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 Welcome to the Willow Ridge Sermons podcast.

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 We're so glad you chose to listen today.

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 In this message, we reflect on the journey of the wise men and the faith lessons they teach us.

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 Their wisdom is seen in their pursuit of Jesus, their recognition of his worth, and their humble worship.

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 Join us as we explore how the wise men's devotion challenges us to seek Christ, honor him with our lives, and obey his calling above all else.

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 Thanks for listening.

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 Well, good morning.

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 If you have your Bibles, and I hope you do, I want to invite you to join me in Matthew chapter 2.

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 I hope each and every one of you had the opportunity to enjoy some of the wonderful goodies that were out there this morning.

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 I want to thank every single person for coming who were able to provide those for us.

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 So, normally, I don't eat on Sunday mornings.

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 I'm on a steady diet of caffeine from early in the morning.

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 And today was a steady diet of caffeine and sugar.

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 Right?

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 So, here's my goal.

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 Right?

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 I'm going to probably try to have to slow down a little bit the way that I talk.

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 And I'm going to ask that you guys don't experience your sugar crash until you get home this afternoon.

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 So, if you feel like I'm about to, like, my sugar's crashing, I need to go do, go out there, like, hammer a couple of cinnamon rolls, come back in here, and you'll be good.

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 But, see, it's just a wonderful opportunity for us to gather together as a church.

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 Not that simply gathering together to worship and to open God's Word is insufficient, because it's not insufficient.

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 This is what God calls us to do, and I'm so grateful that we have the opportunity to do that as well.

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 But, on special occasions like this, it's just so wonderful for us in the busyness of life, in all of the chaos that is happening around us,

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 to be able to come together as a family, as a church family, and experience that together.

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 So, thank you all for being here this morning and for doing that.

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 With that said, just a reminder, these were in those videos, you guys have heard this,

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 but our Christmas Eve service at 530, we'd love everyone will be in here.

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 It'll be loud, it'll be noisy, it'll be shorter than a normal service,

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 and it'll be a wonderful time for us to gather together, to take the Lord's Supper together,

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 to acknowledge Christ and His work and remember that, and to celebrate again as a family, all of us.

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 And then our New Year's prayer service that we'll have on December 29th.

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 So, if this was heavy on the sugar, we're going heavy on the protein, right?

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 So, we'll have bacon and sausage and eggs and all those things next Sunday.

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 And so, we'd love for you to be here with us, 950s, and we'll start breakfast again.

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 That's everybody in the room.

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 If you can help us out by registering, that is really important for us,

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 that we can make sure that we have enough food here for everyone that morning.

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 Now, something a little bit different.

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 After the service is over with, we will go into a special called business meeting for church members,

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 for us to be able to vote on the budget for next year.

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 So, if you're a church member, prepare, just kind of hang tight.

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 Dave's going to come up on stage.

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 It doesn't take us long to walk through that, but we want to make sure that you hold on to that

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 and that you, Dave will dismiss everyone who's not a church member so that we can vote.

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 So, you'll want to make sure that you hang around for that.

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 And with that said, if you are a first-time guest, we count it as a privilege and honor that you're here.

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 Maybe you're in town visiting some families for the holiday season.

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 Maybe you're here because you're checking out our church and you're visiting us and you're looking for a new church home.

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 Whatever the reason that you find yourself here today, we count it as a blessing and an honor and a privilege

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 that you would decide to worship with us.

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 And you'll notice there's some QR codes on the backs of the chairs in front of you.

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 At some point in time, maybe even right now during the service, if you would scan that,

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 you can give us just a little bit of information just so we have a record that you were here.

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 But then after the service is over with, okay, while the business meeting is happening,

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 I will be out in the main lobby in the front.

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 And if you wouldn't mind for our first-time guest, if you wouldn't mind stopping by,

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 would love to just shake your hand to meet you and to thank you for being here and for worshiping with us.

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 I want to read to you, we'll be in Matthew 2, but I want to read to you James 1.17 this morning

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 as we set our hearts for God's Word.

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 This is every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights,

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 with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

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 Would you pray with me?

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 God, we come to you this morning, Lord, and we thank you for what a privilege and honor it is to gather together.

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 Father, I thank you for this church.

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 I thank you for this church family.

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 I thank you for this opportunity to gather in fellowship, to gather in worship, Father, and to gather in studying your Word.

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 God, as we study, as I preach, God, I pray that this would not be of me and my heart and my thoughts and my motivations,

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 but God, it would be of you and it would be of your will and it would be of your heart and your words.

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 Lord, may you teach us, may you guide us in the power of your Holy Spirit, Lord, and instruct us and change us.

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 And Father, if there's anyone here who does not know you, I pray that today they would put their faith, hope, and trust in your Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ.

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 And it's in his name we pray, amen, amen.

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 Today's theme, today what we're going to look at, and in the telling of the biblical story, the biblical narrative of the wise men,

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 we're going to have this kind of this theme of gifts.

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 It's what we think about, it's oftentimes where Christian tradition has come from, but around the Christmas season that we give gifts and do that.

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 So in this, we're, this is kind of the theme that we're going to look at this morning.

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 I found it, I chuckled a little bit.

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 I was outside loading my face up with cinnamon sugar donuts this morning.

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 Van Ham looked at me and he was like, hey man, right?

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 All right, you've got it right here.

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 And I looked at him and I said, I know.

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 And then I think it was Brent Hawkins said, oh, he's saving that for later, right?

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 And I came inside though to get ready to pull my message up on my iPad and I go through my email to do that.

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 And I just sent my sermon through there.

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 And then, but the email that popped up right before that, just in case you were wondering, was Amazon.

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 And it said, it's not too late, right?

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 Last minute, click here.

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 So we're surrounded by the pressure, the obligation, the opportunity, the joy of this time of year to give gifts.

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 And what I love is as we think, we got the kids in here and there's the excitement of this time of season of what they think through.

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 In fact, I was talking to one of our elementary school kids just a second ago and was talking about being excited and immediately went in to tell me about what they get to do and where they get to go and all the different gifts that they get to open.

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 But we're going to look at this opportunity that we see, this beautiful true story coming out of Bethlehem of the wise men who bring gifts to Jesus.

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 So let's begin reading Matthew chapter 2.

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 We're going to read all the way through verses 1 through 12.

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 And God's word says this.

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 Now, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,

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 Where is he who has been born of the Jews?

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 For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.

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 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled and all Jerusalem with him.

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 And assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people.

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 He inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.

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 And they told him in Bethlehem of Judea.

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 For so it is written by the prophet.

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 And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah are by no means least among the rulers of Judah.

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 For from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people, Israel.

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 Verse 7.

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 When Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared,

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 and he sent them to Bethlehem, saying,

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 Go and search diligently for the child.

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 And when you have found him, bring me word that I too may come and worship him.

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 After listening to the king, they went on their way.

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 And behold, the star that had been seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was.

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 And when they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.

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 And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshipped him.

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 Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

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 And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod,

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 they departed to their own country by another way.

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 Let's understand some of the details concerning the birth and the early days and months of Jesus' life.

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 Jesus was born in Bethlehem.

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 You and I here at Bethlehem, we sing songs about Bethlehem.

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 We know about Bethlehem.

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 In fact, several years ago, Aaron and I had some friends who lived in the real place of Bethlehem.

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 And it's a small city, as we know, it's a small city, about six miles south of Jerusalem.

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 And this was the place of birth for King David.

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 While this place carries significance and importance for us,

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 in the time of Christ, this was not a city of significance.

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 This was not a city of influence.

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 But yet, what we see happening in this story from the birth of Christ to what we find now,

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 the wise men coming to see Jesus, is this insignificant setting is carrying individuals in a story of great significance.

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 During this time, there is a ruler who ruled over the area by the name of Herod.

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 And this can get a little confusing because we'll see throughout history different Herods.

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 But this Herod was referred to as Herod the Great.

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 And he was great.

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 If you acknowledge that his greatness is a little bit complicated.

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 He was seen by peers and adversaries to be a great ruler in areas of politics, in areas of administration, in areas of building and construction, and many other ways.

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 He oversaw building projects.

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 Where some of those buildings still stand today, he's written about and studied.

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 During his rule and reign, the region in which he oversaw suffered one of the worst famines today on record.

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 And you look at what he was able to do, and he provided famine relief to many.

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 And even those during the day who opposed him go on historical record, not biblical record, I'm sorry, but go on historical record to commend him of his decision making and the things that he was able to accomplish and that he was able to do.

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 However, with all that said, we said he was great, but his greatness was complicated.

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 He was a man that his cruelty was great as well.

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 Before the birth of Christ, Herod, who was already had a bent toward cruelty, suffered an illness that caused him to have various mental struggles.

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 And the way that these mental struggles began to manifest in his life is he was a man who was constantly bombarded with thoughts of paranoia.

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 And very specifically, this paranoia was geared toward the Jewish people that he ruled over.

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 And very specifically, within those Jewish people, a threat that one day that one of them would come and take his throne, take his rule, take his reign.

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 And again, we begin to see and understand the situation that we find us in.

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 I thought this was interesting.

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 I read this this week, speaking to the cruelty of Herod.

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 There's a Roman emperor whose name was Augustus.

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 And here's a quote from Augustus concerning Herod.

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 He said this, it would have been safer to be Herod's pig than it was to be Herod's son.

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 As he wanted to make sure that no one, no one could take what is his.

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 But this morning, while Bethlehem is greatly significant, this morning, while Herod is definitely significant in the telling of the story,

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 we're largely going to focus on this group of individuals known as the wise men.

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 As the wise men.

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 But who are they?

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 Who are these kind of mysterious group of men who show up in the narrative of the telling of the birth, of the story of the early days of Christ?

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 I think it's important for us to understand some things about them.

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 Traditionally, what we have seen, traditionally, what we have heard,

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 traditionally, what has been common thought in the telling of the story in the churches,

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 is that there were three of them.

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 But the truth is, we don't know if there were three of them or not.

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 We don't know if there was more than three.

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 We don't know if there was exactly three.

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 The number three comes because what you just saw, there were three gifts that were given.

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 So that's a number that's there.

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 But the truth is, we don't know how large this group of men who have traveled from a great distance,

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 we'll understand in just a second, are.

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 But we know that they were wise men who came and who traveled,

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 and there was a group of them who did this.

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 The Bible tells us that they came after Jesus was born.

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 They did not come on the same night as the shepherds.

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 In fact, they probably came months later to see Jesus.

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 While Joseph, Mary, and Jesus were still in Bethlehem.

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 The Bible tells us that they traveled from the east.

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 And many believe that these wise men who have traveled from the east

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 were actually exiled Jewish men who lived in what we would come to know as modern-day Iran.

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 And this means their journey would be about 800 to 900 miles.

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 If you want to know what it's like to travel 800 to 900 miles at about 3 o'clock today,

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 get on 378 from I-20 and head toward Walmart.

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 When you get to Walmart, right, that's about what it would have felt like to make that distance.

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 It's a long, long ways.

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 But the Bible tells us the word that's used is magi.

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 And we've translated that kings, and it's close, but it's very specific with the type.

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 And it's that these were literally wise men.

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 They were highly educated, probably in the area of astronomy, specifically,

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 but not just the area of astronomy.

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 They'd have been highly educated in the area of mathematics and the sciences.

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 So what we have are literally a group of individuals who have made this long trip.

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 They've made this long journey.

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 They are wise men, even in the world standards.

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 They would look at them and their mental capability of what they've studied,

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 of what they've journeyed, of what they've known, of what they have,

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 as they're applying what they have in order to be able to make this journey as they follow a star.

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 It's pretty sharp, fellas.

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 The Bible tells us that they come bringing Jesus' gifts.

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 Very specifically, the Bible gives us the gifts that they brought.

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 They brought gold that translates well in our day.

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 If you're wondering what would be a gift that would wow someone, gold, right?

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 And they bring this gift to Jesus.

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 They also bring frankincense.

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 Frankincense was a white resin that would be used during worship in the temple to be burned.

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 Incense.

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 So they brought gold.

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 They brought frankincense.

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 I'm like, okay, I can definitely get behind the gold.

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 The frankincense, okay, that's different.

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 But okay.

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 And they brought myrrh, which would have been a spice that would be used in the embalming process.

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 You're like, okay, you got me on that one, right?

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 I'm like, fellas, just telling you, for the lady in your life, right?

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 If you're in that panic mode, number one, get on Amazon right now.

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 Like, you've got my permission.

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 They still can get it there.

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 But don't, like, look up embalming fluid.

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 She's not going to like that, right?

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 But all of these gifts, gold, frankincense, and myrrh, all of these gifts, highly valuable, and they bring them to Jesus.

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 And this kind of paints this picture of what we do.

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 This brings us this picture of who we are to be as people, of what we not just gather in this time of year

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 and take packages and wrap them with paper and put them on bows, and we get cards and write them,

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 and we give them to friends and family to do this.

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 But it's also the telling of the story that God is good and that God gives to us.

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 And it's why we begin in James 1, 17, of this time of the year is the reminder that we don't just gather

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 and we think about the gift of Christ once a year, but it is a day in, day out, 365-day,

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 beautiful reminder of the gift of God's goodness, the gift of God's grace, the gift of God's salvation,

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 which is not found in you, it's not found in your works, it's not found in your capability,

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 and it's not found in mine either, but God's goodness of His grace and His gift in Christ Jesus

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 is found in Christ and Christ alone.

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 And He continues every single day of more and more to pour out His gifts on us.

