.800 --> 00:34:07.120
 God

00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:07.340
 had

00:34:07.340 --> 00:34:07.480
 a

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:07.820
 plan

00:34:07.820 --> 00:34:08.000
 and

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:08.240
 while

00:34:08.240 --> 00:34:08.480
 that

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:08.840
 plan

00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:09.380
 included

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.140
 it

00:34:10.140 --> 00:34:11.040
 absolutely

00:34:11.040 --> 00:34:12.060
 deviated

00:34:12.060 --> 00:34:12.900
 from

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.040
 the

00:34:13.040 --> 00:34:13.180
 one

00:34:13.180 --> 00:34:13.340
 that

00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:13.620
 Joseph

00:34:13.620 --> 00:34:13.940
 had

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.120
 for

00:34:14.120 --> 00:34:14.580
 himself

00:34:14.580 --> 00:34:18.160
 and

00:34:18.160 --> 00:34:18.320
 what

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:18.860
 unfolds

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:18.960
 in

00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:19.180
 verses

00:34:19.180 --> 00:34:19.740
 24

00:34:19.740 --> 00:34:19.920
 and

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:20.300
 25

00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:20.720
 is

00:34:20.720 --> 00:34:21.380
 a

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:21.640
 picture

00:34:21.640 --> 00:34:21.820
 of

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:22.300
 obedience

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:22.620
 to

00:34:22.620 --> 00:34:22.980
 God's

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.320
 plan

00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:24.480
 it

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:24.640
 it

00:34:24.640 --> 00:34:25.320
 it

00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.440
 Joseph

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:25.820
 letting

00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:26.420
 go

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:26.860
 of

00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:27.060
 his

00:34:27.060 --> 00:34:27.820
 expectations

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:30.040
 and

00:34:30.040 --> 00:34:30.160
 when

00:34:30.160 --> 00:34:30.480
 Joseph

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:30.880
 did

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:31.060
 as

00:34:31.060 --> 00:34:31.200
 the

00:34:31.200 --> 00:34:31.480
 Lord

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:32.060
 commanded

00:34:32.060 --> 00:34:32.320
 and

00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:32.660
 gave

00:34:32.660 --> 00:34:32.860
 him

00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:33.060
 the

00:34:33.060 --> 00:34:33.380
 name

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:33.880
 Jesus

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.740
 we

00:34:34.740 --> 00:34:35.060
 then

00:34:35.060 --> 00:34:35.520
 see

00:34:35.520 --> 00:34:36.060
 the

00:34:36.060 --> 00:34:36.380
 greatest

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:36.880
 gift

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.440
 of

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:37.800
 all

00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:39.360
 that

00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:39.760
 God

00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:40.800
 the

00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:40.980
 one

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.100
 who

00:34:41.100 --> 00:34:41.280
 made

00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:41.520
 heaven

00:34:41.520 --> 00:34:41.680
 and

00:34:41.680 --> 00:34:41.980
 earth

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.700
 the

00:34:42.700 --> 00:34:43.160
 sun

00:34:43.160 --> 00:34:43.280
 and

00:34:43.280 --> 00:34:43.420
 the

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:43.740
 moon

00:34:43.740 --> 00:34:43.900
 and

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.060
 the

00:34:44.060 --> 00:34:44.540
 stars

00:34:44.540 --> 00:34:44.720
 and

00:34:44.720 --> 00:34:44.840
 the

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.200
 plants

00:34:45.200 --> 00:34:45.340
 of

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:45.460
 the

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:45.780
 field

00:34:45.780 --> 00:34:45.940
 and

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:46.060
