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 So now we're going to move into, honestly, the part of this service that I look forward to the most.

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 And so what I'd like to ask is if all of our kids, fifth grade and under, if you could make

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 your way down here and come in and hang out with me. Now, if you're a little nervous about coming,

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 don't be nervous about coming, because if you come down here, we got a little gift for you

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 at the end of this. And so you want to make sure that you can come and hang out with us. And parents

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 and grandparents, we're about to have a blast together. As I'm going to get to talk to your

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 kids about some stuff, and we can't wait to hear what their answers are. And we may use the

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 microphone for some of them. Well, hey, guys. Oh, y'all got to be better than that, all right?

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 Good evening. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Hey, so how many of you really love Christmas?

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 Show me your hands. Show me your hands. Awesome. I'm going to ask you guys some questions about Christmas.

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 Is that okay? Not like trick questions, not hard questions, but questions about you with Christmas,

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 all right? So here's, what is your, one of your favorite things about Christmas?

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 Presents. That's a good, honest answer. That's one of my favorite things about Christmas too.

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 decorating the tree. Decorating the tree. Decorating the tree. Decorating the tree. Presence.

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 Spending time with your family. Best answer? Yeah. I know you see here all. Yeah?

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 Spending time with family and friends. Eating.

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 Tim Schultz. Tim Schultz's grandson, folks. What's that? Worshiping Jesus. Yeah, absolutely. What else?

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 What else? Do any of you have any like traditions, things that you like to do? Like maybe a certain

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 day that you bake cookies or do something like that?

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 Party all night.

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 Party all night.

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 The Bradbury party will be ending at about 8.30 so that we can wake up at 4 a.m. Right, Howard family?

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 Nice. Yeah. What else?

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 Wake up your parents super early.

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 Wake up your parents super early. Yeah. I mean, I think the best way to celebrate Christmas,

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 the best way is to wake up everybody as early as possible. All right? And then while they're like

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 preparing lunch, you get a nap. Right? And then we're good. What you got over here?

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 Do the golf cart ride? Yeah, that sounds like fun. And this is the perfect weather for it, right?

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 Because it's not too cold outside, right? Like we can all do that. Hmm? It's hot outside. It is.

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 It's like Christmas in July, right? Well, you know what my favorite thing? One of my favorite

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 things about Christmas? One of my favorite things about Christmas is tonight. I love being here with

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 you guys. I love coming and kind of having before we get into all of the presents and all of the

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 things. And Santa comes tonight. That's right. That's right. Yeah. And before all of that happens,

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 one of my favorite traditions that we started years ago, I want y'all, y'all look over and you see that

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 group of people over there that got all the white hair? That's my family, right? That's my family.

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 And so you see with the red vest there, that's my father-in-law, right? Mark, wait, there we go.

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 I'm going to talk about him later in the message, right? I'm going to talk about him a little bit.

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 You see right there, that's my mother-in-law. I call her Weezy. Her name's Kathy, but our kids

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 call her Nanny, right? And then you see behind her, Susan, give away, there you go. That's my aunt Susan,

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 right? We call her Susu, Susan. We just call her lots of things, right? And then right beside her,

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 that's my mom, right? Every gray hair in her head is because of my sister, right? Not because of me,

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 right? And do you see that guy beside her right there? Right there? That's my dad. That's my dad.

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 And God broke the mold after he made that man, right? Just a blessing that he is. But they get

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 to come over to my house after this is done, and we eat, and we eat a lot. And it's one of my favorite

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 aspects about Christmas is to get there with my kids, and my wife, and my family, and just sit down

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 and enjoy a meal together. What's some of your foods, favorite foods to eat around Christmas?

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 Oh, you've got to think about it. Come on. What do we got? What's that? Okay, crabs? Ham? Tim Schultz? Again, what you got? Food. All of it. All of it. Cinnamon rolls. Ooh. What's your favorite thing to eat? Cinnamon rolls? Pretty cool. Pretty cool. Well, I want to read you guys. Oh, I'm sorry. Gingerbread. Yes. Absolutely.