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 And we are blessed, we are blessed, and then God calls us to be givers, and we gift one another,

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 but we also, we take what God has given us, and we give it back to Him.

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 We give it back to Him.

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 You know, when you think you're hearing me say that, you're like, okay, well here we go on tithing,

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 and sure, yeah, we take what God has given us, and we take a portion of that, and we bring it in our tithes,

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 in our offerings, and we give it back to Him, but the beauty when we become givers,

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 and we understand what that means, is that we understand as givers that we're stewards,

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 and that all that we have, every single bit of it, not 10%, but 100% is His,

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 and in all of it, we do what God has called us to do, in every single aspect of it.

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 We use our gifts, we use our talents, we use our time, we use it all for Him.

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 And that's what He called us to be.

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 But specifically, it's just thinking through, like, what is the gift that we can kind of think of within this?

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 I thought about, in this, with the wise men, the gift of wisdom.

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 The gift of wisdom.

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 Of what God gives us.

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 Of what God calls us to.

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 God's Word promises that those who trust God, those who put their faith in God,

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 that those who seek God, that God, in turn, will give them wisdom.

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 It's not obtained through a degree.

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 It's not connected to your intellectual capabilities.

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 But that God, the greatest giver,

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 it's who He is,

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 and we are recipients of that,

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 that He gives,

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 and He gives wisdom.

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 James 1.5 says,

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 if any of you lacks wisdom,

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 like, you ever feel like you fall into that?

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 Like, that's me?

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 If any of you lacks wisdom,

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 let him ask God,

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 who gives generously to all without reproach,

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 and it will be given to him.

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 In the context of this,

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:07.220
 James is writing,

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 and he's encouraging the men and the women of the faith

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 who are facing unbelievable trials

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 that you and I cannot possibly fathom.

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 And he says,

00:23:17.900 --> 00:23:18.520
 during this,

00:23:19.800 --> 00:23:21.200
 as you're desperate of what to do,

00:23:21.780 --> 00:23:22.500
 how to handle,

00:23:23.060 --> 00:23:23.980
 how to move forward,

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 like, ask God in faith.

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 God, this is not dependent on me.

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 God, this is not dependent on my problem-solving capabilities.

00:23:36.280 --> 00:23:39.620
 God, this is not dependent on my mental fortitude.

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 God, this is not dependent on my own moral capabilities.

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 But God, this is dependent on you.

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 God, and in faith, Lord,

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 I need your wisdom.

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 I need your wisdom.

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 And God's word says to ask,

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 and he's generous,

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 and it will be given.

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 Proverbs 2, 6 says,

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 for the Lord gives wisdom.

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 From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

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 Right?

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 But that's God.

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 God is our source of wisdom,

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 that all of the powerfulness of wisdom

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 comes from the combination of the knowledge

00:24:21.760 --> 00:24:23.400
 and the understanding that God gives us.

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 It's why the greatest mind

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 to study God's word

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 that I've ever had the privilege

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 to sit at their feet

00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:40.320
 was a man who barely graduated high school,

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:44.500
 who grew up a dirt poor farmer

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:46.600
 in Abbeville, South Carolina,

00:24:46.600 --> 00:24:50.440
 who was not going to wow anyone

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:52.360
 with his ability to read

00:24:52.360 --> 00:24:54.540
 or formulate mathematical equations

00:24:54.540 --> 00:24:56.700
 or get into a theological debate.

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 But I could sit at the feet of my grandfather

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 and hear the wisdom of God's word

00:25:07.620 --> 00:25:09.860
 as you have the knowledge

00:25:09.860 --> 00:25:11.860
 and the understanding

00:25:11.860 --> 00:25:14.940
 because it came from God.

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.980
 Proverbs 2, 6

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:23.820
 says, for the Lord gives wisdom.

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.900
 From his mouth

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 come knowledge

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 and understanding.

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 The Lord gives.

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 The Lord gives.

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 The Lord gives.

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 Psalm 111, 10.

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 The fear of the Lord

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 is the beginning

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 of wisdom.

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 All those who practice it

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 have a good understanding.

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 His praise endures forever.

00:26:00.780 --> 00:26:02.100
 Grayson's at home today.

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:03.260
 He's not feeling well.

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 If y'all could pray for him,

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 that'd be great.

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 So he's watching this right now

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:08.060
 on the live stream.

00:26:08.520 --> 00:26:09.720
 And so I'm going to confess

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 something to him.

00:26:14.780 --> 00:26:16.320
 We were talking about

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 and I taught him

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:22.240
 how to play spades last night.

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 So we sat around the table

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 and we were playing spades

00:26:26.300 --> 00:26:27.480
 and we were there

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 and I was talking about

00:26:29.620 --> 00:26:32.420
 how the points

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 were divided out.

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 And it was afterwards.

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 And it was just me and him

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 and again,

00:26:41.780 --> 00:26:43.420
 he's kind of wrapping his mind

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:44.960
 around all of it.

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 And he said,

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 so you mean to tell me

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 it's like a,

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 and then he used a word

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 that I've never heard of

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 in my entire life.

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 And then he said,

00:26:57.300 --> 00:26:57.700
 formula.

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 And that's how this happens?

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 And in that moment,

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:03.940
 I was afraid

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:06.020
 to let him know

00:27:06.020 --> 00:27:08.080
 that he knew more than I did.

00:27:09.280 --> 00:27:10.820
 And that I was petrified

00:27:10.820 --> 00:27:11.920
 to admit that.

00:27:13.060 --> 00:27:14.100
 And I said,

00:27:14.300 --> 00:27:15.280
 exactly.

00:27:15.820 --> 00:27:15.980
 Like,

00:27:16.340 --> 00:27:18.700
 now you're getting it, boy.

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.220
 Right?

00:27:19.320 --> 00:27:19.920
 That's it.

00:27:21.280 --> 00:27:22.660
 I could not have said it

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:23.760
 any better myself.

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 The fear of the Lord

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 is the beginning of wisdom.

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 And here's

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 what the psalmist

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 means when he says this.

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 Is that

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 in our proper,

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:40.060
 in true wisdom,

00:27:41.020 --> 00:27:42.140
 proper wisdom,

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:44.380
 the wisdom of God's word,

00:27:45.320 --> 00:27:46.240
 it comes

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:47.120
 from this fear

00:27:47.120 --> 00:27:47.660
 of the Lord.

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 And if you're here

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:49.760
 this morning

00:27:49.760 --> 00:27:51.320
 and you're not

00:27:51.320 --> 00:27:51.740
 a follower

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.940
 of Jesus Christ

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:53.660
 and you're like,

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.020
 well man,

00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:54.940
 I don't know

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.660
 that I want to follow

00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:56.340
 a God

00:27:56.340 --> 00:27:57.640
 that I'm afraid of.

00:27:58.380 --> 00:27:58.600
 Well,

00:27:58.660 --> 00:27:59.420
 that's not

00:27:59.420 --> 00:28:00.360
 what that word means.

00:28:01.080 --> 00:28:02.080
 What we mean

00:28:02.080 --> 00:28:03.100
 by fear

00:28:03.100 --> 00:28:04.120
 of the Lord,

00:28:04.280 --> 00:28:05.440
 it's an awe,

00:28:06.260 --> 00:28:07.360
 it's an awesomeness

00:28:07.360 --> 00:28:08.340
 of who he is,

00:28:09.100 --> 00:28:10.320
 and it's submission

00:28:10.320 --> 00:28:11.000
 to that.

00:28:12.320 --> 00:28:13.500
 It's a mind

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.700
 that's blown away

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:16.120
 by his goodness

00:28:16.120 --> 00:28:17.100
 and who he is.

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:19.280
 It is a depth

00:28:19.280 --> 00:28:21.740
 of respect,

00:28:22.820 --> 00:28:24.180
 it is a depth

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:25.440
 of mind-blowing,

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:27.380
 unbelievable goodness

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:30.160
 that when we stand

00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:31.720
 before him

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.680
 and his holiness,

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:34.620
 the only thing

00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:35.260
 we can do

00:28:35.260 --> 00:28:35.580
 is say,

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.160
 I give up.

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.740
 I give up

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.340
 and I'm yours.

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:42.640
 And we begin

00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:43.260
 to see this.

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.660
 So,

00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:46.500
 we got these

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.780
 three guys

00:28:47.780 --> 00:28:49.280
 and we're getting

00:28:49.280 --> 00:28:50.240
 back to these wise men.

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:57.220
 what made the wise men

00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:58.480
 wise?

00:29:00.280 --> 00:29:02.140
 What made the wise men

00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:02.660
 wise?

00:29:04.260 --> 00:29:04.960
 Educated

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:06.380
 beyond

00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:08.220
 what you and I

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:09.280
 would be capable of.

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:11.240
 The closest thing

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:12.300
 that I would compare

00:29:12.300 --> 00:29:13.360
 these guys to

00:29:13.360 --> 00:29:14.360
 is they are

00:29:14.360 --> 00:29:15.700
 Harvard-level

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:16.540
 PhD

00:29:16.540 --> 00:29:18.040
 after PhD

00:29:18.040 --> 00:29:19.400
 after PhD

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:20.440
 students.

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.420
 And that may

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:23.040
 have been

00:29:23.040 --> 00:29:24.260
 why the world

00:29:24.260 --> 00:29:25.620
 would have said

00:29:25.620 --> 00:29:27.040
 that they were wise.

00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:29.260
 But we can find

00:29:29.260 --> 00:29:30.420
 from this story

00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:32.740
 some aspects

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.540
 about them

00:29:33.540 --> 00:29:34.540
 that did not come

00:29:34.540 --> 00:29:35.100
 from their

00:29:35.100 --> 00:29:36.620
 earthly education

00:29:36.620 --> 00:29:38.600
 but came

00:29:38.600 --> 00:29:39.060
 from their

00:29:39.060 --> 00:29:39.860
 submission,

00:29:40.340 --> 00:29:41.400
 from their fear,

00:29:41.800 --> 00:29:42.120
 from their

00:29:42.120 --> 00:29:42.980
 understanding,

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:44.280
 from their submission

00:29:44.280 --> 00:29:44.980
 to God.

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:46.860
 Five aspects

00:29:46.860 --> 00:29:47.700
 that we see

00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:48.940
 in this story

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:49.800
 that caused

00:29:49.800 --> 00:29:50.440
 us to say

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:51.460
 beyond your

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:52.140
 understanding

00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:53.280
 of mathematics

00:29:53.280 --> 00:29:54.560
 and science,

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.540
 here is the

00:29:55.540 --> 00:29:56.940
 wisdom of men

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:57.920
 who have submitted

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.580
 themselves

00:29:58.580 --> 00:29:59.360
 before a holy

00:29:59.360 --> 00:29:59.780
 God.

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:03.320
 And there are

00:30:03.320 --> 00:30:03.980
 things that you

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.420
 and I,

00:30:07.040 --> 00:30:08.480
 regardless of

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.040
 where we find

00:30:09.040 --> 00:30:09.660
 ourselves this

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:09.940
 morning,

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:12.040
 simplicity

00:30:12.040 --> 00:30:12.960
 of truth

00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:15.100
 can take,

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.720
 can hold

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.120
 into our

00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:17.500
 hearts

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:19.080
 and in the

00:30:19.080 --> 00:30:19.800
 power of the

00:30:19.800 --> 00:30:20.460
 Holy Spirit

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:21.400
 begin to

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:21.780
 implement

00:30:21.780 --> 00:30:22.720
 in our

00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.200
 lives.

00:30:24.800 --> 00:30:25.180
 And we

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:25.460
 too,

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:27.160
 we too

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:28.280
 can be

00:30:28.280 --> 00:30:28.600
 wise.

00:30:30.080 --> 00:30:31.020
 Number one,

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.620
 they read

00:30:33.620 --> 00:30:35.420
 and believed

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:35.980
 God's word.

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:37.900
 They read

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:38.520
 and believed

00:30:38.520 --> 00:30:39.820
 God's word.

00:30:40.820 --> 00:30:41.160
 In this

00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:41.620
 interaction

00:30:41.620 --> 00:30:42.460
 in Matthew

00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:43.340
 chapter 2,

00:30:44.340 --> 00:30:44.880
 we see

00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:45.500
 evidence

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:47.160
 of two

00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:47.780
 times where

00:30:47.780 --> 00:30:48.580
 they begin

00:30:48.580 --> 00:30:49.000
 in the telling

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.280
 of their

00:30:49.280 --> 00:30:49.660
 story of

00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:49.940
 what they

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.200
 are doing,

00:30:50.280 --> 00:30:50.580
 of why

00:30:50.580 --> 00:30:50.820
 they are

00:30:50.820 --> 00:30:51.020
 on the

00:30:51.020 --> 00:30:51.220
 journey,

00:30:51.320 --> 00:30:51.620
 of why

00:30:51.620 --> 00:30:51.900
 they've

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:53.100
 come from

00:30:53.100 --> 00:30:53.640
 modern day

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:54.180
 for us,

00:30:54.300 --> 00:30:54.800
 Iran,

00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:55.900
 to this

00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:56.420
 little,

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:57.320
 nothing,

00:30:57.800 --> 00:30:58.400
 insignificant

00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:59.320
 town,

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:01.360
 800 to

00:31:01.360 --> 00:31:02.200
 900 miles

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:02.580
 away.

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:04.340
 Because they

00:31:04.340 --> 00:31:04.760
 followed a

00:31:04.760 --> 00:31:05.060
 star.

