coming to you from the Seventh
Day Adventist Church at Oakwood
University in Huntsville Alabama
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featuring Dr. Carlton P. Byrd
with Grammy award winning
artist, Fred Hammond,
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Grammy award
winning artist, Sandi Patty
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and the internationally renowned
Oakwood University Aeolians
concert choir under the
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direction of Dr. Jason
Ferdinand. [choir music]
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Joy to the
world, the Lord is come
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Let earth receive her King
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Let every heart prepare Him room
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And Heaven and nature sing
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And Heaven, and
Heaven, and nature sing
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[Orchestra Plays]
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Joy to the
world, the Lord is come
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Joy to the
world, the Lord is come
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Joy to the Earth,
the Savior reigns!
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Let men their songs employ
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While fields and
floods, rocks, hills and plains
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Repeat the sounding joy
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Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy
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[Orchestra Plays]
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No more let sins
and sorrows grow,
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Nor thorns infest the ground;
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He comes to make
His blessings flow
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Far as the curse is found,
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Far as the curse is found,
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Far as, far as,
the curse is found.
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Joy to the
world, the Lord is come
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Let the Earth, receive her King
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[Orchestra Plays]
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He rules the world
with truth and grace
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And makes the nations prove
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The glories of His righteousness
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And wonders of His love
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And wonders of His love
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And wonder wonders of His love
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The Lord is come
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Joy to the world
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[Congregation: claps]
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Dr. Byrd: Our theme for this
holiday special is, The Promise.
Everybody say, The Promise.
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[Congregation: The Promise.]
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Now, we all know
what a promise is.
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Promise is an assurance that
someone would do a specific
thing or a guarantee that a
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specific thing is going to
happen. Now, we know people make
promises everyday. We also know
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that people break promises
everyday. So some good advice
about making promises is this.
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Don't lie. Don't cheat and don't
make promises you can't keep. Do
I have a witness in this place?
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[Congregation: Amen [claps]
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But what I love, what I
love about the Lord is this.
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When God makes a
promise, God's good for it.
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Now, the Bible is full of
promises and the first promise
God makes in the Bible is in
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Genesis chapter 3 verse 15. The
Bible says, "And I will put
enmity between thee and the
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woman, and between thy seed and
her seed; it shall bruise thy
head, and thou shalt bruise his
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heel." Now, let me quickly give
you the context for this first
promise. Now, remember, women
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are more relational than men.
Let me say that again. Women are
more relational then men. Would
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you agree with
that? [Congregation: Yes.]
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Alright and so Eve, being the
relational creature that she is
and Satan being the clever
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creature that he is, he goes
after her instead of Adam
because he knows he can connect
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easier with her than he can with
him. She really didn't know
God's command word for word. So
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she replies to Satan. We can eat
of the fruit of the trees in the
garden, we just can't eat from
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the one in the middle of the
garden. In fact -- she says --
we can't touch it because if we
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do we're going to die." God's
command never said anything
about touching. It just said
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something about eating. That's
why we can't believe everything
we hear. Satan says, "If you eat
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it, you won't die. Your eyes
will be opened and you will now
know good from evil.
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You will know God as God knows
and you should be like God and
there's nothing wrong with being
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like God." This is what he tells
Eve. So in her attempt to be
like God, in her attempt to be
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spiritual, in her attempt to
think she's doing something
good, Eve is deceived and Eve
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messes up. Well, let's not
be too hard on Eve. Don't be too
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hard on the woman. It wasn't Eve
by herself that brought the fall
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of man. Adam without deception,
knowingly commits himself to her
and becomes a partaker of the
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fruit. When Adam takes the
fruit, all of us fall in Adam
not Eve because Adam knew what
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he was doing. But Adam was so in
love with Eve. Eve was what God
had given him to have. So Adam
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then didn't have to go looking.
Adam didn't have to go pick.
Adam didn't have to court. So
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Adam didn't have to go date. She
was the right one. Eve was
exactly what God had created for
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him. So now, Adam has to make a
decision. Do I stay with the
gift or the giver? Do I stay
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with creation or the creator?