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 Well, as we talk about the favorite things about Christmas, I want to read to you guys and read to everyone. We're going to read the birth of Jesus as told by Luke in Luke chapter 2. And here's what I want you to listen for. As we read the story, I want you to listen for someone's favorite thing we find out in Luke chapter 2. All right? So y'all listen up to me, and let's read the story of the birth of Jesus. It says,

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 It's in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Canerius was governor of Syria, and all went to be registered, each to his own town.

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 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and the lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.

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

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 And she gave birth to her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

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 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

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 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear.

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 And the angel said to them, Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.

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 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

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 And this will be a sign for you.

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 And you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger.

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 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly hosts, praising God and saying,

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 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased.

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 And when the angels went away from there, from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another,

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 Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.

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 And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph and the baby lion in a manger.

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 And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child.

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 And all who heard it wondered what the shepherds told them.

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 And then here's the part.

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 Listen for this, okay?

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 But Mary, but Mary treasured all these things, all of them, pondering them in her heart.

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 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had seen and heard as it had been told to them.

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 Here's what's remarkable to me about this story.

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 Here's what's amazing to me about what we read.

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 Is that we find out what Mary's favorite was.

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 It wasn't just the food.

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 It wasn't just the friends.

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 It wasn't just the family.

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 But it was all of it.

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 Every single piece of it.

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 And do you know why all of it was her favorite?

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 Because it's centered around Jesus.

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 So my prayer for you guys, and my prayer for us, is that in all that we do, from ham, to cinnamon rolls, to presents, to friends, to family,

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 that it would all be centered around Jesus.

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 Will you guys pray with me?

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 God, I thank you so much for tonight.

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 I thank you for the truth of your word and the Christmas story.

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 That while it talks about Mary and Joseph and angels and shepherds, wise men, governors,

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 or that the story is centered around Jesus.

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 And God, I pray that the truth of who he is and what he's done for us,

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 will be the center and the focus of our life.

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 God, I thank you for these kids.

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 God, I thank you for the excitement that they'll have tonight and in tomorrow.

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 And God, I pray that as they unwrap pretty packages, as they get gifts and presents, God, that they'll remember the presence of Christ.

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 And it's in Jesus that we pray.

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 Amen.

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 All right, kids, y'all come here real quick.

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 Come here tight.

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 Come here tight.

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 Because I'm going to tell y'all a secret.

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 I'm going to tell y'all a secret.

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 Okay?

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 You got to get closer.

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 You got to get closer.

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 It's okay.

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 Trust me.

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 After about five minutes, most of them aren't paying attention to me anyways.

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 All right?

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 So they're not going to hear at all what I'm about to tell you guys.

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 All right?

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 So when you leave and you go back, we got some candy for you.

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 All right?

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 And this is special Christmas candy.

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 All right?

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 So special Christmas candy means that you got to eat all the candy on Christmas.

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 Okay?

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 And so you're going to eat chocolate and sugar.

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 Right?

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 Right?

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 So y'all going to do that with me?

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 Are y'all good?

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 All right.

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 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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 100%.

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 All right.

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 So thank you guys.

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 Why don't y'all go by, get your candy, and then go find.

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 Any way you go, you'll see one of these people with the white bags, and they got your candy.

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 Sorry, parents.

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 I mean, is that one of those you should only say you're sorry if you're truly sorry, right?

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 That's not real.

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 That's not real.

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 Oh, Becca just told me that that apology is not real.

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 Man, I love you sharing your kids with us, and just the blessing and the joy that they are,

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 not just here on Christmas Eve, but every Sunday at our church.

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 And I love their answers, and I love their honesty, right?

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 Like, if you're here for Christmas, like, you enjoy getting presents.

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 We do.

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 I enjoy getting presents.

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 You enjoy getting presents.

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 We enjoy the food.

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 We enjoy the candy.

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 We enjoy the fun.

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 We enjoy all of the things that it is.

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 And if we're being honest, it is really hard at Christmastime to keep the focus on Jesus.

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 It's hard.

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 There's so many things around this time.

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 There's the parties.

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 There's the schedules.

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 There's the get-togethers.

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 There's the meals.