00:31:06.100 --> 00:31:06.640
 Followed a

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:06.740
 star,

00:31:06.840 --> 00:31:07.420
 well why

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:07.920
 this star?

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.600
 Why not

00:31:09.600 --> 00:31:10.040
 another star?

00:31:10.120 --> 00:31:11.020
 There's theories,

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.740
 there's people

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.380
 that have argued

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:12.820
 about the

00:31:12.820 --> 00:31:13.740
 different stars

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.300
 and where

00:31:14.300 --> 00:31:14.640
 the star

00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:14.940
 could have

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.180
 been,

00:31:15.340 --> 00:31:15.820
 but here's

00:31:15.820 --> 00:31:16.400
 what I think

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:16.900
 is important

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:17.180
 and I

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:17.600
 apologize

00:31:17.600 --> 00:31:18.020
 that these

00:31:18.020 --> 00:31:18.500
 verses are

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:19.000
 not on the

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.300
 screen,

00:31:19.600 --> 00:31:19.860
 so if you

00:31:19.860 --> 00:31:20.120
 want to

00:31:20.120 --> 00:31:20.680
 jot the

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:21.300
 references

00:31:21.300 --> 00:31:21.780
 down,

00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:22.500
 the first

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:22.720
 one is

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.180
 Numbers

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:23.680
 24,

00:31:23.820 --> 00:31:24.280
 17.

00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:27.040
 It says,

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:27.560
 I see

00:31:27.560 --> 00:31:27.980
 him,

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.340
 but not

00:31:29.340 --> 00:31:29.740
 now.

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.840
 I behold

00:31:31.840 --> 00:31:32.260
 him,

00:31:33.080 --> 00:31:33.640
 but not

00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:34.020
 near.

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:36.460
 A star

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:37.960
 shall come

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.280
 out of

00:31:38.280 --> 00:31:38.660
 Jacob,

00:31:39.600 --> 00:31:40.060
 and the

00:31:40.060 --> 00:31:40.580
 scepter shall

00:31:40.580 --> 00:31:41.380
 rise out

00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:41.920
 of Israel,

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:42.960
 and it

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.500
 shall crush

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:44.100
 the forehead

00:31:44.100 --> 00:31:44.920
 of Moab

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:46.020
 and break

00:31:46.020 --> 00:31:47.060
 down the

00:31:47.060 --> 00:31:48.320
 sons of

00:31:48.320 --> 00:31:48.700
 Sheth.

00:31:50.100 --> 00:31:50.280
 Right?

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:52.240
 The promise

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:53.400
 of a star

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:54.820
 and the

00:31:54.820 --> 00:31:55.620
 promise of

00:31:55.620 --> 00:31:56.200
 a savior

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:57.720
 and the

00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:58.460
 journey of

00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:58.820
 which it

00:31:58.820 --> 00:31:59.240
 will come.

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:00.960
 You see,

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:02.000
 the star

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.560
 is not

00:32:02.560 --> 00:32:03.400
 just this

00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:04.340
 piece of

00:32:04.340 --> 00:32:04.980
 what's there

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.280
 and the

00:32:05.280 --> 00:32:05.720
 prophecy

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.380
 of a

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:09.480
 being in

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:09.980
 the sky,

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:10.540
 not a

00:32:10.540 --> 00:32:10.680
 being,

00:32:10.780 --> 00:32:10.960
 I'm sorry,

00:32:11.100 --> 00:32:12.280
 of a

00:32:12.280 --> 00:32:12.520
 star in

00:32:12.520 --> 00:32:12.880
 the sky,

00:32:14.620 --> 00:32:15.380
 but a

00:32:15.380 --> 00:32:16.020
 baby born

00:32:16.020 --> 00:32:17.360
 in a

00:32:17.360 --> 00:32:17.620
 manger.

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.460
 And so

00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:20.820
 they read

00:32:20.820 --> 00:32:22.360
 that and

00:32:22.360 --> 00:32:22.960
 they believed

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.240
 it.

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.280
 But it

00:32:25.280 --> 00:32:25.780
 also would

00:32:25.780 --> 00:32:26.180
 point them

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:26.680
 to a

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:27.380
 person in

00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:28.340
 a place

00:32:28.340 --> 00:32:29.180
 in Micah

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:29.480
 5,

00:32:29.560 --> 00:32:29.860
 2.

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:31.860
 But you,

00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:33.260
 O Bethlehem,

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.880
 Ephrathah,

00:32:35.780 --> 00:32:36.520
 who were

00:32:36.520 --> 00:32:37.360
 too little

00:32:37.360 --> 00:32:37.920
 to be

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.560
 among the

00:32:38.560 --> 00:32:38.960
 clans

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.200
 of

00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:39.520
 Judah.

00:32:41.020 --> 00:32:41.180
 From

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:41.600
 you

00:32:41.600 --> 00:32:42.100
 shall

00:32:42.100 --> 00:32:42.380
 come

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:42.860
 forth

00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:43.100
 for

00:32:43.100 --> 00:32:43.400
 me

00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:44.560
 one

00:32:44.560 --> 00:32:44.840
 who

00:32:44.840 --> 00:32:45.000
 is

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.580
 to be

00:32:45.580 --> 00:32:46.760
 ruler

00:32:46.760 --> 00:32:47.140
 in

00:32:47.140 --> 00:32:47.660
 Israel,

00:32:48.660 --> 00:32:49.100
 whose

00:32:49.100 --> 00:32:49.460
 coming

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:50.060
 forth

00:32:50.060 --> 00:32:51.160
 is from

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:51.680
 old,

00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:52.680
 from

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:53.220
 ancient

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:54.340
 days.

00:32:55.800 --> 00:32:56.420
 So these

00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:57.020
 were men

00:32:57.020 --> 00:32:59.700
 who gathered,

00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:01.600
 who took

00:33:01.600 --> 00:33:01.840
 the

00:33:01.840 --> 00:33:02.200
 scripture

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:03.640
 that they

00:33:03.640 --> 00:33:04.200
 had access

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.680
 to,

00:33:05.340 --> 00:33:05.860
 not the

00:33:05.860 --> 00:33:06.040
 whole

00:33:06.040 --> 00:33:06.400
 thing,

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:07.680
 but the

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:08.140
 part that

00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:08.640
 they had

00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:09.440
 the access

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:09.800
 to.

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:11.280
 And they

00:33:11.280 --> 00:33:11.360
 said,

00:33:11.520 --> 00:33:11.840
 this is what

00:33:11.840 --> 00:33:12.140
 God's

00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:12.720
 word is,

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:14.160
 so this

00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:14.460
 is what

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:14.620
 we'll

00:33:14.620 --> 00:33:15.160
 believe,

00:33:16.360 --> 00:33:17.020
 but not

00:33:17.020 --> 00:33:17.440
 just that

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:17.620
 we'll

00:33:17.620 --> 00:33:18.240
 believe it,

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.540
 but we'll

00:33:19.540 --> 00:33:20.040
 act on

00:33:20.040 --> 00:33:20.260
 it.

00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:22.180
 But we'll

00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:22.700
 act on

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:22.900
 it.

00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:24.020
 You see,

00:33:24.080 --> 00:33:24.580
 the wisdom

00:33:24.580 --> 00:33:25.080
 that we

00:33:25.080 --> 00:33:26.060
 see from

00:33:26.060 --> 00:33:27.240
 these wise

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:28.500
 men are

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:28.980
 not just

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.340
 that they

00:33:29.340 --> 00:33:30.200
 read and

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.500
 that they

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:31.080
 understood,

00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:33.760
 it's that

00:33:33.760 --> 00:33:34.420
 they read,

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:35.860
 it's that

00:33:35.860 --> 00:33:36.760
 they believed,

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:37.940
 and it's

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:38.280
 that they

00:33:38.280 --> 00:33:38.780
 acted.

00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:40.640
 You know,

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.280
 we're getting

00:33:41.280 --> 00:33:41.920
 ready to go

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:42.560
 into the

00:33:42.560 --> 00:33:43.960
 new year.

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:45.860
 One of the

00:33:45.860 --> 00:33:46.420
 things that

00:33:46.420 --> 00:33:47.240
 people commit

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:47.920
 to every

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:48.440
 single year,

00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:49.720
 I'm one of

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:49.900
 you,

00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:51.180
 is I

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:52.340
 desire and

00:33:52.340 --> 00:33:52.840
 I commit

00:33:52.840 --> 00:33:53.540
 to spend

00:33:53.540 --> 00:33:54.920
 more time

00:33:54.920 --> 00:33:55.380
 in God's

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:55.660
 word.

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:57.280
 And I

00:33:57.280 --> 00:33:57.620
 will say

00:33:57.620 --> 00:33:57.980
 to you,

00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:59.120
 we need

00:33:59.120 --> 00:33:59.460
 to do

00:33:59.460 --> 00:33:59.800
 that.

00:34:00.340 --> 00:34:00.880
 If you're

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:01.740
 ever wondering,

00:34:02.140 --> 00:34:02.440
 should I

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:03.080
 spend more

00:34:03.080 --> 00:34:03.560
 time in

00:34:03.560 --> 00:34:03.880
 God's

00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:04.180
 word?

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:05.080
 The answer

00:34:05.080 --> 00:34:05.520
 to that

00:34:05.520 --> 00:34:06.440
 is yes.

00:34:06.760 --> 00:34:07.180
 Yes,

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:07.680
 you should.

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.180
 Yes,

00:34:08.240 --> 00:34:08.680
 spend more

00:34:08.680 --> 00:34:09.000
 time.

00:34:09.220 --> 00:34:09.960
 It's never

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.360
 going to

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:10.940
 fail you.

00:34:11.140 --> 00:34:11.700
 It's never

00:34:11.700 --> 00:34:12.280
 a waste

00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:12.600
 of your

00:34:12.600 --> 00:34:12.940
 time.

00:34:13.120 --> 00:34:13.500
 And what

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.000
 I love

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.260
 is that

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:14.620
 you and

00:34:14.620 --> 00:34:15.140
 I can

00:34:15.140 --> 00:34:15.620
 take in

00:34:15.620 --> 00:34:16.020
 God's

00:34:16.020 --> 00:34:16.640
 word in

00:34:16.640 --> 00:34:17.120
 so many

00:34:17.120 --> 00:34:17.460
 different

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:17.860
 ways.

00:34:18.020 --> 00:34:18.380
 We can

00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:18.820
 read it,

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:19.160
 we can

00:34:19.160 --> 00:34:19.820
 listen to

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:19.960
 it,

00:34:20.040 --> 00:34:20.360
 we can

00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:20.540
 get

00:34:20.540 --> 00:34:21.000
 emails

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.340
 that send

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:21.460
 us

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:21.880
 reminders,

00:34:22.200 --> 00:34:22.460
 we can

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:22.860
 get text

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.220
 messages

00:34:23.220 --> 00:34:23.720
 that send

00:34:23.720 --> 00:34:23.840
 us

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.160
 reminders,

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:24.660
 we got

00:34:24.660 --> 00:34:25.020
 apps on

00:34:25.020 --> 00:34:25.440
 our phone

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:25.720
 that will

00:34:25.720 --> 00:34:25.900
 send

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:26.180
 those to

00:34:26.180 --> 00:34:26.480
 us as

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:26.680
 well,

00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:27.360
 like over

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:28.020
 and over

00:34:28.020 --> 00:34:28.680
 and over

00:34:28.680 --> 00:34:29.200
 again.

00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:30.360
 We can

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:30.980
 obtain,

00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:31.880
 we can

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.560
 consume,

00:34:33.060 --> 00:34:33.300
 we can

00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:34.560
 read and

00:34:34.560 --> 00:34:34.880
 then be

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:36.120
 given God's

00:34:36.120 --> 00:34:36.680
 word.

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:37.440
 But the

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:38.400
 question is

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:39.160
 when we

00:34:39.160 --> 00:34:40.020
 do this,

00:34:40.120 --> 00:34:40.600
 are we

00:34:40.600 --> 00:34:41.120
 just going

00:34:41.120 --> 00:34:42.000
 to read

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.200
 it,

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:42.640
 are we

00:34:42.640 --> 00:34:43.000
 going to

00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:43.700
 acknowledge

00:34:43.700 --> 00:34:44.480
 mentally

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:45.060
 that yes,

00:34:45.140 --> 00:34:45.540
 this is

00:34:45.540 --> 00:34:45.900
 right,

00:34:46.020 --> 00:34:46.440
 or do we

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:46.980
 take the

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.300
 fullness

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:48.660
 of wisdom

00:34:48.660 --> 00:34:50.440
 and in

00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:51.020
 submission

00:34:51.020 --> 00:34:52.140
 and obedience

00:34:52.140 --> 00:34:52.880
 say if

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.360
 this is

00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:53.920
 true,

00:34:55.120 --> 00:34:56.600
 then this

00:34:56.600 --> 00:34:56.960
 is who

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.400
 I am.

00:34:58.700 --> 00:34:59.180
 If this

00:34:59.180 --> 00:34:59.800
 is true,

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:00.840
 then this

00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:01.100
 is what

00:35:01.100 --> 00:35:01.500
 God's

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.460
 called me

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:02.700
 to.

00:35:03.740 --> 00:35:04.060
 You see,

00:35:04.140 --> 00:35:04.800
 these wise

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.280
 men were

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:06.080
 wise because

00:35:06.080 --> 00:35:06.660
 they read,

00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:07.100
 because they

00:35:07.100 --> 00:35:07.560
 believed,

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.220
 and because

00:35:08.220 --> 00:35:08.720
 they acted.