 the

00:34:46.060 --> 00:34:46.380
 birds

00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:46.500
 of

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:46.620
 the

00:34:46.620 --> 00:34:46.900
 air

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.920
 the

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.060
 one

00:34:48.060 --> 00:34:48.160
 who

00:34:48.160 --> 00:34:48.360
 made

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:48.700
 you

00:34:48.700 --> 00:34:49.140
 and

00:34:49.140 --> 00:34:49.460
 me

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:50.660
 he

00:34:50.660 --> 00:34:50.860
 came

00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:51.040
 down

00:34:51.040 --> 00:34:51.320
 to be

00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:51.560
 with

00:34:51.560 --> 00:34:51.900
 us

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:53.460
 and

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:53.560
 he

00:34:53.560 --> 00:34:53.700
 did

00:34:53.700 --> 00:34:53.840
 it

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:54.080
 just

00:34:54.080 --> 00:34:54.260
 as

00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:54.380
 he

00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:54.680
 planned

00:34:54.680 --> 00:34:55.160
 it

00:34:55.160 --> 00:34:56.680
 because

00:34:56.680 --> 00:34:56.800
 he

00:34:56.800 --> 00:34:57.040
 loves

00:34:57.040 --> 00:34:57.340
 us

00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:58.380
 and

00:34:58.380 --> 00:34:58.460
 he

00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:58.620
 wants

00:34:58.620 --> 00:34:58.740
 a

00:34:58.740 --> 00:34:59.240
 relationship

00:34:59.240 --> 00:34:59.700
 with

00:34:59.700 --> 00:35:00.100
 us

00:35:00.100 --> 00:35:02.160
 but

00:35:02.160 --> 00:35:02.360
 here's

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:02.460
 the

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:02.680
 truth

00:35:02.680 --> 00:35:02.880
 about

00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:03.020
 the

00:35:03.020 --> 00:35:03.360
 gift

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:04.220
 it

00:35:04.220 --> 00:35:04.440
 must

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:04.640
 be

00:35:04.640 --> 00:35:05.180
 received

00:35:05.180 --> 00:35:06.880
 it

00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:07.060
 must

00:35:07.060 --> 00:35:07.240
 be

00:35:07.240 --> 00:35:07.780
 accepted

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:11.060
 revelations

00:35:11.060 --> 00:35:11.280
 3

00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:11.640
 20

00:35:11.640 --> 00:35:12.680
 it

00:35:12.680 --> 00:35:12.800
 says

00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:13.140
 behold

00:35:13.140 --> 00:35:13.340
 I

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:13.620
 stand

00:35:13.620 --> 00:35:13.720
 at

00:35:13.720 --> 00:35:13.840
 the

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:14.040
 door

00:35:14.040 --> 00:35:14.220
 and

00:35:14.220 --> 00:35:14.620
 knock

00:35:14.620 --> 00:35:15.620
 if

00:35:15.620 --> 00:35:15.860
 anyone

00:35:15.860 --> 00:35:16.300
 hears

00:35:16.300 --> 00:35:16.520
 my

00:35:16.520 --> 00:35:16.880
 voice

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.040
 and

00:35:17.040 --> 00:35:17.340
 opens

00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:17.520
 the

00:35:17.520 --> 00:35:17.760
 door

00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:18.380
 I

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:18.520
 will

00:35:18.520 --> 00:35:18.720
 come

00:35:18.720 --> 00:35:18.880
 in

00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:18.960
 to

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:19.180
 him

00:35:19.180 --> 00:35:19.320
 and

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:19.480
 eat

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:19.660
 with

00:35:19.660 --> 00:35:19.900
 him

00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:20.260
 and

00:35:20.260 --> 00:35:20.420
 he

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:20.640
 with

00:35:20.640 --> 00:35:20.940
 me

00:35:20.940 --> 00:35:24.800
 so

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:24.940
 in

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:25.220
 closing

00:35:25.220 --> 00:35:25.480
 this

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:25.800
 morning

00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:26.460
 kind

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:26.540
 of

00:35:26.540 --> 00:35:26.640
 as

00:35:26.640 --> 00:35:26.760
 our

00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:27.000