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 There's so many things competing for our heart, for our attention, for our time during this time of year.

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 But it's not just this time of year, is it, that it becomes hard to keep our focus on Jesus.

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 And so what I want us to do tonight is to make Jesus our focus, not just for this evening,

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 but in all of who he is, that Christ will be our focus, our meaning, our purpose, our passion, our pursuit,

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 because he's worthy of it all.

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 I'll just read one verse to you here in a moment.

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 We're going to read out of Matthew chapter 1.

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 But Matthew's gospel tells the telling of the birth of Christ through a little bit different narrative

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 and a little different way than what we see in Luke.

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 And instead, Matthew's gospel starts with something a little strange.

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 It starts with the genealogy.

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 It starts out with some different people that we're going to find out about Jesus and his family

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 and some of the characteristics about his family.

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 We'll give you a little sneak peek, a little insight into our family and what we like to talk about

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 and what we like to laugh at and have fun with.

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 My father-in-law has the ability to tell some really good stories, especially family stories.

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 How many of you have ever heard of, I'm born, raised my entire life except for six years in South Carolina.

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 And I did not know that there was a town in South Carolina known as Waterloo.

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 Have you ever heard of Waterloo, South Carolina?

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 A handful, a handful.

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 It's on Lake Greenwood.

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 It's on Lake Greenwood.

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 It's where my father-in-law is from.

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 And one of the things that my father-in-law likes to do even better,

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 one of the things that my kids like to do is to come and ask him about stories of people from his family.

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 And he'll tell stories of what it was like to grow up in Waterloo, South Carolina.

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 And he'll tell stories of people who've got nicknames that make us laugh and stories that make us laugh.

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 And it's fascinating to see the back story of where my father-in-law comes from and the family that he comes from

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 and to hear all of the stories that are there.

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 And we get to hear those.

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 What we learn about Jesus through reading through his genealogy,

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 we usually see the town that we focus on and the places that he's come from.

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 But when we look through the genealogy of Jesus, as told by Matthew,

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 we learn some very interesting things about Jesus.

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 We learn that there are people in Jesus' family who were born in miraculous ways.

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 We learn that there are some people in Jesus' lineage and his family that did bold things for God.

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 Great men and women of faith who stood firmly on what they believed in spite of what it may or may cost them.

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 But Jesus' genealogy, the family tree that he comes from,

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 is not just filled with men and women who always got it right.

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 Because none of them did.

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 When we read through and we read the names and we know the history behind them,

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 we learn that there are people in Jesus' family who experienced great tragedy in their life.

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 We learn that there are people in Jesus' family who committed horrible crimes.

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 We learn that in Jesus' family that there were those who were evil and corrupt.

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 That this is the lineage that Matthew gives us about Jesus.

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 So the question becomes, why does God put this in there?

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 Why do we see this introduction into the birth of Christ by saying,

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 and this is who the lineage of Jesus is?

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 Well, there's a lot of reasons for that.

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 There's a lot of reasons.

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 And for time's sake, for us this evening, we don't have time to go into all of the reasons.

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 But I think what we can see from this, one aspect that we're going to look at,

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 is verse 1 tells us who Jesus is before even telling us,

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 or in spite of, the family and the world that he was born into.

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 A baby born like there had never been.

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 And there never would be again.

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 A man who came to live on this earth like none had ever lived,

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 and none will ever live again.

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 Born in perfection.

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 Born being perfection.

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 Born living in perfection.

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 In spite of the brokenness of the world.

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 So why don't you look with me at Matthew 1, verse 1.

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 It says,

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 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ.

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 The son of David.

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 The son of Abraham.

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 And we see in this four things that point us to who Jesus is.

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 And a reason for us to gather in here to celebrate, to honor him, to worship him, and to thank him.

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 The first thing that we see here in this verse is his name.

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 The book of the genealogy of Jesus.

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 And what Matthew points us to with this is that Jesus is the Savior.

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 Jesus is the Savior.

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 The name Jesus means literally, the Lord is salvation.

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 Jesus in his name means salvation.

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 And this goes perfectly because when the angel appears to Joseph in Matthew 1, 21,

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 what he tells him is,

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 And you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save people from their sin.