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:10.380
 And when

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:10.980
 they acted,

00:35:11.120 --> 00:35:11.460
 the second

00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:12.500
 thing that

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:12.980
 they did

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:14.380
 was they

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:14.580
 sought

00:35:14.580 --> 00:35:14.980
 Jesus.

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.680
 They sought

00:35:16.680 --> 00:35:17.140
 Jesus.

00:35:17.300 --> 00:35:18.760
 See,

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.640
 their study

00:35:19.640 --> 00:35:22.040
 brought them

00:35:22.040 --> 00:35:23.780
 to Jesus.

00:35:26.240 --> 00:35:27.220
 And very

00:35:27.220 --> 00:35:27.640
 simply,

00:35:28.640 --> 00:35:29.520
 in their

00:35:29.520 --> 00:35:29.940
 journey,

00:35:31.640 --> 00:35:32.180
 Jesus was

00:35:32.180 --> 00:35:32.540
 enough.

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:36.320
 They didn't

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:38.500
 come seeking

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:38.920
 relief,

00:35:39.080 --> 00:35:39.860
 seeking answers,

00:35:41.620 --> 00:35:42.280
 seeking agendas

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:42.880
 to be met,

00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:44.520
 seeking

00:35:44.520 --> 00:35:45.200
 predetermined

00:35:45.200 --> 00:35:45.760
 outcomes.

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:47.960
 They just

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:49.420
 simply came

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:50.640
 looking for

00:35:50.640 --> 00:35:50.980
 Jesus.

00:35:52.020 --> 00:35:52.400
 And when

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:53.460
 they found

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:53.720
 him,

00:35:55.200 --> 00:35:55.860
 he was

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:56.220
 enough.

00:35:58.640 --> 00:35:59.540
 He was

00:35:59.540 --> 00:35:59.900
 enough.

00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:02.680
 Have you

00:36:02.680 --> 00:36:02.960
 ever been

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.460
 looking for

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:03.840
 something,

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:05.920
 and when

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:06.360
 you found

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:06.600
 it,

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:08.060
 it wasn't

00:36:08.060 --> 00:36:08.280
 what you

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:08.700
 expected?

00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:12.080
 the wise

00:36:12.080 --> 00:36:12.360
 men

00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:14.000
 were very

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:14.360
 clear.

00:36:15.720 --> 00:36:16.340
 They came

00:36:16.340 --> 00:36:17.540
 looking for

00:36:17.540 --> 00:36:18.040
 a king,

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:20.660
 and instead

00:36:20.660 --> 00:36:20.980
 they found

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.320
 a baby.

00:36:23.200 --> 00:36:24.100
 They came

00:36:24.100 --> 00:36:26.080
 looking for

00:36:26.080 --> 00:36:26.540
 a royal

00:36:26.540 --> 00:36:27.100
 family,

00:36:28.100 --> 00:36:29.440
 but instead

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:31.160
 found a

00:36:31.160 --> 00:36:31.760
 poor family.

00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:34.260
 My assumption

00:36:34.260 --> 00:36:36.760
 is they

00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:38.860
 came with

00:36:38.860 --> 00:36:39.680
 an expectation,

00:36:41.140 --> 00:36:44.020
 but walked

00:36:44.020 --> 00:36:46.280
 away very

00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:48.400
 simply with

00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:50.240
 Jesus being

00:36:50.240 --> 00:36:50.680
 enough.

00:36:55.200 --> 00:36:56.280
 I wish I

00:36:56.280 --> 00:36:56.580
 could tell

00:36:56.580 --> 00:36:58.840
 you in

00:36:58.840 --> 00:37:01.240
 truth that

00:37:01.240 --> 00:37:02.000
 every struggle,

00:37:03.140 --> 00:37:04.200
 every difficulty,

00:37:05.200 --> 00:37:06.600
 every hurt,

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:08.620
 every pain,

00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:10.680
 every bit

00:37:10.680 --> 00:37:11.320
 of suffering.

00:37:13.200 --> 00:37:13.860
 Boy, I

00:37:13.860 --> 00:37:15.800
 wish that

00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:16.460
 you could

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:16.980
 just bring

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:18.720
 it, and

00:37:18.720 --> 00:37:18.980
 we could

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.360
 say a

00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:20.900
 prayer, and

00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:21.300
 wave our

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:21.860
 hand over

00:37:21.860 --> 00:37:22.140
 it, and

00:37:22.140 --> 00:37:22.340
 it would

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:23.860
 just disappear

00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:24.220
 and go

00:37:24.220 --> 00:37:24.500
 away.

00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:26.880
 But if

00:37:26.880 --> 00:37:27.200
 you've been

00:37:27.200 --> 00:37:27.700
 a believer,

00:37:29.260 --> 00:37:29.640
 faithfully

00:37:29.640 --> 00:37:30.380
 following Jesus,

00:37:31.740 --> 00:37:32.340
 you know

00:37:32.340 --> 00:37:32.780
 that that's

00:37:32.780 --> 00:37:33.300
 not the case

00:37:33.300 --> 00:37:33.580
 that we

00:37:33.580 --> 00:37:34.200
 just saw

00:37:34.200 --> 00:37:34.640
 in James.

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.440
 James to

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:36.740
 a group

00:37:36.740 --> 00:37:37.140
 of men

00:37:37.140 --> 00:37:37.500
 and women

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:37.840
 who are

00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:38.140
 suffering

00:37:38.140 --> 00:37:38.520
 for the

00:37:38.520 --> 00:37:39.280
 Lord, and

00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:39.820
 his message

00:37:39.820 --> 00:37:40.440
 is endure,

00:37:40.720 --> 00:37:41.260
 endure,

00:37:41.500 --> 00:37:41.960
 endure.

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:42.680
 He is

00:37:42.680 --> 00:37:43.060
 good.

00:37:43.380 --> 00:37:43.740
 He is

00:37:43.740 --> 00:37:44.200
 faithful.

00:37:44.660 --> 00:37:45.140
 Endure,

00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:45.680
 endure.

00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:46.840
 It's the

00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:48.580
 message of

00:37:48.580 --> 00:37:48.800
 the New

00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:49.200
 Testament.

00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:50.680
 Endure.

00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:54.820
 And the

00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:55.480
 question that

00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:56.080
 I have for

00:37:56.080 --> 00:37:56.440
 you is

00:37:56.440 --> 00:37:56.760
 this.

00:37:58.560 --> 00:37:59.300
 If you

00:37:59.300 --> 00:37:59.980
 come to

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:00.460
 Jesus,

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:03.700
 and you've

00:38:03.700 --> 00:38:04.140
 got your

00:38:04.140 --> 00:38:04.560
 agenda,

00:38:06.060 --> 00:38:07.440
 if you

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:08.000
 come to

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:08.500
 Jesus,

00:38:09.140 --> 00:38:10.600
 and you've

00:38:10.600 --> 00:38:11.020
 got your

00:38:11.020 --> 00:38:11.740
 predetermined

00:38:11.740 --> 00:38:12.160
 plan,

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:16.300
 is Jesus

00:38:16.300 --> 00:38:16.680
 going to be

00:38:16.680 --> 00:38:17.040
 enough?

00:38:18.780 --> 00:38:19.160
 Is he

00:38:19.160 --> 00:38:19.400
 going to be

00:38:19.400 --> 00:38:19.800
 enough?

00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:24.880
 My fear is

00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:25.440
 for so many

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:25.940
 of us.

00:38:25.940 --> 00:38:28.320
 Our belief

00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:30.360
 is attached

00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:32.440
 to Jesus

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:34.560
 plus my

00:38:34.560 --> 00:38:35.320
 expectations.

00:38:36.760 --> 00:38:37.720
 Jesus

00:38:37.720 --> 00:38:39.040
 plus my

00:38:39.040 --> 00:38:39.600
 desires.

00:38:41.020 --> 00:38:41.400
 Jesus

00:38:41.400 --> 00:38:42.540
 plus my

00:38:42.540 --> 00:38:43.140
 wants.

00:38:44.300 --> 00:38:44.720
 Jesus

00:38:44.720 --> 00:38:46.700
 plus my

00:38:46.700 --> 00:38:47.060
 healing.

00:38:49.200 --> 00:38:51.020
 And when

00:38:51.020 --> 00:38:51.700
 this side

00:38:51.700 --> 00:38:51.960
 of the

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:52.440
 equation,

00:38:53.700 --> 00:38:54.500
 on this

00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:54.900
 side of

00:38:54.900 --> 00:38:55.400
 eternity,

00:38:56.200 --> 00:38:57.240
 doesn't

00:38:57.240 --> 00:38:57.860
 come true,

00:38:59.020 --> 00:39:00.300
 then the

00:39:00.300 --> 00:39:01.020
 misbelief

00:39:01.020 --> 00:39:01.360
 that you

00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:03.420
 have is

00:39:03.420 --> 00:39:03.860
 that Jesus

00:39:03.860 --> 00:39:04.440
 has failed.

00:39:06.040 --> 00:39:06.760
 And the

00:39:06.760 --> 00:39:08.060
 hope of

00:39:08.060 --> 00:39:08.700
 the gospel

00:39:08.700 --> 00:39:10.540
 should bring

00:39:10.540 --> 00:39:10.960
 us to the

00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:12.320
 truth that

00:39:12.320 --> 00:39:14.400
 Jesus is

00:39:14.400 --> 00:39:15.480
 enough.

00:39:17.020 --> 00:39:17.480
 The third

00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:17.800
 thing,

00:39:18.800 --> 00:39:19.780
 that the

00:39:19.780 --> 00:39:20.240
 wise men

00:39:20.240 --> 00:39:20.520
 do,

00:39:21.180 --> 00:39:22.060
 that display

00:39:22.060 --> 00:39:22.620
 their wisdom,

00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:24.240
 is they

00:39:24.240 --> 00:39:25.280
 recognized

00:39:25.280 --> 00:39:26.760
 the worth

00:39:26.760 --> 00:39:27.820
 of Jesus.

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:30.520
 They gave

00:39:30.520 --> 00:39:30.960
 gifts.

00:39:32.240 --> 00:39:32.780
 We talked

00:39:32.780 --> 00:39:33.320
 about it.

00:39:34.040 --> 00:39:34.760
 Probably a

00:39:34.760 --> 00:39:35.480
 little strange,

00:39:35.600 --> 00:39:35.860
 right?

00:39:36.520 --> 00:39:37.220
 Like imagine

00:39:37.220 --> 00:39:37.920
 being Mary,

00:39:38.320 --> 00:39:38.580
 right?

00:39:39.180 --> 00:39:39.740
 She's like,

00:39:39.820 --> 00:39:39.960
 oh,

00:39:40.060 --> 00:39:40.700
 fantastic.

00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:42.220
 Gold.

00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:43.380
 Oh,

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:43.760
 the next

00:39:43.760 --> 00:39:44.040
 one,

00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:45.020
 frankincense.

00:39:45.980 --> 00:39:46.360
 Okay.

00:39:47.200 --> 00:39:47.540
 Myrrh.

00:39:48.020 --> 00:39:48.620
 This just

00:39:48.620 --> 00:39:49.040
 got weird

00:39:49.040 --> 00:39:49.260
 a little

00:39:49.260 --> 00:39:49.500
 bit,

00:39:49.580 --> 00:39:49.800
 right?

00:39:51.680 --> 00:39:52.340
 But they

00:39:52.340 --> 00:39:53.020
 recognized

00:39:53.020 --> 00:39:55.120
 the worth,

00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:56.420
 the heavenly

00:39:56.420 --> 00:39:56.920
 worth of

00:39:56.920 --> 00:39:57.140
 Jesus.

00:39:58.180 --> 00:39:58.720
 If you've

00:39:58.720 --> 00:39:59.260
 ever wondered

00:39:59.260 --> 00:39:59.600
 why,

00:40:00.040 --> 00:40:00.840
 why gold,

00:40:01.160 --> 00:40:01.860
 why frankincense,

00:40:02.180 --> 00:40:02.660
 why myrrh?

00:40:03.680 --> 00:40:04.220
 And what I

00:40:04.220 --> 00:40:04.860
 believe is

00:40:04.860 --> 00:40:05.940
 only the

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:07.020
 working power

00:40:07.020 --> 00:40:08.200
 of the Holy

00:40:08.200 --> 00:40:08.660
 Spirit,

00:40:08.780 --> 00:40:09.620
 of God,

00:40:09.740 --> 00:40:10.700
 in the lives

00:40:10.700 --> 00:40:11.720
 of this group

00:40:11.720 --> 00:40:12.160
 of men,

00:40:12.380 --> 00:40:12.840
 as they

00:40:12.840 --> 00:40:13.860
 journey to

00:40:13.860 --> 00:40:15.220
 see a king

00:40:15.220 --> 00:40:15.960
 that they've

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:16.660
 longed for,

00:40:16.800 --> 00:40:17.220
 that they've

00:40:17.220 --> 00:40:17.940
 studied about,

00:40:18.080 --> 00:40:18.560
 that they've

00:40:18.560 --> 00:40:19.260
 hoped for,

00:40:19.520 --> 00:40:20.000
 that in the

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:20.540
 working of

00:40:20.540 --> 00:40:20.820
 that,

00:40:21.060 --> 00:40:21.900
 that what God

00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:22.580
 does in their

00:40:22.580 --> 00:40:23.720
 lives is God

00:40:23.720 --> 00:40:24.520
 ordains and

00:40:24.520 --> 00:40:25.200
 has them bring

00:40:25.200 --> 00:40:25.740
 these gifts.