And because he chooses to be
with her rather than to be with
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God, he chooses death and that
choice brings about the fall of
men and because he fell we all
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have fallen. So now, Satan
thinks he's won. He think he's
defeated God. He thinks it's
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over. Check, mate. But what
Satan didn't know was that God
had already puts a clause in the
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creation contract that just
in case -- oh I serve a just in
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case God -- just in case, for
Adam and Eve messed up, God
said, "I've already worked out a
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redemption plan." You see, I've
learned in my life, God never
sets you up to mess you up. God
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never puts you in a position to
mess up. It may have been your
choice but God always has a way
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of a state. Does somebody know
what I'm talking about?
[Congregation: Amen]
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So even if you don't choose the
right way, God says, "Look,
don't worry about it.
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I've got to redemptive clause.
Just in case they mess up, my
grace is sufficient.
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Before the foundation of the
world, God knew that we have
some choices to make but just in
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case, just in case we made a
wrong choice, He wanted us to
know that He already had a
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redemptive plan in place. The
promise says, a virgin shall be
with the child and she shall
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bring forth the son. Now, she'll
call His name, Jesus, for He
shalt save His people from their
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sins." In the beginning was the
word and the word was with God
and the word was God and the
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word became flesh. Jesus who
created flesh became flesh when
God reverse the beginning
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and He took a motherless
woman from the body of a man in
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creation but then He took
fatherless man from the body of
a woman in redemption.
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Genesis 3:15, is the first
promise of the first coming of
Jesus and the second coming of
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Jesus. The promise He says,
"I have to put in enmity between
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being a woman." When God talks
about enmity, well, He talks
about crushing head and bruise
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in heel, He's talking about the
first coming at Calvary and the
second coming of Jesus Christ.
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He's talking about immediate
victory at Calvary and ultimate
triumph at the second coming.
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When God tells Satan that
the seed will crush your head,
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He's telling Satan in the end,
"Christ is going to triumph over
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you." When God says, "Satan will
bruise his heel, He's saying the
woman is going to have seed;
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the woman is going to have
to die, which means Jesus would
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have to die. His blood would
have to be saved, but He will
triumph. He will triumph. He
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will triumph and I'm so glad.
Troubles don't last always. I'm
so glad that we've been made to
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a forth night but joy comes in
the morning time. So don't wait
till the band is over.
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Shout now. Don't worry about
hurricanes. Shout now. Don't
worry about church shootings.
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Shout now. Don't worry about
North Korea. Shout now. Don't
worry about cancer in your body.
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Shout now. Don't worry about
fake friends, jealous
colleagues, envious haters. My
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haters are my elevators. Shout
now. Satan has already been
defeated. Satan will be crushed.
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If God before us, who can be
against us. No weapon form
against us will prosper.
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[Music]
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The shepherds found King Jesus
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In lowly Bethlehem
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They saw a mighty Savior
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They saw a humble Lamb
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Go, tell it on the mountain
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Over the hills and everywhere
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Go, tell it on the mountain
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Jesus Christ is born
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Go, tell it on the mountain
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Over the hills and everywhere
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Go, tell it on the mountain,
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Jesus Christ is born
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The wise men saw the young child
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And the star above so bright
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They knew they'd seen the Savior
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The one to bring us life
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Go, tell it on the mountain
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Over the hills and everywhere
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Go, tell it on the mountain
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Jesus Christ is born
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Go, tell it on the mountain
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Over the hills and everywhere
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Go, tell it on the mountain,
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Jesus Christ is born
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The blessed celebration
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And the heavens fill the earth
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And was the angels singing
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Telling of the Savior's birth
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Go, tell it on the mountain
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Over the hills and everywhere
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Go, tell it on the mountain
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That Jesus Christ is born
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Go, tell it on the mountain
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Over the hills and everywhere
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Go, tell it on the mountain
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Jesus Christ is born
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Join in one and all
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Tell of the Savior's birth
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Join in the angel's verse
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Good will and peace on Earth
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Go tell them one and all
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Tell of the Savior's birth
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Join in the angel's chorus
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Good will, peace on Earth
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Go tell them one and all
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Tell of the Savior's birth
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Join in the angel's chorus
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Good will, peace on Earth
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Go tell them one and all
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GO tell them, GO tell them