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 You see, to save someone, to be their salvation means you have to save them from something.

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 And Jesus comes so that he can save you, and that he can save me.

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 Not because we're good, not because we're perfect.

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 But because he is good, and he is perfect.

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 And he comes to save us, specifically from our sin.

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 You know, it's not just the works of Jesus.

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 It's not just the words of Jesus.

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 It's the fullness of Jesus himself.

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 And that's why Jesus says in John chapter 14,

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 He doesn't say my teaching is the way.

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 He doesn't say my works are the way.

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 Jesus, in response to what it means to go to heaven,

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 says, I am the way.

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 I am the truth.

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 I am the life.

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 Jesus is the Savior.

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 The second thing that it points out to us in this one simple verse

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 is that Jesus is the Christ.

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 Jesus is the Christ.

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 Christ means that Jesus is the chosen one, or the anointed one.

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 And what that means for us is that this is not of happenstance.

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 This is not of a moment.

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 This is not of a decision.

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 But it means that Jesus has been chosen.

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 When we look back at the Old Testament Messianic prophecies,

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 what we see in that, that Jesus came,

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 and that Jesus, in being the chosen one,

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 came and fulfilled all.

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 And he did.

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 To be the chosen one means that he would not just come as man,

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 but he would come fully as man and fully as God.

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 It's divine.

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 And he did.

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 To be the chosen one, to be the anointed one,

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 meant that he would come and perform miracles,

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 that he would come and that he would teach,

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 that he would come and heal,

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 that he would come and forgive.

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 And guess what?

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 He did.

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 Being the chosen one meant that he would come,

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 the Messiah,

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 that he would come,

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 that he would live a perfect life,

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 that he would die on a cross,

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 that he would rise three days later from the dead.

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 And guess what?

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 He did.

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 To be the chosen one,

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 to be the anointed one,

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 meant that he would ascend to heaven.

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 And he would send his spirit

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 to dwell on all of his followers.

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 And guess what?

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 He did.

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 And because he is the Christ,

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 because he is the Messiah,

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 because he is the anointed one,

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 the chosen one,

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 one day he will return.

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 And one day he will call all of his followers to himself.

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 And guess what?

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 He will.

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 He will.

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 Jesus is the Christ.

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 He is the Savior.

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 He is the Christ.

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 But also,

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 Jesus is King.

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 Jesus is King.

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 Jesus is the King,

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 not a King.

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 Matthew's Gospel tells us,

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 the book of genealogy of Jesus Christ,

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 the Son of David.

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 Jesus is not just simply a King.

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 Jesus is the King.

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 And 2 Samuel 7 tells us that his kingdom will come from David,

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 but be fulfilled by Christ in a different way than any other kingdom,

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 because God will establish his kingdom,

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 and his kingdom will be forever.

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 Kingdoms come and go.

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 Nations are born and they pass.

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 But the kingdom of God shall reign forever.

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 Because Jesus is the Son of David.

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 And unlike every other king,

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 and unlike every other king,

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 Jesus, being the King,

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 dies in order to make the kingdom possible.

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 He gives of himself.

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 He gives of himself.

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 He gives of his body

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 that we'll observe within the bread

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 to establish himself as king.

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 To pay the price

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 for our sins

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 that we deserve.

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 He takes

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 and he pours out his blood.

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 Establishes the cup,

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 the new covenant of grace

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 that is found in Christ,

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 in Christ alone.

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 To make us innocent,

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 new,

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 and born again.

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 Instead of a king

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 calling his servants to him

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 to sacrifice for him,

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 Jesus says,

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 no, no, no.

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 I come and give of myself

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 so that you can come to me.

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 And then lastly in this verse,

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 what we see

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 is that as followers,

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 as believers,

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 we are his people.

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 The son of Abraham.

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 You see,

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 the covenant with David

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 was a covenant

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 for a king

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 and a kingdom.

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 But the covenant of Abraham

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 was the covenant

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 for a people.

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 And not just a people,

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 not just a nation,

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 but a family.