00:40:26.260 --> 00:40:26.680
 And it

00:40:26.680 --> 00:40:28.520
 displays the

00:40:28.520 --> 00:40:29.620
 worth and

00:40:29.620 --> 00:40:30.660
 the value

00:40:30.660 --> 00:40:32.000
 and the

00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:32.620
 essence of

00:40:32.620 --> 00:40:33.020
 who Jesus

00:40:33.020 --> 00:40:33.400
 is.

00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:35.240
 They bring

00:40:35.240 --> 00:40:35.700
 gold,

00:40:36.640 --> 00:40:37.240
 a precious

00:40:37.240 --> 00:40:37.700
 metal.

00:40:39.080 --> 00:40:39.440
 Do you

00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:40.560
 know who

00:40:40.560 --> 00:40:40.920
 you brought

00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:41.500
 gold to?

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:43.220
 You didn't

00:40:43.220 --> 00:40:44.740
 bring gold

00:40:44.740 --> 00:40:45.800
 to a

00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:46.360
 carpenter's

00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:46.640
 boy.

00:40:47.580 --> 00:40:48.380
 You didn't

00:40:48.380 --> 00:40:49.400
 bring gold

00:40:49.400 --> 00:40:51.040
 to a virgin

00:40:51.040 --> 00:40:51.560
 son.

00:40:52.120 --> 00:40:52.580
 You didn't

00:40:52.580 --> 00:40:53.320
 bring gold

00:40:53.320 --> 00:40:54.300
 to Bethlehem.

00:40:54.460 --> 00:40:54.860
 You brought

00:40:54.860 --> 00:40:55.480
 gold to a

00:40:55.480 --> 00:40:55.760
 king.

00:40:57.040 --> 00:40:57.420
 And so as

00:40:57.420 --> 00:40:58.100
 they show up,

00:40:58.160 --> 00:40:58.680
 they're showing

00:40:58.680 --> 00:40:59.300
 up, and

00:40:59.300 --> 00:40:59.680
 they're like,

00:40:59.840 --> 00:41:00.440
 man, you're

00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:01.040
 a baby.

00:41:02.560 --> 00:41:03.060
 You're

00:41:03.060 --> 00:41:03.720
 oohing and

00:41:03.720 --> 00:41:04.200
 gooing and

00:41:04.200 --> 00:41:04.960
 all that stuff,

00:41:05.020 --> 00:41:05.160
 right?

00:41:05.220 --> 00:41:05.660
 It's baby

00:41:05.660 --> 00:41:06.080
 time.

00:41:08.580 --> 00:41:09.280
 But you're

00:41:09.280 --> 00:41:11.080
 king, and

00:41:11.080 --> 00:41:11.480
 you're king

00:41:11.480 --> 00:41:11.860
 Jesus.

00:41:13.420 --> 00:41:13.800
 And so they

00:41:13.800 --> 00:41:14.980
 brought frankincense.

00:41:15.960 --> 00:41:16.480
 They brought

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:17.980
 the incense that

00:41:17.980 --> 00:41:19.280
 was burned in

00:41:19.280 --> 00:41:20.520
 the temple during

00:41:20.520 --> 00:41:21.620
 worship, so that

00:41:21.620 --> 00:41:22.980
 when you smelled

00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:24.640
 the smell that

00:41:24.640 --> 00:41:25.460
 would come from

00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:26.660
 the incense, that

00:41:26.660 --> 00:41:27.620
 you knew that

00:41:27.620 --> 00:41:28.880
 the very presence

00:41:28.880 --> 00:41:29.840
 of God was

00:41:29.840 --> 00:41:30.440
 before you.

00:41:31.380 --> 00:41:31.900
 So they're

00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:32.900
 coming in, and

00:41:32.900 --> 00:41:33.380
 they're bringing

00:41:33.380 --> 00:41:34.600
 this incense, and

00:41:34.600 --> 00:41:35.120
 they're looking at

00:41:35.120 --> 00:41:36.140
 this baby, and

00:41:36.140 --> 00:41:36.520
 they're saying,

00:41:36.800 --> 00:41:37.540
 you're a king, and

00:41:37.540 --> 00:41:38.260
 you're God.

00:41:39.020 --> 00:41:39.740
 This is who

00:41:39.740 --> 00:41:40.340
 you are.

00:41:41.040 --> 00:41:41.520
 See, Jesus

00:41:41.520 --> 00:41:42.320
 won't grow up

00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:42.780
 and become

00:41:42.780 --> 00:41:43.180
 God.

00:41:44.160 --> 00:41:44.840
 Jesus won't do

00:41:44.840 --> 00:41:45.580
 good works and

00:41:45.580 --> 00:41:46.180
 earn to be

00:41:46.180 --> 00:41:46.600
 God.

00:41:47.140 --> 00:41:47.540
 But he's

00:41:47.540 --> 00:41:48.040
 God.

00:41:48.820 --> 00:41:49.220
 That in the

00:41:49.220 --> 00:41:49.960
 most vulnerable

00:41:49.960 --> 00:41:51.160
 state, this

00:41:51.160 --> 00:41:52.860
 baby comes, and

00:41:52.860 --> 00:41:55.100
 he is God.

00:41:56.040 --> 00:41:56.980
 When you smell

00:41:56.980 --> 00:41:58.520
 it, when you

00:41:58.520 --> 00:41:58.940
 smell that

00:41:58.940 --> 00:42:00.600
 frankincense, it's

00:42:00.600 --> 00:42:02.020
 the reminder of

00:42:02.020 --> 00:42:03.320
 him before you,

00:42:03.480 --> 00:42:04.600
 and the divinity

00:42:04.600 --> 00:42:06.900
 of Emmanuel.

00:42:08.060 --> 00:42:09.280
 the divinity of

00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:09.680
 Christ.

00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:14.160
 And so then

00:42:14.160 --> 00:42:14.520
 they bring

00:42:14.520 --> 00:42:14.900
 myrrh.

00:42:16.720 --> 00:42:17.280
 Oh, you see

00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:17.640
 this.

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:18.700
 I know you.

00:42:19.140 --> 00:42:19.500
 Like, you're

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:20.120
 tracking with me

00:42:20.120 --> 00:42:20.600
 on this.

00:42:21.580 --> 00:42:22.260
 Remember myrrh,

00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:22.900
 the spice you

00:42:22.900 --> 00:42:23.240
 use for

00:42:23.240 --> 00:42:23.720
 embalming?

00:42:26.720 --> 00:42:27.440
 Because you

00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:29.660
 are king, and

00:42:29.660 --> 00:42:33.640
 you are God, and

00:42:33.640 --> 00:42:36.600
 you're man, and

00:42:36.600 --> 00:42:36.900
 you're going to

00:42:36.900 --> 00:42:37.200
 die.

00:42:38.880 --> 00:42:39.680
 And you're going to

00:42:39.680 --> 00:42:42.100
 die on the cross, and

00:42:42.100 --> 00:42:42.840
 you're going to pay the

00:42:42.840 --> 00:42:45.260
 price of sins for

00:42:45.260 --> 00:42:45.760
 humanity.

00:42:49.060 --> 00:42:50.260
 so gather before

00:42:50.260 --> 00:42:53.460
 them is the

00:42:53.460 --> 00:42:56.700
 mission of God, found

00:42:56.700 --> 00:42:59.240
 in Jesus, and

00:42:59.240 --> 00:43:01.360
 represented, that he

00:43:01.360 --> 00:43:03.700
 is king, that he is

00:43:03.700 --> 00:43:05.680
 God, and that he

00:43:05.680 --> 00:43:06.300
 will die.

00:43:07.400 --> 00:43:08.480
 But praise the

00:43:08.480 --> 00:43:12.140
 Lord, the tomb will

00:43:12.140 --> 00:43:14.440
 not hold him.

00:43:14.440 --> 00:43:17.800
 And the fourth

00:43:17.800 --> 00:43:22.100
 thing, they

00:43:22.100 --> 00:43:22.880
 humbled themselves

00:43:22.880 --> 00:43:23.400
 in worship.

00:43:25.100 --> 00:43:26.340
 Matthew 2, 10

00:43:26.340 --> 00:43:29.880
 and 11, and

00:43:29.880 --> 00:43:30.680
 when they saw the

00:43:30.680 --> 00:43:33.480
 star, they

00:43:33.480 --> 00:43:34.400
 rejoiced

00:43:34.400 --> 00:43:36.620
 exceedingly with

00:43:36.620 --> 00:43:37.400
 great joy.

00:43:41.440 --> 00:43:42.740
 the journey

00:43:42.740 --> 00:43:43.100
 they've been

00:43:43.100 --> 00:43:43.440
 on.

00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:47.680
 800 miles.

00:43:49.160 --> 00:43:50.140
 It's worth it.

00:43:50.900 --> 00:43:51.600
 It's worth it.

00:43:52.220 --> 00:43:52.920
 It's worth it.

00:43:53.280 --> 00:43:54.500
 Every bit of your

00:43:54.500 --> 00:43:56.080
 struggle is worth

00:43:56.080 --> 00:43:56.280
 it.

00:43:57.140 --> 00:43:58.120
 Every bit of this

00:43:58.120 --> 00:43:59.180
 week was worth

00:43:59.180 --> 00:43:59.340
 it.

00:44:00.140 --> 00:44:00.960
 Every time,

00:44:01.180 --> 00:44:04.300
 every time that

00:44:04.300 --> 00:44:05.000
 you were spoken

00:44:05.000 --> 00:44:05.940
 illy against, it

00:44:05.940 --> 00:44:06.440
 was worth it.

00:44:07.080 --> 00:44:07.960
 Every time they

00:44:07.960 --> 00:44:08.480
 slandered your

00:44:08.480 --> 00:44:09.040
 name, it was

00:44:09.040 --> 00:44:09.440
 worth it.

00:44:09.760 --> 00:44:10.640
 Every time they

00:44:10.640 --> 00:44:11.340
 took advantage of

00:44:11.340 --> 00:44:11.720
 you, it was

00:44:11.720 --> 00:44:12.120
 worth it.

00:44:12.380 --> 00:44:13.120
 Every time your

00:44:13.120 --> 00:44:13.640
 character was

00:44:13.640 --> 00:44:14.480
 questioned, it

00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:15.020
 was worth it.

00:44:15.220 --> 00:44:15.820
 It was worth it.

00:44:16.020 --> 00:44:17.180
 Every bit of that

00:44:17.180 --> 00:44:18.500
 800-mile journey,

00:44:18.660 --> 00:44:19.900
 every blister, every

00:44:19.900 --> 00:44:21.060
 moment of confusion,

00:44:21.400 --> 00:44:22.200
 every struggle that

00:44:22.200 --> 00:44:23.260
 you went through is

00:44:23.260 --> 00:44:23.820
 worth it.

00:44:26.080 --> 00:44:26.980
 Verse 11, and

00:44:26.980 --> 00:44:27.560
 going into the

00:44:27.560 --> 00:44:30.500
 house, they saw

00:44:30.500 --> 00:44:31.480
 the child with

00:44:31.480 --> 00:44:33.400
 Mary's mother, and

00:44:33.400 --> 00:44:35.400
 they fell down and

00:44:35.400 --> 00:44:36.660
 worshipped him.

00:44:39.180 --> 00:44:40.200
 They humbled

00:44:40.200 --> 00:44:43.500
 themselves in worship.

00:44:45.100 --> 00:44:46.500
 These educated,

00:44:48.080 --> 00:44:48.920
 successful,

00:44:50.500 --> 00:44:52.040
 powerful men of

00:44:52.040 --> 00:44:55.720
 influence fell down

00:44:55.720 --> 00:44:58.380
 on a dirt floor in

00:44:58.380 --> 00:44:59.340
 front of a teenage

00:44:59.340 --> 00:45:02.240
 girl and her baby,

00:45:04.080 --> 00:45:06.120
 humbled themselves

00:45:06.120 --> 00:45:08.060
 face, and worshipped

00:45:08.060 --> 00:45:09.060
 him.

00:45:17.500 --> 00:45:18.920
 There's a song, I'll

00:45:18.920 --> 00:45:19.580
 date myself.

00:45:22.340 --> 00:45:23.520
 When I got saved,

00:45:24.820 --> 00:45:27.380
 when I got saved,

00:45:27.720 --> 00:45:28.760
 the first, we used

00:45:28.760 --> 00:45:29.760
 to do these events at

00:45:29.760 --> 00:45:30.860
 the church that I was

00:45:30.860 --> 00:45:31.060
 at.

00:45:31.160 --> 00:45:31.960
 I was an intern,

00:45:32.300 --> 00:45:32.980
 wasn't there long.

00:45:33.080 --> 00:45:33.480
 It was called

00:45:33.480 --> 00:45:34.320
 Disciple Now

00:45:34.320 --> 00:45:34.740
 Weekend.

00:45:34.880 --> 00:45:35.540
 It was a cool

00:45:35.540 --> 00:45:35.960
 weekend.

00:45:37.700 --> 00:45:41.100
 Our youth guy, at the

00:45:41.100 --> 00:45:41.500
 time, our youth

00:45:41.500 --> 00:45:42.120
 pastor, his name's

00:45:42.120 --> 00:45:42.980
 Mark Owens, great

00:45:42.980 --> 00:45:43.600
 godly man.

00:45:43.680 --> 00:45:44.700
 I love him to death.