 worship

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.260
 team

00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:27.520
 comes

00:35:27.520 --> 00:35:27.740
 back

00:35:27.740 --> 00:35:28.160
 up

00:35:28.160 --> 00:35:29.220
 I've

00:35:29.220 --> 00:35:29.300
 just

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:29.420
 got

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:29.540
 a

00:35:29.540 --> 00:35:29.700
 couple

00:35:29.700 --> 00:35:29.860
 of

00:35:29.860 --> 00:35:30.280
 questions

00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:30.600
 that

00:35:30.600 --> 00:35:30.680
 I

00:35:30.680 --> 00:35:30.820
 want

00:35:30.820 --> 00:35:30.900
 you

00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:31.060
 guys

00:35:31.060 --> 00:35:31.180
 to

00:35:31.180 --> 00:35:31.420
 just

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:32.200
 think

00:35:32.200 --> 00:35:32.560
 on

00:35:32.560 --> 00:35:33.860
 as

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:34.000
 we

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.240
 enter

00:35:34.240 --> 00:35:34.400
 into

00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:34.580
 this

00:35:34.580 --> 00:35:34.820
 time

00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:34.940
 of

00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.420
 response

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:39.800
 first

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:40.180
 question

00:35:40.180 --> 00:35:41.400
 have

00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:41.540
 you

00:35:41.540 --> 00:35:42.140
 received

00:35:42.140 --> 00:35:42.420
 the

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:42.800
 gift

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.360
 of

00:35:43.360 --> 00:35:43.860
 salvation

00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:47.820
 if

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:47.900
 you

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:48.000
 have

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.160
 not

00:35:48.160 --> 00:35:48.440
 received

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:48.640
 this

00:35:48.640 --> 00:35:48.860
 gift

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.100
 I

00:35:49.100 --> 00:35:49.560
 beg

00:35:49.560 --> 00:35:49.720
 you

00:35:49.720 --> 00:35:49.840
 to

00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:49.980
 have

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.100
 a

00:35:50.100 --> 00:35:50.640
 conversation

00:35:50.640 --> 00:35:50.880
 with

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:51.120
 someone

00:35:51.120 --> 00:35:51.360
 this

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:51.620
 morning

00:35:51.620 --> 00:35:53.680
 you'll

00:35:53.680 --> 00:35:53.940
 notice

00:35:53.940 --> 00:35:54.140
 we'll

00:35:54.140 --> 00:35:54.280
 have

00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:54.600
 prayer

00:35:54.600 --> 00:35:55.180
 encouragers

00:35:55.180 --> 00:35:55.400
 on

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:55.580
 either

00:35:55.580 --> 00:35:55.920
 side

00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.020
 of

00:35:56.020 --> 00:35:56.120
 the

00:35:56.120 --> 00:35:56.500
 stage

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:56.720
 over

00:35:56.720 --> 00:35:56.840
 there

00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:56.980
 by

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.160
 those

00:35:57.160 --> 00:35:57.480
 doors

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:58.200
 I'll

00:35:58.200 --> 00:35:58.300
 be

00:35:58.300 --> 00:35:58.640
 back

00:35:58.640 --> 00:35:58.760
 in

00:35:58.760 --> 00:35:58.860
 the

00:35:58.860 --> 00:35:59.100
 back

00:35:59.100 --> 00:35:59.200
 of

00:35:59.200 --> 00:35:59.300
 the

00:35:59.300 --> 00:35:59.660
 connections

00:35:59.660 --> 00:36:00.080
 table

00:36:00.080 --> 00:36:00.460
 with

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:00.840
 Dave

00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:02.000
 find

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.460
 someone

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:02.760
 here

00:36:02.760 --> 00:36:03.060
 this

00:36:03.060 --> 00:36:03.420
 morning

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:03.620
 and

00:36:03.620 --> 00:36:03.840
 have

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:04.080
 that

00:36:04.080 --> 00:36:04.800
 conversation

00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:06.560
 because

00:36:06.560 --> 00:36:06.660
 the

00:36:06.660 --> 00:36:06.840
 guy