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 And God brings you and I,

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 not by birth physically,

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 but by adoption

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 through faith

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 in Christ alone

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 so that we are now

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 his people.

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 Sons and daughters

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 of the living God.

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 And all of this happens.

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 All of it.

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 Because Jesus came.

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 Because Jesus came.

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 We'll gather.

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 We'll eat food.

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 We'll open gifts.

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 And all of this

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 is possible

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 because he came.

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 For a day,

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 most of the world

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 will pause

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 and stand still

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 all because

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 he came.

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 And one day,

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 the Bible tells us,

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 every knee

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 shall bow

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 and every tongue

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 confess

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 that Jesus

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 Christ

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 is Lord.

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 And it all

00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:33.380
 is possible

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 because he came.

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 But see,

00:26:37.320 --> 00:26:37.780
 we can't tell

00:26:37.780 --> 00:26:38.460
 the story

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 of Christmas

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 without telling

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 the story

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 of Easter.

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:46.080
 And all of this

00:26:46.080 --> 00:26:46.680
 is possible

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 because he came

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 and he lived

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 and he died

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 and praise God

00:26:57.080 --> 00:26:57.860
 he rose again.

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 One of my favorite

00:27:00.060 --> 00:27:00.420
 verses

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 in all the Bible

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 is found

00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:03.420
 in Matthew 20

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:04.160
 verse 28

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:06.600
 where Jesus says

00:27:06.600 --> 00:27:07.460
 the Son of Man

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.000
 came

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:10.220
 not to be served

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 but to serve

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 and to give

00:27:14.320 --> 00:27:15.040
 his life

00:27:15.040 --> 00:27:16.820
 as a ransom

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 for many.

00:27:19.820 --> 00:27:20.620
 We're going to go

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 into our time

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:21.820
 of response.

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 I'd like to ask

00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:22.920
 our band

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:23.680
 or worship team

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:24.580
 if they'll make

00:27:24.580 --> 00:27:24.900
 their way

00:27:24.900 --> 00:27:25.480
 to the stage.

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:25.580
 Thank you.

00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:29.880
 And if you're here

00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:30.400
 this evening

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:32.120
 I would ask you

00:27:32.120 --> 00:27:32.840
 to respond

00:27:32.840 --> 00:27:34.520
 to Christ tonight.

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.420
 The first way

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:36.960
 I want to ask you

00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:37.740
 this is Jesus

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.720
 Christ

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.780
 your Savior.

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.720
 Is he your God?

00:27:41.820 --> 00:27:42.620
 Is he your King?

00:27:43.840 --> 00:27:44.680
 And if not

00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.340
 would tonight

00:27:45.340 --> 00:27:45.920
 would you put

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:46.500
 your faith

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.260
 your hope

00:27:47.260 --> 00:27:48.140
 and your trust

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:48.640
 in him

00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:49.920
 that he would

00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.560
 save you

00:27:50.560 --> 00:27:51.000
 that he would

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.800
 forgive you

00:27:51.800 --> 00:27:53.440
 and that in that

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:54.480
 he would adopt you

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:56.380
 and welcome you

00:27:56.380 --> 00:27:57.740
 into his family.

00:27:58.580 --> 00:27:59.220
 That there's no

00:27:59.220 --> 00:28:00.060
 greater gift

00:28:00.060 --> 00:28:00.620
 that you could

00:28:00.620 --> 00:28:01.160
 receive

00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:02.720
 than the free

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.580
 gift of grace

00:28:03.580 --> 00:28:04.080
 that is made

00:28:04.080 --> 00:28:04.680
 possible

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:07.000
 by Jesus Christ.

00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:09.740
 And the second way

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.580
 is if you are

00:28:10.580 --> 00:28:11.360
 a follower

00:28:11.360 --> 00:28:12.220
 of Jesus Christ

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:14.160
 would you prepare

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.840
 yourself

00:28:14.840 --> 00:28:16.500
 for the partaking

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.960
 of the Lord's

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.160
 Supper

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:20.580
 where we

00:28:20.580 --> 00:28:21.800
 come and

00:28:21.800 --> 00:28:22.480
 acknowledge

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:24.680
 all that he

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 is

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 and all

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.200
 that he has

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:27.460
 done.