00:45:45.020 --> 00:45:45.720
 He just kind of

00:45:45.720 --> 00:45:47.160
 stumbled into things

00:45:47.160 --> 00:45:47.580
 sometimes.

00:45:48.040 --> 00:45:48.520
 I remember he was

00:45:48.520 --> 00:45:49.180
 talking to us, and

00:45:49.180 --> 00:45:49.920
 he was like, I got

00:45:49.920 --> 00:45:51.320
 this guy, he's from

00:45:51.320 --> 00:45:52.980
 him, he's been in

00:45:52.980 --> 00:45:54.040
 Texas, but he's in

00:45:54.040 --> 00:45:55.100
 Atlanta now, he's

00:45:55.100 --> 00:45:55.540
 kind of doing some

00:45:55.540 --> 00:45:56.140
 stuff back and

00:45:56.140 --> 00:45:56.440
 forth.

00:45:57.180 --> 00:45:57.880
 His name's Chris

00:45:57.880 --> 00:45:58.900
 Tomlin, and like

00:45:58.900 --> 00:45:59.620
 some of you, you're

00:45:59.620 --> 00:46:00.380
 like my age, or

00:46:00.380 --> 00:46:01.400
 you're older, you

00:46:01.400 --> 00:46:02.540
 remember Chris

00:46:02.540 --> 00:46:03.200
 Tomlin, and if

00:46:03.200 --> 00:46:03.800
 you're younger than

00:46:03.800 --> 00:46:04.260
 that, you're just

00:46:04.260 --> 00:46:04.960
 like, I just play

00:46:04.960 --> 00:46:05.520
 his music all the

00:46:05.520 --> 00:46:06.440
 time on Christian

00:46:06.440 --> 00:46:07.040
 radio, right?

00:46:07.620 --> 00:46:08.380
 But he said, I've

00:46:08.380 --> 00:46:08.880
 got this guy, and

00:46:08.880 --> 00:46:09.240
 he's willing to

00:46:09.240 --> 00:46:09.700
 come and be our

00:46:09.700 --> 00:46:11.020
 worship leader for

00:46:11.020 --> 00:46:12.000
 D now, like, what

00:46:12.000 --> 00:46:12.520
 do you think?

00:46:12.560 --> 00:46:12.840
 And we're like,

00:46:12.880 --> 00:46:13.180
 yeah, yeah, yeah,

00:46:13.180 --> 00:46:13.600
 that would be

00:46:13.600 --> 00:46:13.960
 great, that'd be

00:46:13.960 --> 00:46:14.260
 cool, that'd be

00:46:14.260 --> 00:46:14.520
 awesome.

00:46:14.960 --> 00:46:15.540
 And I knew

00:46:15.540 --> 00:46:16.320
 nothing about

00:46:16.320 --> 00:46:17.560
 worship music for

00:46:17.560 --> 00:46:18.080
 me at that time,

00:46:18.180 --> 00:46:18.720
 like right out,

00:46:18.940 --> 00:46:19.560
 like in fifth grade

00:46:19.560 --> 00:46:19.960
 I went to a

00:46:19.960 --> 00:46:20.820
 Carmen concert,

00:46:21.000 --> 00:46:22.400
 right, and that

00:46:22.400 --> 00:46:23.320
 really dated me,

00:46:23.680 --> 00:46:24.460
 right, and if you

00:46:24.460 --> 00:46:24.840
 don't know who

00:46:24.840 --> 00:46:25.500
 Carmen is, like,

00:46:25.540 --> 00:46:26.040
 go check out some

00:46:26.040 --> 00:46:26.820
 YouTube videos,

00:46:27.240 --> 00:46:28.200
 right, enjoy that

00:46:28.200 --> 00:46:28.720
 for the rest of

00:46:28.720 --> 00:46:30.140
 your day, right?

00:46:30.460 --> 00:46:31.640
 And so we went,

00:46:31.980 --> 00:46:32.820
 and I'll never

00:46:32.820 --> 00:46:34.300
 forget, and this

00:46:34.300 --> 00:46:38.080
 verse rang just

00:46:38.080 --> 00:46:39.960
 in my mind over

00:46:39.960 --> 00:46:42.020
 and over and over

00:46:42.020 --> 00:46:45.900
 again, that they

00:46:45.900 --> 00:46:46.460
 saw Mary.

00:46:47.560 --> 00:46:48.020
 And they saw

00:46:48.020 --> 00:46:50.420
 Jesus, and these

00:46:50.420 --> 00:46:53.040
 wise men, these

00:46:53.040 --> 00:46:55.600
 magi, got on the

00:46:55.600 --> 00:46:57.440
 dirt, and they

00:46:57.440 --> 00:46:58.080
 put their face

00:46:58.080 --> 00:46:59.760
 down, and they

00:46:59.760 --> 00:47:01.700
 got dirty, and they

00:47:01.700 --> 00:47:02.380
 worshiped him.

00:47:03.340 --> 00:47:04.480
 And the verse is

00:47:04.480 --> 00:47:06.240
 like, we fall

00:47:06.240 --> 00:47:08.720
 down, we lay our

00:47:08.720 --> 00:47:11.260
 crowns, like, at the

00:47:11.260 --> 00:47:11.820
 feet of Jesus.

00:47:13.580 --> 00:47:14.760
 And what I had to

00:47:14.760 --> 00:47:16.760
 repent of in that

00:47:16.760 --> 00:47:18.200
 moment, and man, I

00:47:18.200 --> 00:47:18.980
 hope this lands the

00:47:18.980 --> 00:47:20.660
 way that God's going

00:47:20.660 --> 00:47:21.280
 to use it in your

00:47:21.280 --> 00:47:23.060
 life, is how many

00:47:23.060 --> 00:47:24.300
 times do I selfishly

00:47:24.300 --> 00:47:25.840
 come into worship and

00:47:25.840 --> 00:47:26.980
 say, God, what can I

00:47:26.980 --> 00:47:27.760
 get from this today?

00:47:29.060 --> 00:47:29.960
 God, let me be a

00:47:29.960 --> 00:47:30.440
 consumer.

00:47:31.580 --> 00:47:32.300
 And God's like, no,

00:47:32.320 --> 00:47:33.000
 no, no, no, no, no,

00:47:33.000 --> 00:47:33.720
 no, no, like, you

00:47:33.720 --> 00:47:34.360
 got to get this.

00:47:34.740 --> 00:47:36.380
 Like, worship is not

00:47:36.380 --> 00:47:37.460
 you selfishly coming

00:47:37.460 --> 00:47:38.440
 to me and saying,

00:47:38.540 --> 00:47:39.420
 what can you get from

00:47:39.420 --> 00:47:39.640
 me?

00:47:39.840 --> 00:47:40.440
 But like, I've been

00:47:40.440 --> 00:47:41.520
 overflowing your cup

00:47:41.520 --> 00:47:44.260
 all week long, but

00:47:44.260 --> 00:47:48.800
 worship is in the

00:47:48.800 --> 00:47:50.420
 wisdom of these men

00:47:50.420 --> 00:47:53.720
 before Jesus.

00:47:55.620 --> 00:47:58.740
 Face down, surrender

00:47:58.740 --> 00:48:04.060
 in humbleness, my

00:48:04.060 --> 00:48:06.260
 accomplishments, my

00:48:06.260 --> 00:48:08.680
 agendas, my plans

00:48:08.680 --> 00:48:09.340
 don't matter.

00:48:10.020 --> 00:48:11.660
 Jesus, I'm yours.

00:48:12.900 --> 00:48:14.180
 It's not, you've

00:48:14.180 --> 00:48:15.720
 given me everything.

00:48:16.340 --> 00:48:17.360
 You've given me more

00:48:17.360 --> 00:48:18.180
 than I could possibly

00:48:18.180 --> 00:48:18.540
 fathom.

00:48:18.640 --> 00:48:19.360
 You've given me more

00:48:19.360 --> 00:48:20.180
 than I could possibly

00:48:20.180 --> 00:48:20.940
 comprehend.

00:48:21.280 --> 00:48:22.660
 God, it's me, and I

00:48:22.660 --> 00:48:24.180
 give all of me to you.

00:48:24.940 --> 00:48:25.440
 Have me.

00:48:26.300 --> 00:48:26.920
 Use me.

00:48:27.900 --> 00:48:28.720
 Do with me what you

00:48:28.720 --> 00:48:29.040
 please.

00:48:32.160 --> 00:48:33.000
 And they humbled

00:48:33.000 --> 00:48:33.840
 themselves in worship.

00:48:36.460 --> 00:48:39.560
 And then lastly, you

00:48:39.560 --> 00:48:40.080
 remember Herod?

00:48:42.600 --> 00:48:43.420
 Scary man.

00:48:44.800 --> 00:48:45.640
 Scary man.

00:48:47.680 --> 00:48:49.160
 He'd sooner kill a son

00:48:49.160 --> 00:48:50.600
 than a pig.

00:48:53.220 --> 00:48:54.080
 Let me know.

00:48:55.180 --> 00:48:56.140
 Let me know where he's

00:48:56.140 --> 00:48:56.400
 at.

00:48:57.920 --> 00:48:59.300
 But they had a dream.

00:49:00.600 --> 00:49:01.060
 You know, God's been

00:49:01.060 --> 00:49:01.680
 speaking in dreams.

00:49:01.780 --> 00:49:02.700
 God spoke to Joseph in

00:49:02.700 --> 00:49:03.060
 dreams.

00:49:04.120 --> 00:49:05.220
 And because they were

00:49:05.220 --> 00:49:06.120
 wise, because they

00:49:06.120 --> 00:49:06.900
 listened, because they

00:49:06.900 --> 00:49:07.880
 studied God's word,

00:49:07.960 --> 00:49:08.400
 because they were

00:49:08.400 --> 00:49:09.240
 obedient to God's word,

00:49:09.280 --> 00:49:09.760
 when they had the

00:49:09.760 --> 00:49:10.240
 dream, they knew that

00:49:10.240 --> 00:49:10.840
 this is the dream from

00:49:10.840 --> 00:49:11.140
 God.

00:49:11.420 --> 00:49:11.840
 And it says, like,

00:49:11.880 --> 00:49:13.200
 don't go that way, go

00:49:13.200 --> 00:49:13.640
 this way.

00:49:13.700 --> 00:49:14.940
 And so they did.

00:49:17.180 --> 00:49:18.560
 And in this last one,

00:49:19.420 --> 00:49:20.360
 what we see in the

00:49:20.360 --> 00:49:20.960
 wisdom of what it

00:49:20.960 --> 00:49:21.760
 means to follow God

00:49:21.760 --> 00:49:22.280
 and the way that the

00:49:22.280 --> 00:49:24.280
 wise men did, is that

00:49:24.280 --> 00:49:24.880
 they obeyed God

00:49:24.880 --> 00:49:25.540
 rather than man.

00:49:26.900 --> 00:49:28.240
 They obeyed God

00:49:28.240 --> 00:49:31.240
 rather than man.

00:49:31.400 --> 00:49:33.700
 I want to tell you

00:49:33.700 --> 00:49:34.400
 something about

00:49:34.400 --> 00:49:38.420
 Herod that rings true

00:49:38.420 --> 00:49:40.740
 still today.

00:49:44.740 --> 00:49:46.840
 man has an agenda.

00:49:49.320 --> 00:49:50.560
 Man has an agenda.

00:49:52.400 --> 00:49:53.200
 Sometimes we can

00:49:53.200 --> 00:49:54.060
 justify it.

00:49:55.760 --> 00:49:56.860
 Sometimes we can

00:49:56.860 --> 00:49:57.560
 promote it.

00:49:58.840 --> 00:49:59.620
 Sometimes we can be

00:49:59.620 --> 00:50:00.300
 subtle with it.

00:50:00.380 --> 00:50:01.120
 Sometimes we can be

00:50:01.120 --> 00:50:02.000
 blatant with it.

00:50:03.040 --> 00:50:04.100
 But we have an agenda

00:50:04.100 --> 00:50:06.600
 that comes from our

00:50:06.600 --> 00:50:10.440
 flesh to promote us,

00:50:10.860 --> 00:50:12.500
 to be who we want to

00:50:12.500 --> 00:50:13.300
 be, to do what we

00:50:13.300 --> 00:50:13.900
 want to do.

00:50:15.820 --> 00:50:18.000
 But what we see is

00:50:18.000 --> 00:50:18.560
 they had faith.

00:50:19.880 --> 00:50:20.700
 They had faith in the

00:50:20.700 --> 00:50:21.280
 plan of God.

00:50:22.200 --> 00:50:22.880
 They had faith in the

00:50:22.880 --> 00:50:23.540
 purpose of God.

00:50:24.640 --> 00:50:25.660
 And then their desire

00:50:25.660 --> 00:50:27.240
 was to fulfill that.

00:50:29.160 --> 00:50:29.940
 You see, I don't,

00:50:29.940 --> 00:50:34.740
 I don't care what your

00:50:34.740 --> 00:50:36.160
 SAT or your ACT

00:50:36.160 --> 00:50:36.900
 score was.

00:50:39.160 --> 00:50:42.040
 I don't care whether

00:50:42.040 --> 00:50:43.020
 you went to college

00:50:43.020 --> 00:50:43.460
 or not.

00:50:45.140 --> 00:50:46.260
 I don't care what

00:50:46.260 --> 00:50:48.500
 your GPA was in high

00:50:48.500 --> 00:50:48.780
 school.