00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:07.000
 that

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.220
 made

00:36:07.220 --> 00:36:07.340
 you

00:36:07.340 --> 00:36:07.580
 wants

00:36:07.580 --> 00:36:07.720
 to

00:36:07.720 --> 00:36:07.860
 be

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:08.060
 with

00:36:08.060 --> 00:36:08.520
 you

00:36:08.520 --> 00:36:10.820
 second

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:11.240
 question

00:36:11.240 --> 00:36:12.520
 it's

00:36:12.520 --> 00:36:12.800
 really

00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:12.980
 more

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:13.160
 of a

00:36:13.160 --> 00:36:13.440
 statement

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:13.720
 and then

00:36:13.720 --> 00:36:13.820
 I'll

00:36:13.820 --> 00:36:14.060
 get to

00:36:14.060 --> 00:36:14.160
 the

00:36:14.160 --> 00:36:14.480
 question

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:14.680
 I'm

00:36:14.680 --> 00:36:14.880
 sorry

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:17.000
 the

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.160
 guy

00:36:17.160 --> 00:36:17.300
 that

00:36:17.300 --> 00:36:17.580
 made

00:36:17.580 --> 00:36:17.760
 you

00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:18.080
 came

00:36:18.080 --> 00:36:18.260
 to

00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:18.480
 be

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:18.740
 with

00:36:18.740 --> 00:36:18.980
 you

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:19.240
 and

00:36:19.240 --> 00:36:19.620
 he

00:36:19.620 --> 00:36:19.960
 came

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:20.100
 to

00:36:20.100 --> 00:36:20.280
 have

00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:20.880
 real

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:22.080
 meaningful

00:36:22.080 --> 00:36:23.160
 relationship

00:36:23.160 --> 00:36:23.760
 with

00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:24.120
 you

00:36:24.120 --> 00:36:27.100
 would

00:36:27.100 --> 00:36:27.220
 you

00:36:27.220 --> 00:36:27.600
 describe

00:36:27.600 --> 00:36:27.800
 your

00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:28.340
 relationship

00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:28.660
 with

00:36:28.660 --> 00:36:28.800
 him

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:28.940
 as

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:29.340
 meaningful

00:36:29.340 --> 00:36:33.340
 would

00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:33.440
 you

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:33.780
 describe

00:36:33.780 --> 00:36:33.900
 it

00:36:33.900 --> 00:36:34.020
 as

00:36:34.020 --> 00:36:34.120
 the

00:36:34.120 --> 00:36:34.340
 most

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:34.940
 meaningful

00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:35.740
 relationship

00:36:35.740 --> 00:36:36.120
 in

00:36:36.120 --> 00:36:36.300
 your

00:36:36.300 --> 00:36:36.840
 life

00:36:36.840 --> 00:36:41.000
 you

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:41.120
 see

00:36:41.120 --> 00:36:41.220
 in

00:36:41.220 --> 00:36:41.720
 revelations

00:36:41.720 --> 00:36:42.040
 chapter

00:36:42.040 --> 00:36:42.360
 three

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:42.760
 Jesus

00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:43.040
 is

00:36:43.040 --> 00:36:43.360
 offering

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:43.560
 this

00:36:43.560 --> 00:36:44.020
 invitation

00:36:44.020 --> 00:36:44.280
 to

00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:44.420
 a

00:36:44.420 --> 00:36:44.780
 lukewarm

00:36:44.780 --> 00:36:45.200
 church

00:36:45.200 --> 00:36:45.880
 right

00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:49.000
 it's

00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:49.100
 this

00:36:49.100 --> 00:36:49.420
 idea

00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:49.680
 of him

00:36:49.680 --> 00:36:50.140
 standing

00:36:50.140 --> 00:36:50.520
 at the

00:36:50.520 --> 00:36:50.880
 door

00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:51.120
 and

00:36:51.120 --> 00:36:51.700
 knocking

00:36:51.700 --> 00:36:53.060
 and

00:36:53.060 --> 00:36:53.320
 sometimes

00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:53.520
 we

00:36:53.520 --> 00:36:53.660
 kind

00:36:53.660 --> 00:36:53.720
 of

00:36:53.720 --> 00:36:53.860
 get

00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:54.100
 mixed

00:36:54.100 --> 00:36:54.380
 up

00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:54.480
 and

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:54.600