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:29.220
 you know

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 I thought

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:29.720
 about it

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.480
 when someone

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:32.040
 gives you

00:28:32.040 --> 00:28:32.620
 a gift

00:28:32.620 --> 00:28:35.000
 when someone

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.600
 comes up to you

00:28:35.600 --> 00:28:35.960
 and says

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:36.220
 you know

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:36.740
 I've been

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.360
 thinking about

00:28:37.360 --> 00:28:37.700
 you

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.780
 I had you

00:28:38.780 --> 00:28:39.320
 in my mind

00:28:39.320 --> 00:28:39.660
 I had you

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 in my heart

00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:41.860
 and so I

00:28:41.860 --> 00:28:42.080
 went

00:28:42.080 --> 00:28:43.020
 and I gave

00:28:43.020 --> 00:28:43.960
 this to you

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:45.280
 I bought

00:28:45.280 --> 00:28:45.740
 this for you

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.080
 now I want

00:28:46.080 --> 00:28:46.640
 to give

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.280
 this to you

00:28:47.280 --> 00:28:50.120
 what they're

00:28:50.120 --> 00:28:50.640
 looking for

00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:51.480
 in response

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:53.820
 is not

00:28:53.820 --> 00:28:54.460
 necessarily

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:54.880
 a gift

00:28:54.880 --> 00:28:55.340
 in return

00:28:55.340 --> 00:28:58.140
 but simply

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:58.680
 a thank you

00:28:58.680 --> 00:29:02.400
 and how many

00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:02.920
 times

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:04.560
 have you

00:29:04.560 --> 00:29:05.000
 and I

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:06.680
 as the

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.180
 recipients

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:08.120
 of the grace

00:29:08.120 --> 00:29:08.640
 of God

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:09.220
 and the fullness

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:09.780
 of what that

00:29:09.780 --> 00:29:10.140
 means

00:29:10.140 --> 00:29:13.140
 we take

00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:13.860
 on an air

00:29:13.860 --> 00:29:14.200
 of

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:15.740
 that we

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.620
 deserve it

00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:17.940
 instead of

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.300
 a heart

00:29:18.300 --> 00:29:18.920
 of gratitude

00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:20.620
 and so

00:29:20.620 --> 00:29:21.120
 would you

00:29:21.120 --> 00:29:22.640
 in response

00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:24.560
 thank him

00:29:24.560 --> 00:29:26.360
 for what he's

00:29:26.360 --> 00:29:27.200
 done for you

00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:28.780
 in bringing

00:29:28.780 --> 00:29:29.460
 salvation

00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:31.580
 would you

00:29:31.580 --> 00:29:32.340
 come to him

00:29:32.340 --> 00:29:33.100
 in confession

00:29:33.100 --> 00:29:34.780
 in the fullness

00:29:34.780 --> 00:29:35.800
 of his grace

00:29:35.800 --> 00:29:37.460
 to confess

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:38.040
 your sin

00:29:38.040 --> 00:29:38.720
 before him

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.180
 so that your

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:40.120
 heart is

00:29:40.120 --> 00:29:40.820
 ready and

00:29:40.820 --> 00:29:41.320
 prepared

00:29:41.320 --> 00:29:43.280
 to partake

00:29:43.280 --> 00:29:45.000
 in the

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.400
 Lord's

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:45.640
 supper

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:47.980
 and then in

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.580
 doing so

00:29:48.580 --> 00:29:50.220
 would you

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.800
 worship him

00:29:50.800 --> 00:29:53.240
 these are

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.700
 not just

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:54.360
 songs that

00:29:54.360 --> 00:29:54.940
 we sing

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:56.560
 but they're

00:29:56.560 --> 00:29:57.440
 responses of

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:57.920
 our heart

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:59.980
 the gift

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:01.840
 of Jesus

00:30:01.840 --> 00:30:04.220
 would you

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:04.920
 worship him

00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:06.780
 would you

00:30:06.780 --> 00:30:07.280
 pray with me

00:30:07.280 --> 00:30:07.960
 as we prepare

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:09.340
 to take

00:30:09.340 --> 00:30:09.740
 the Lord's

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:09.900
 supper

00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:10.380
 together

00:30:10.380 --> 00:30:14.480
 God I

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:14.800
 thank you

00:30:14.800 --> 00:30:15.340
 for tonight

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 the opportunity

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 Lord that we

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 have to

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 gather

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 the opportunity

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 that we