00:50:50.280 --> 00:50:51.680
 I understand that at

00:50:51.680 --> 00:50:52.460
 numerous points and

00:50:52.460 --> 00:50:53.240
 times during this

00:50:53.240 --> 00:50:54.620
 message, I myself have

00:50:54.620 --> 00:50:55.300
 butchered the English

00:50:55.300 --> 00:50:55.760
 language.

00:51:00.220 --> 00:51:03.780
 The wisdom of God

00:51:03.780 --> 00:51:08.200
 is not defined in the

00:51:08.200 --> 00:51:10.160
 terms of the wisdom

00:51:10.160 --> 00:51:10.880
 of this world.

00:51:13.100 --> 00:51:15.440
 But it is found in the

00:51:15.440 --> 00:51:17.540
 fear of the Lord and

00:51:17.540 --> 00:51:18.260
 submission to Him.

00:51:20.180 --> 00:51:21.080
 And so in the next

00:51:21.080 --> 00:51:23.240
 couple days, we're

00:51:23.240 --> 00:51:24.520
 going to scatter from

00:51:24.520 --> 00:51:25.120
 this place.

00:51:26.260 --> 00:51:27.180
 We're going to gather

00:51:27.180 --> 00:51:27.960
 with friends and

00:51:27.960 --> 00:51:28.400
 families.

00:51:29.820 --> 00:51:31.000
 We're going to open

00:51:31.000 --> 00:51:32.940
 up packages.

00:51:35.400 --> 00:51:36.420
 And if you're a

00:51:36.420 --> 00:51:37.300
 believer in Jesus

00:51:37.300 --> 00:51:39.260
 Christ, and you've put

00:51:39.260 --> 00:51:40.140
 your faith, your hope,

00:51:40.160 --> 00:51:41.040
 and your trust in Him,

00:51:41.620 --> 00:51:42.920
 and He is your Lord and

00:51:42.920 --> 00:51:45.080
 He is your Savior, I

00:51:45.080 --> 00:51:47.680
 pray that for you, this

00:51:47.680 --> 00:51:49.700
 Christmas season, the

00:51:49.700 --> 00:51:50.520
 gift that you would

00:51:50.520 --> 00:51:53.120
 desire above all is the

00:51:53.120 --> 00:51:54.040
 gift of the wisdom of

00:51:54.040 --> 00:51:54.280
 God.

00:51:54.420 --> 00:51:57.240
 to know Him and to

00:51:57.240 --> 00:51:59.100
 live for Him, to take

00:51:59.100 --> 00:52:00.000
 His knowledge and His

00:52:00.000 --> 00:52:01.200
 understanding and put

00:52:01.200 --> 00:52:01.860
 those together and

00:52:01.860 --> 00:52:03.360
 practically live those

00:52:03.360 --> 00:52:04.080
 out in your life.

00:52:05.020 --> 00:52:06.960
 But if you're not a

00:52:06.960 --> 00:52:09.100
 follower of Jesus, my

00:52:09.100 --> 00:52:11.700
 prayer for you is that

00:52:11.700 --> 00:52:12.560
 during this time, there's

00:52:12.560 --> 00:52:15.640
 a greater gift that you

00:52:15.640 --> 00:52:16.200
 would receive.

00:52:17.500 --> 00:52:19.020
 It's the gift of this

00:52:19.020 --> 00:52:21.080
 child that we talked

00:52:21.080 --> 00:52:21.920
 talked about.

00:52:21.920 --> 00:52:25.160
 This Jesus, who would

00:52:25.160 --> 00:52:26.700
 walk on this earth for

00:52:26.700 --> 00:52:28.540
 roughly 33 years.

00:52:29.540 --> 00:52:31.940
 He came in the form of a

00:52:31.940 --> 00:52:34.140
 baby, fully God and fully

00:52:34.140 --> 00:52:34.500
 man.

00:52:35.620 --> 00:52:38.820
 In those 33 years, when I

00:52:38.820 --> 00:52:40.800
 say He lived a perfect

00:52:40.800 --> 00:52:43.140
 life, He lived a perfect

00:52:43.140 --> 00:52:43.780
 life.

00:52:45.020 --> 00:52:47.400
 There's no little sin, there's

00:52:47.400 --> 00:52:49.100
 no big sin, there's no in

00:52:49.100 --> 00:52:50.820
 between sin in His life.

00:52:51.760 --> 00:52:53.660
 In His humanity and His

00:52:53.660 --> 00:52:56.000
 divinity, He lives every

00:52:56.000 --> 00:52:58.940
 moment in holiness, in His

00:52:58.940 --> 00:53:01.280
 thoughts, in His actions, in

00:53:01.280 --> 00:53:01.920
 His words.

00:53:03.620 --> 00:53:05.560
 And He came fully God and

00:53:05.560 --> 00:53:08.100
 fully man and experienced the

00:53:08.100 --> 00:53:09.920
 hurts and the pains of this

00:53:09.920 --> 00:53:10.120
 world.

00:53:10.300 --> 00:53:11.660
 You see, He wasn't free

00:53:11.660 --> 00:53:12.280
 from that.

00:53:13.220 --> 00:53:14.480
 He knew what it was like to

00:53:14.480 --> 00:53:14.800
 lose.

00:53:14.920 --> 00:53:15.820
 He knew what it was like to

00:53:15.820 --> 00:53:16.060
 hurt.

00:53:16.280 --> 00:53:17.140
 He knew what it was like to

00:53:17.140 --> 00:53:17.540
 cry.

00:53:18.060 --> 00:53:19.120
 He knew what it was like to

00:53:19.120 --> 00:53:19.680
 be hungry.

00:53:19.840 --> 00:53:20.820
 He knew what it was like to

00:53:20.820 --> 00:53:21.680
 be betrayed.

00:53:23.020 --> 00:53:24.420
 And that as He walked on

00:53:24.420 --> 00:53:26.640
 this earth, that He looked

00:53:26.640 --> 00:53:28.080
 and saw humanity.

00:53:29.320 --> 00:53:30.940
 He saw the evil in

00:53:30.940 --> 00:53:31.460
 humanity.

00:53:32.100 --> 00:53:33.900
 He saw the destruction in

00:53:33.900 --> 00:53:34.400
 humanity.

00:53:34.780 --> 00:53:36.140
 He saw the pain in

00:53:36.140 --> 00:53:36.720
 humanity.

00:53:37.020 --> 00:53:38.740
 He saw the suffering in

00:53:38.740 --> 00:53:39.340
 humanity.

00:53:39.340 --> 00:53:41.820
 And the Bible says that He

00:53:41.820 --> 00:53:44.900
 came to save all of

00:53:44.900 --> 00:53:45.540
 humanity.

00:53:46.280 --> 00:53:48.020
 To pay the price of their

00:53:48.020 --> 00:53:49.020
 sin on the cross of

00:53:49.020 --> 00:53:49.520
 Calvary.

00:53:51.180 --> 00:53:54.720
 And so at age 33, He was

00:53:54.720 --> 00:53:55.940
 falsely accused and

00:53:55.940 --> 00:53:56.380
 arrested.

00:53:57.980 --> 00:53:59.240
 He was beaten and had a

00:53:59.240 --> 00:54:01.240
 crown of thorns stuck on

00:54:01.240 --> 00:54:01.740
 His head.

00:54:03.580 --> 00:54:04.960
 The thorns weren't small,

00:54:05.100 --> 00:54:05.640
 but they were, man, they

00:54:05.640 --> 00:54:07.380
 were those big, big

00:54:07.380 --> 00:54:07.780
 thorns.

00:54:07.780 --> 00:54:09.500
 I mean, they pierced

00:54:09.500 --> 00:54:11.760
 through His skin.

00:54:15.080 --> 00:54:16.080
 And He was taken.

00:54:18.260 --> 00:54:19.300
 And He was stripped

00:54:19.300 --> 00:54:19.720
 naked.

00:54:21.420 --> 00:54:23.060
 He was tied to a pole.

00:54:24.660 --> 00:54:25.860
 And they had a whip.

00:54:27.520 --> 00:54:28.620
 And they took the whip.

00:54:29.400 --> 00:54:30.860
 And they beat Him with

00:54:30.860 --> 00:54:31.020
 it.

00:54:32.100 --> 00:54:33.460
 And they beat Him with

00:54:33.460 --> 00:54:33.620
 it.

00:54:34.620 --> 00:54:35.460
 And they would have

00:54:35.460 --> 00:54:38.360
 beaten Him until He

00:54:38.360 --> 00:54:39.400
 almost died.

00:54:40.380 --> 00:54:40.960
 And then they would

00:54:40.960 --> 00:54:41.740
 resuscitate Him.

00:54:42.900 --> 00:54:43.800
 And then they'd beat

00:54:43.800 --> 00:54:44.180
 Him again.

00:54:47.180 --> 00:54:50.740
 And then they would take

00:54:50.740 --> 00:54:53.780
 His cross, the instrument

00:54:53.780 --> 00:54:54.920
 of death that He would be

00:54:54.920 --> 00:54:55.420
 nailed to.

00:54:56.200 --> 00:54:57.300
 And they would force Him

00:54:57.300 --> 00:54:57.820
 to carry it.

00:54:57.840 --> 00:54:58.340
 And He'd carry it as

00:54:58.340 --> 00:54:58.940
 long as He could.

00:55:01.220 --> 00:55:02.380
 To the top of a mountain.

00:55:04.440 --> 00:55:05.480
 And there on the top of

00:55:05.480 --> 00:55:07.180
 that mountain, they would

00:55:07.180 --> 00:55:08.000
 take three spikes.

00:55:09.400 --> 00:55:10.400
 And they'd ram Him into

00:55:10.400 --> 00:55:11.040
 His arms.

00:55:12.420 --> 00:55:13.180
 And they would ram Him

00:55:13.180 --> 00:55:13.880
 through His feet.

00:55:15.200 --> 00:55:16.120
 And they would hang Him

00:55:16.120 --> 00:55:16.700
 on that cross.

00:55:18.380 --> 00:55:19.720
 And with all of the pain

00:55:19.720 --> 00:55:21.880
 and the experience

00:55:21.880 --> 00:55:23.540
 that we had gone through,

00:55:24.920 --> 00:55:26.680
 it would not be blood

00:55:26.680 --> 00:55:28.900
 loss that would kill Him.

00:55:30.020 --> 00:55:30.740
 But it would be

00:55:30.740 --> 00:55:31.380
 suffocation.

00:55:32.660 --> 00:55:33.560
 Because you see, when your

00:55:33.560 --> 00:55:35.580
 body's that beaten

00:55:35.580 --> 00:55:38.220
 and you hang down,

00:55:38.840 --> 00:55:40.220
 it becomes impossible

00:55:40.220 --> 00:55:40.820
 to breathe.

00:55:41.840 --> 00:55:42.700
 And so the only way to

00:55:42.700 --> 00:55:44.540
 breathe is to put all

00:55:44.540 --> 00:55:46.600
 of your pressure onto

00:55:46.600 --> 00:55:47.560
 the nail in your feet

00:55:47.560 --> 00:55:48.940
 and the nail in your hands

00:55:48.940 --> 00:55:50.320
 and pull yourself up.

00:56:03.740 --> 00:56:04.960
 And while He's on the cross,

00:56:05.680 --> 00:56:07.760
 there's a thief

00:56:07.760 --> 00:56:09.860
 who deserved it.

00:56:11.140 --> 00:56:12.400
 Who deserved every moment

00:56:12.400 --> 00:56:12.700
 of it.

00:56:14.320 --> 00:56:15.100
 And He said,

00:56:15.160 --> 00:56:15.700
 remember me.

00:56:17.220 --> 00:56:17.820
 And Jesus said,

00:56:17.840 --> 00:56:18.180
 I will.

00:56:19.700 --> 00:56:20.180
 For today,

00:56:20.260 --> 00:56:20.940
 you'll be in paradise.

00:56:22.920 --> 00:56:24.120
 And here's the truth.

00:56:27.340 --> 00:56:28.360
 You and I

00:56:28.360 --> 00:56:30.500
 deserve to be

00:56:30.500 --> 00:56:31.160
 on that cross.

00:56:32.520 --> 00:56:33.160
 We do.

00:56:34.100 --> 00:56:35.000
 We're the thief.

00:56:36.260 --> 00:56:37.240
 We deserve it.

00:56:37.320 --> 00:56:38.440
 You see, there's another thief

00:56:38.440 --> 00:56:39.680
 who mocked that guy.

00:56:42.320 --> 00:56:43.700
 But one cried out to Jesus.

00:56:46.120 --> 00:56:47.880
 And it wasn't in His goodness.

00:56:49.420 --> 00:56:50.220
 The thief.

00:56:51.080 --> 00:56:51.960
 He didn't have time

00:56:51.960 --> 00:56:53.100
 to right his wrongs.

00:56:53.860 --> 00:56:54.800
 He didn't have time

00:56:54.800 --> 00:56:55.480
 to get it right.

00:56:56.240 --> 00:56:57.060
 But He put His faith,

00:56:57.120 --> 00:56:57.340
 His hope,

00:56:57.380 --> 00:56:57.760
 and His trust

00:56:57.760 --> 00:56:58.320
 in the One

00:56:58.320 --> 00:56:59.880
 who always got it right.