 we

00:36:54.600 --> 00:36:54.880
 think

00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:55.080
 that

00:36:55.080 --> 00:36:55.220
 all

00:36:55.220 --> 00:36:55.320
 right

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:55.440
 well

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:55.560
 he's

00:36:55.560 --> 00:36:55.820
 standing

00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:55.960
 at

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.040
 the

00:36:56.040 --> 00:36:56.180
 door

00:36:56.180 --> 00:36:56.580
 knocking

00:36:56.580 --> 00:36:56.800
 at

00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:57.220
 somebody

00:36:57.220 --> 00:36:57.500
 that

00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:58.460
 that's

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:58.880
 lost

00:36:58.880 --> 00:36:59.140
 and

00:36:59.140 --> 00:36:59.680
 needs

00:36:59.680 --> 00:37:00.100
 saving

00:37:00.100 --> 00:37:00.400
 and

00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:00.760
 that's

00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:01.140
 absolutely

00:37:01.140 --> 00:37:01.600
 true

00:37:01.600 --> 00:37:04.780
 the context

00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:05.120
 of this

00:37:05.120 --> 00:37:05.360
 verse

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:05.560
 and what

00:37:05.560 --> 00:37:05.700
 it's

00:37:05.700 --> 00:37:05.940
 speaking

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:06.160
 to

00:37:06.160 --> 00:37:06.360
 is

00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:06.640
 he's

00:37:06.640 --> 00:37:07.020
 standing

00:37:07.020 --> 00:37:07.400
 at the

00:37:07.400 --> 00:37:07.680
 door

00:37:07.680 --> 00:37:08.040
 and he's

00:37:08.040 --> 00:37:08.540
 knocking

00:37:08.540 --> 00:37:08.960
 at the

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:09.420
 hearts

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:10.200
 of lukewarm

00:37:10.200 --> 00:37:10.620
 believers

00:37:10.620 --> 00:37:11.040
 too

00:37:11.040 --> 00:37:14.700
 he's

00:37:14.700 --> 00:37:14.840
 saying

00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:15.140
 he wants

00:37:15.140 --> 00:37:15.620
 to dine

00:37:15.620 --> 00:37:16.200
 with you

00:37:16.200 --> 00:37:19.320
 will you

00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:19.580
 let him

00:37:19.580 --> 00:37:19.840
 in

00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:21.080
 will you

00:37:21.080 --> 00:37:21.300
 let him

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:21.640
 come sit

00:37:21.640 --> 00:37:21.840
 at your

00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:22.120
 table

00:37:22.120 --> 00:37:25.580
 so

00:37:25.580 --> 00:37:25.780
 here's

00:37:25.780 --> 00:37:25.860
 the

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:26.260
 question

00:37:26.260 --> 00:37:28.620
 what's

00:37:28.620 --> 00:37:28.820
 holding

00:37:28.820 --> 00:37:29.080
 you

00:37:29.080 --> 00:37:29.440
 back

00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:29.660
 from

00:37:29.660 --> 00:37:29.860
 the

00:37:29.860 --> 00:37:30.360
 meaningful

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:31.220
 impactful

00:37:31.220 --> 00:37:32.020
 relationship

00:37:32.020 --> 00:37:32.780
 that

00:37:32.780 --> 00:37:33.040
 God

00:37:33.040 --> 00:37:33.460
 intends

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:33.660
 to

00:37:33.660 --> 00:37:33.900
 have

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:34.080
 with

00:37:34.080 --> 00:37:34.820
 you

00:37:34.820 --> 00:37:36.740
 would

00:37:36.740 --> 00:37:36.820
 you

00:37:36.820 --> 00:37:36.940
 pray

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:37.100
 with

00:37:37.100 --> 00:37:37.760
 me

00:37:37.760 --> 00:37:40.600
 father

00:37:40.600 --> 00:37:40.780
 god

00:37:40.780 --> 00:37:40.900
 i

00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:41.060
 thank

00:37:41.060 --> 00:37:41.180
 you

00:37:41.180 --> 00:37:41.280
 for

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:41.440
 this

00:37:41.440 --> 00:37:41.760
 morning

00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:42.660
 lord

00:37:42.660 --> 00:37:42.780
 i

00:37:42.780 --> 00:37:42.960
 thank

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:43.100
 you

00:37:43.100 --> 00:37:43.320
 for

00:37:43.320 --> 00:37:43.640
 this

00:37:43.640 --> 00:37:44.240
 christmas

00:37:44.240 --> 00:37:44.620
 season

00:37:44.620 --> 00:37:46.560
 i

00:37:46.560 --> 00:37:46.760
 thank

00:37:46.760 --> 00:37:46.880
 you

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:47.040
 for

00:37:47.040 --> 00:37:47.300