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 have to

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 worship

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 the opportunity

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 that we

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 have

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 to partake

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 in this

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 together

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 God if

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 there's

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:37.080
 anyone here

00:30:37.080 --> 00:30:37.480
 who does

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:37.880
 not know

00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:38.400
 you

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 well I

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 pray that

00:30:40.080 --> 00:30:40.580
 tonight

00:30:40.580 --> 00:30:42.700
 would be

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.560
 their salvation

00:30:43.560 --> 00:30:44.280
 birth date

00:30:44.280 --> 00:30:46.240
 tonight

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:47.860
 would be

00:30:47.860 --> 00:30:48.360
 the night

00:30:48.360 --> 00:30:49.460
 that they

00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:49.900
 confess

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 Christ as

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 Lord and

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.260
 Savior

00:30:51.260 --> 00:30:52.600
 tonight

00:30:52.600 --> 00:30:53.160
 would be

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:53.640
 the night

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:54.060
 that they

00:30:54.060 --> 00:30:54.680
 admit that

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.200
 they're a

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:55.420
 sinner

00:30:55.420 --> 00:30:56.300
 who needs

00:30:56.300 --> 00:30:56.660
 to be

00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:57.120
 saved

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 that

00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:58.660
 tonight

00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:59.040
 would be

00:30:59.040 --> 00:30:59.600
 the night

00:30:59.600 --> 00:31:00.820
 that they

00:31:00.820 --> 00:31:01.700
 believe

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:03.000
 in what

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:03.600
 the truth

00:31:03.600 --> 00:31:04.280
 of scripture

00:31:04.280 --> 00:31:04.880
 says

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 God I pray

00:31:07.560 --> 00:31:07.960
 for every

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 one of us

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:08.980
 who here

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:10.260
 is a follower

00:31:10.260 --> 00:31:10.860
 of Jesus

00:31:10.860 --> 00:31:14.300
 Lord may we

00:31:14.300 --> 00:31:15.240
 take serious

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:16.580
 with what

00:31:16.580 --> 00:31:16.980
 we'll do

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.440
 here in a

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:17.720
 moment

00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:19.940
 may we

00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:20.660
 confess our

00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:21.460
 sin to you

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:23.240
 or knowing

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.660
 that you

00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:24.600
 forgive

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 that you

00:31:27.040 --> 00:31:27.860
 forgive over

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 and over

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 and over

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.680
 again

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:31.840
 and the

00:31:31.840 --> 00:31:32.420
 freedom that

00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:32.920
 comes in

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.400
 confession

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:36.260
 and Lord

00:31:36.260 --> 00:31:36.880
 with everything

00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:37.220
 that we

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:37.600
 think

00:31:37.600 --> 00:31:38.100
 with everything

00:31:38.100 --> 00:31:38.460
 that we

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:38.800
 say

00:31:38.800 --> 00:31:39.340
 with everything

00:31:39.340 --> 00:31:39.660
 that we

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:40.080
 do

00:31:40.080 --> 00:31:41.780
 God may

00:31:41.780 --> 00:31:41.940
 we

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:42.280
 worship

00:31:42.280 --> 00:31:42.660
 you

00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:46.400
 God

00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:46.720
 would you

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.140
 work and

00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:47.480
 move

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:49.880
 in how

00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:50.360
 you do

00:31:50.360 --> 00:31:52.160
 and may

00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:52.420
 you be

00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:52.940
 glorified

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:54.900
 it's in

00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:55.380
 Jesus name

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:55.800
 we pray

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 that's it

00:31:58.780 --> 00:31:59.140
 for this

00:31:59.140 --> 00:31:59.500
 week's

00:31:59.500 --> 00:31:59.920
 message

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 be sure

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:01.020
 to check

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