00:57:04.280 --> 00:57:04.980
 And for you

00:57:04.980 --> 00:57:07.240
 and for me,

00:57:08.420 --> 00:57:09.260
 when we put our faith

00:57:09.260 --> 00:57:09.620
 and our hope

00:57:09.620 --> 00:57:10.460
 and our trust in Jesus,

00:57:11.820 --> 00:57:12.540
 then the work

00:57:12.540 --> 00:57:13.320
 of the Son

00:57:13.320 --> 00:57:14.400
 on the cross,

00:57:15.180 --> 00:57:16.940
 the Bible tells us,

00:57:16.980 --> 00:57:17.520
 is imparted

00:57:17.520 --> 00:57:18.120
 to our account.

00:57:20.320 --> 00:57:22.100
 And that in His death,

00:57:22.660 --> 00:57:23.880
 the Bible teaches us

00:57:23.880 --> 00:57:25.560
 that your debt

00:57:25.560 --> 00:57:26.920
 has been marked

00:57:26.920 --> 00:57:28.080
 paid.

00:57:29.280 --> 00:57:30.500
 So the punishment

00:57:30.500 --> 00:57:32.920
 is no longer on you,

00:57:33.580 --> 00:57:34.480
 but the punishment

00:57:34.480 --> 00:57:35.220
 has been put on Him.

00:57:37.820 --> 00:57:39.440
 But the Bible also tells us

00:57:39.440 --> 00:57:41.260
 that not only

00:57:41.260 --> 00:57:41.960
 has the debt

00:57:41.960 --> 00:57:43.000
 been paid,

00:57:43.680 --> 00:57:45.360
 but we have been forgiven

00:57:45.360 --> 00:57:47.660
 and in our forgiveness

00:57:47.660 --> 00:57:48.380
 in Christ,

00:57:48.480 --> 00:57:49.120
 we've been adopted

00:57:49.120 --> 00:57:49.900
 into His family.

00:57:51.020 --> 00:57:51.380
 You see,

00:57:51.480 --> 00:57:52.080
 so on that day,

00:57:52.160 --> 00:57:53.180
 the thief on the cross,

00:57:54.620 --> 00:57:56.220
 he wasn't just someone

00:57:56.220 --> 00:57:57.280
 that has been forgiven.

00:57:57.420 --> 00:57:58.080
 He wasn't someone

00:57:58.080 --> 00:57:59.200
 whose debt was just paid,

00:57:59.480 --> 00:57:59.980
 but he came

00:57:59.980 --> 00:58:00.760
 as Son of God.

00:58:03.240 --> 00:58:04.980
 And that three days later,

00:58:06.000 --> 00:58:07.140
 Jesus' body

00:58:07.140 --> 00:58:08.840
 was dead in the tomb

00:58:08.840 --> 00:58:09.620
 that He rose again.

00:58:11.460 --> 00:58:12.660
 And He rose to life.

00:58:14.000 --> 00:58:14.820
 And that the promise

00:58:14.820 --> 00:58:15.540
 for us

00:58:15.540 --> 00:58:17.220
 is that being sons

00:58:17.220 --> 00:58:18.380
 and daughters of God,

00:58:18.620 --> 00:58:19.580
 that we too,

00:58:20.600 --> 00:58:21.800
 that death is not the end

00:58:21.800 --> 00:58:22.700
 in this earthly death,

00:58:22.800 --> 00:58:24.240
 it's not the end for us.

00:58:25.360 --> 00:58:26.400
 And the promise

00:58:26.400 --> 00:58:28.500
 in a God

00:58:28.500 --> 00:58:29.400
 who always fulfills

00:58:29.400 --> 00:58:30.040
 His promises,

00:58:31.040 --> 00:58:32.340
 His eternity with Him.

00:58:34.520 --> 00:58:35.780
 And my hope for you

00:58:35.780 --> 00:58:37.320
 this morning,

00:58:37.920 --> 00:58:40.740
 if you find yourself here

00:58:40.740 --> 00:58:43.220
 and you're that skeptic,

00:58:44.880 --> 00:58:47.460
 you're that wanderer,

00:58:48.360 --> 00:58:49.640
 you're that searcher,

00:58:50.640 --> 00:58:51.660
 that today,

00:58:52.420 --> 00:58:53.360
 today,

00:58:54.600 --> 00:58:55.640
 you would put your faith

00:58:55.640 --> 00:58:57.400
 and your hope

00:58:57.400 --> 00:58:58.980
 and your trust

00:58:58.980 --> 00:59:00.400
 in King Jesus.

00:59:01.640 --> 00:59:02.420
 Would you pray with me?

00:59:07.540 --> 00:59:08.600
 God, we thank You.

00:59:10.700 --> 00:59:11.580
 We thank You

00:59:11.580 --> 00:59:12.320
 for the beautiful,

00:59:13.320 --> 00:59:15.100
 wonderful majesty

00:59:15.100 --> 00:59:15.900
 of who You are.

00:59:17.960 --> 00:59:19.480
 God, we stand here.

00:59:20.340 --> 00:59:21.340
 God, we are so

00:59:21.340 --> 00:59:23.260
 not worthy

00:59:23.260 --> 00:59:24.580
 of Your love for us.

00:59:26.980 --> 00:59:28.460
 Lord, You love us anyways.

00:59:30.480 --> 00:59:31.320
 God, I pray

00:59:31.320 --> 00:59:32.140
 that as we've seen

00:59:32.140 --> 00:59:32.680
 the wisdom

00:59:32.680 --> 00:59:35.020
 of the wise men,

00:59:36.380 --> 00:59:37.440
 that that wisdom

00:59:37.440 --> 00:59:39.040
 would ring true

00:59:39.040 --> 00:59:39.760
 in our life.

00:59:41.720 --> 00:59:43.120
 God, for all of us

00:59:43.120 --> 00:59:45.080
 who have known

00:59:45.080 --> 00:59:46.380
 and trust Jesus Christ

00:59:46.380 --> 00:59:47.040
 as our Lord

00:59:47.040 --> 00:59:47.560
 and Savior,

00:59:49.280 --> 00:59:50.240
 Lord, that today,

00:59:51.080 --> 00:59:52.200
 today,

00:59:54.340 --> 00:59:54.940
 Lord, we would

00:59:54.940 --> 00:59:57.240
 commit to more.

01:00:00.340 --> 01:00:01.620
 More of seeking You.

01:00:02.620 --> 01:00:03.900
 More of trusting You.

01:00:04.840 --> 01:00:05.980
 More of knowing You.

01:00:06.680 --> 01:00:07.880
 More of obeying You.

01:00:08.740 --> 01:00:10.100
 More of worshiping You.

01:00:10.920 --> 01:00:12.180
 More of submitting to You.

01:00:13.180 --> 01:00:14.080
 Lord, that we would look

01:00:14.080 --> 01:00:15.600
 at this 800-mile journey

01:00:15.600 --> 01:00:16.340
 that is life.

01:00:17.740 --> 01:00:18.500
 We know,

01:00:18.840 --> 01:00:20.180
 we know

01:00:20.180 --> 01:00:21.360
 that, Lord,

01:00:21.420 --> 01:00:22.520
 that You are the prize.

01:00:25.000 --> 01:00:25.620
 God, I pray

01:00:25.620 --> 01:00:26.500
 for everyone here

01:00:26.500 --> 01:00:28.200
 who does not know Christ

01:00:28.200 --> 01:00:29.220
 as their Lord and Savior.

01:00:31.740 --> 01:00:32.520
 God, I pray

01:00:32.520 --> 01:00:35.440
 that whatever lie

01:00:35.440 --> 01:00:36.440
 in their mind,

01:00:37.920 --> 01:00:38.700
 Lord, that they choose

01:00:38.700 --> 01:00:39.380
 to believe,

01:00:40.580 --> 01:00:41.400
 Lord, in the power

01:00:41.400 --> 01:00:42.000
 of Your Spirit

01:00:42.000 --> 01:00:42.660
 that You would set them

01:00:42.660 --> 01:00:43.360
 free from it.

01:00:46.300 --> 01:00:47.400
 That You are real.

01:00:48.860 --> 01:00:50.040
 That You are good.

01:00:51.200 --> 01:00:52.580
 That You did come.

01:00:53.540 --> 01:00:54.620
 That You did die.

01:00:55.740 --> 01:00:57.180
 That You did rise again.

01:00:58.700 --> 01:00:59.880
 That we are not

01:00:59.880 --> 01:01:00.960
 good enough.

01:01:01.800 --> 01:01:02.580
 That we are not

01:01:02.580 --> 01:01:03.760
 capable enough.

01:01:04.420 --> 01:01:05.320
 That there is not

01:01:05.320 --> 01:01:06.020
 another way.

01:01:06.920 --> 01:01:08.020
 That there is not

01:01:08.020 --> 01:01:10.380
 another mission.

01:01:11.260 --> 01:01:12.140
 That there is

01:01:12.140 --> 01:01:12.900
 a point.

01:01:13.140 --> 01:01:14.240
 That there is hope.

01:01:14.440 --> 01:01:15.320
 That there is peace.

01:01:15.440 --> 01:01:16.280
 That there is joy.

01:01:17.440 --> 01:01:18.040
 And all of that

01:01:18.040 --> 01:01:18.900
 is found in Christ

01:01:18.900 --> 01:01:19.680
 and Christ alone.

01:01:20.120 --> 01:01:20.600
 Lord, when You say

01:01:20.600 --> 01:01:21.300
 that You are the way

01:01:21.300 --> 01:01:21.980
 and You are the truth

01:01:21.980 --> 01:01:22.600
 and You are the life,

01:01:22.680 --> 01:01:23.360
 You are everything.

01:01:25.120 --> 01:01:25.740
 Lord, in that they would

01:01:25.740 --> 01:01:26.280
 put their faith,

01:01:26.360 --> 01:01:26.620
 their hope,

01:01:26.660 --> 01:01:27.440
 and trust in Jesus.

01:01:29.120 --> 01:01:29.980
 Lord, that they might

01:01:29.980 --> 01:01:30.780
 not understand

01:01:30.780 --> 01:01:31.680
 all of that now,

01:01:32.620 --> 01:01:33.300
 but that is the beauty

01:01:33.300 --> 01:01:33.840
 of faith.

01:01:35.700 --> 01:01:36.420
 Faith says you are not

01:01:36.420 --> 01:01:37.400
 going to understand it.

01:01:38.620 --> 01:01:39.460
 Faith says you can't

01:01:39.460 --> 01:01:40.520
 fully comprehend it.

01:01:41.580 --> 01:01:42.080
 Faith says you have

01:01:42.080 --> 01:01:42.760
 to trust it.

01:01:43.960 --> 01:01:44.780
 So God, right now

01:01:44.780 --> 01:01:45.740
 where they are at,

01:01:46.680 --> 01:01:47.280
 God, I pray

01:01:47.280 --> 01:01:49.560
 in their words

01:01:49.560 --> 01:01:51.320
 and the revelation

01:01:51.320 --> 01:01:52.280
 of their heart

01:01:52.280 --> 01:01:52.860
 to You

01:01:52.860 --> 01:01:54.620
 in a beautiful moment,

01:01:55.180 --> 01:01:56.000
 God, as the power

01:01:56.000 --> 01:01:57.100
 of Your Holy Spirit

01:01:57.100 --> 01:01:59.260
 is wonderfully captivating

01:01:59.260 --> 01:01:59.760
 their mind

01:01:59.760 --> 01:02:00.360
 and their heart.

01:02:02.520 --> 01:02:03.160
 Thank God they would

01:02:03.160 --> 01:02:03.920
 move from death

01:02:03.920 --> 01:02:04.560
 to life.

01:02:06.380 --> 01:02:06.920
 That they would move

01:02:06.920 --> 01:02:07.940
 from sinner to saint.

01:02:09.720 --> 01:02:10.240
 They'd move

01:02:10.240 --> 01:02:10.780
 from the old

01:02:10.780 --> 01:02:11.440
 to the new.

01:02:13.040 --> 01:02:14.100
 God, right now,

01:02:15.240 --> 01:02:16.280
 right now,

01:02:17.160 --> 01:02:19.600
 they would choose Christ.

01:02:21.420 --> 01:02:22.480
 Choose Christ.

01:02:24.780 --> 01:02:25.220
 Jesus,

01:02:25.780 --> 01:02:26.800
 You are good.

01:02:28.540 --> 01:02:29.680
 You are sufficient.

01:02:31.100 --> 01:02:32.280
 You are enough.

01:02:32.420 --> 01:02:35.440
 You are beauty.

01:02:36.540 --> 01:02:37.760
 You are hope.

01:02:38.780 --> 01:02:39.620
 You are meaning.

01:02:40.520 --> 01:02:41.320
 You are purpose.

01:02:42.480 --> 01:02:43.520
 You are eternal.

01:02:44.480 --> 01:02:45.420
 You are everlasting.

01:02:48.720 --> 01:02:49.940
 God, we repent.

01:02:50.820 --> 01:02:51.740
 We repent

01:02:51.740 --> 01:02:53.860
 when we've come

01:02:53.860 --> 01:02:54.600
 looking for more.

01:02:56.180 --> 01:02:56.620
 Jesus,

01:02:56.620 --> 01:02:56.620
 Jesus,

01:02:56.740 --> 01:02:57.760
 we just come

01:02:57.760 --> 01:02:58.860
 to You.

01:03:00.600 --> 01:03:01.080
 Listen,

01:03:01.180 --> 01:03:01.420
 Jesus,

01:03:01.520 --> 01:03:01.960
 then we pray.

01:03:03.200 --> 01:03:03.580
 Amen.

01:03:04.300 --> 01:03:14.700
 That's it for this week's message.

01:03:14.700 --> 01:03:16.060
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01:03:16.680 --> 01:03:17.640
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