 the

00:37:47.300 --> 00:37:48.220
 lights

00:37:48.220 --> 00:37:49.000
 the

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:49.560
 decorations

00:37:49.560 --> 00:37:50.620
 and

00:37:50.620 --> 00:37:50.740
 the

00:37:50.740 --> 00:37:51.220
 presents

00:37:51.220 --> 00:37:52.940
 i

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.100
 thank

00:37:53.100 --> 00:37:53.200
 you

00:37:53.200 --> 00:37:53.320
 for

00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:53.580
 time

00:37:53.580 --> 00:37:53.760
 with

00:37:53.760 --> 00:37:54.140
 family

00:37:54.140 --> 00:37:55.500
 thank

00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:55.580
 you

00:37:55.580 --> 00:37:55.720
 for

00:37:55.720 --> 00:37:55.960
 all

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.140
 the

00:37:56.140 --> 00:37:56.480
 good

00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:59.260
 but

00:37:59.260 --> 00:37:59.380
 god

00:37:59.380 --> 00:37:59.540
 this

00:37:59.540 --> 00:37:59.760
 morning

00:37:59.760 --> 00:37:59.920
 i

00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:00.080
 pray

00:38:00.080 --> 00:38:00.260
 that

00:38:00.260 --> 00:38:00.460
 our

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:00.900
 hearts

00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:01.080
 would

00:38:01.080 --> 00:38:01.300
 be

00:38:01.300 --> 00:38:01.680
 centered

00:38:01.680 --> 00:38:02.020
 on

00:38:02.020 --> 00:38:02.160
 the

00:38:02.160 --> 00:38:02.420
 best

00:38:02.420 --> 00:38:02.760
 news

00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:02.940
 of

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:03.220
 all

00:38:03.220 --> 00:38:03.420
 and

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:03.680
 that's

00:38:03.680 --> 00:38:03.840
 that

00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:04.020
 the

00:38:04.020 --> 00:38:04.440
 god

00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:04.680
 that

00:38:04.680 --> 00:38:05.240
 created

00:38:05.240 --> 00:38:05.520
 and

00:38:05.520 --> 00:38:05.800
 made

00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:06.100
 us

00:38:06.100 --> 00:38:06.420
 wants

00:38:06.420 --> 00:38:06.600
 to

00:38:06.600 --> 00:38:06.800
 be

00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:07.060
 with

00:38:07.060 --> 00:38:07.480
 us

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:11.220
 god

00:38:11.220 --> 00:38:11.380
 this

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:11.580
 morning

00:38:11.580 --> 00:38:11.880
 open

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:12.080
 our

00:38:12.080 --> 00:38:12.420
 hearts

00:38:12.420 --> 00:38:12.580
 and

00:38:12.580 --> 00:38:12.720
 our

00:38:12.720 --> 00:38:13.040
 eyes

00:38:13.040 --> 00:38:13.160
 and

00:38:13.160 --> 00:38:13.300
 our

00:38:13.300 --> 00:38:13.640
 minds

00:38:13.640 --> 00:38:13.880
 to

00:38:13.880 --> 00:38:14.780
 respond

00:38:14.780 --> 00:38:17.800
 let's

00:38:17.800 --> 00:38:17.960
 not

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.200
 leave

00:38:18.200 --> 00:38:18.440
 this

00:38:18.440 --> 00:38:18.880
 place

00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:20.760
 if

00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:20.860
 we

00:38:20.860 --> 00:38:20.980
 don't

00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:21.140
 have

00:38:21.140 --> 00:38:21.260
 a

00:38:21.260 --> 00:38:21.560
 meaningful

00:38:21.560 --> 00:38:22.180
 relationship

00:38:22.180 --> 00:38:22.460
 with

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:22.640
 you

00:38:22.640 --> 00:38:25.060
 your

00:38:25.060 --> 00:38:25.220
 name

00:38:25.220 --> 00:38:25.380
 i

00:38:25.380 --> 00:38:25.600
 pray

00:38:25.600 --> 00:38:26.840
 amen

00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:31.420
 that's

00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:31.540
 it

00:38:31.540 --> 00:38:31.700
 for

00:38:31.700 --> 00:38:31.920
 this

00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:32.260
 week's

00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:32.660
 message

00:38:32.660 --> 00:38:33.460
 be sure

00:38:33.460 --> 00:38:33.780
 to check

00:38:33.780 --> 00:38:34.020
 back

00:38:34.020 --> 00:38:34.620
 next week

00:38:34.620 --> 00:38:34.900
 for a

00:38:34.900 --> 00:38:35.040
 new

00:38:35.040 --> 00:38:35.460
 episode

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 and in

00:38:36.240 --> 00:38:36.340
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00:38:36.340 --> 00:38:36.660
 meantime

00:38:36.660 --> 00:38:37.300
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00:38:37.300 --> 00:38:37.720
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