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Jesus Christ is born
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[Congregation: claps]
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Sing a song of
gladness and cheer
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For the time of
Christmas is here
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Look around about you and see
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What a world of wonder
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This world can be
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Sing a Christmas carol
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Sing a Christmas carol
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Sing a Christmas
carol like the children do
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And enjoy the beauty
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All the joy and beauty
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That a merry
Christmas can bring to you
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Come Let us worship the King
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Jesus the Savior is born
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For the Lord is great
and grealy to be praised
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in all the Earth let us worship
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O come to the place
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Where the holy Child is laid
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O come let us
see the new born King
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For He is our God
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And greatly to be praised
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Come let us worship the King
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Come let us worship the King
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Jesus the Savior is born
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For the Lord will
reign over all the earth
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Come let us worship the King
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Jesus the Savior is born
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For the Lord is great
and greatly to be praised
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In all the earth
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Let us worship the King
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The Savior has come
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Let all the creation sing
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The mountains ring
out with angelic praise
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The heavens rejoice
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For the earth receives her King
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Come let us worship the King
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Come let us worship the King
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Jesus the Savior is born
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For the Lord will
reign over all the earth
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Come let us worship the King
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Jesus the Savior is born
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For the Lord is great
and greatly to be praised
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In all the earth
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Let us worship the King
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Come let us worship the King
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Jesus the Savior is born
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For the Lord will
reign over all the earth
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Come let us worship the King
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Jesus the Savior is born
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For the Lord is great
and greatly to be praised
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In all the earth
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Let us worship the King
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Come let us worship the King
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Jesus the Savior is born
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Come let us worship the King
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In all the earth
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Come let us worship the King
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[Congregation: claps]
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At Christmas time, promises are
plenteous and profuse. Promises
of gifts parents are going to
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buy their children. Promises of
gifts husband are going to buy
their wives. Promises of gifts
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wives are going to buy their
husbands. The holidays are full
of promises but these promises
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are not based in the second.
These promises all have their
origins in the spiritual.
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You see, God, didn't waste any
time to tell us, that Christmas
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was coming. He told us about
Jesus coming in the very first
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book of the Bible. So that
means, He didn't wait to
Deuteronomy, He didn't wait to
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Malachi. He didn't wait to
Revelation. No. God made His
first promise in His first book,
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Genesis. Then after His first
promises in Genesis 3:15 the Old
Testament continue with another
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promise found in Isaiah 9:6,
"For unto us a Child is born.
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Unto us a Son is given. The
government shall be upon His
shoulder and His name shall be
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called, Wonderful, Counselor,
The Mighty God, Everlasting
Father, The Prince of Peace."
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Now, don't forget the
first promise in Genesis 3:15,
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where God says to Satan that the
whole key to His crushing Satan
is that a man child would have
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to be born. Now,
friends, think about it.
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If you were Satan and God just
told you that a child being born
would be His key to defeating
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you and you want to prevent God
from crushing you, what would
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you do? You would do all in your
power to prevent this child from
coming into the world.
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That's why Herod ordered the
killing of all the male babies
under the age of two.
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That's why Mary and Joseph had
to flee and Jesus was born in
itinerancy in a stable in
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Bethlehem. That's why Satan has
continuously, try to use people,
nations, kingdoms, institutions
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and events as his means of
trying to prevent Jesus from
coming in the world.
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But I believe somebody knows, no
devil in hell can stop what God
has willed for your life.
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What God has for me, it is
for me. [Congregation: Amen.]
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Dr. Byrd: When this child that
Isaiah is prophesying about
comes, he would come with power.
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Power that is described in
scripture as overcoming power.
Wonder working power. Breaking
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through power. Jesus is full of
power. He is Wonderful,
Counselor, The Mighty God,
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Prince of Peace, Everlasting
Father. I love all of these
adjectives that describe Jesus.
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But let's look at the third one
in particular. My God, Jesus is
the Son of God but Jesus is also
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God. Genesis 1:1 says, "In the
beginning God created the
heavens and the earth.
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In Genesis 1:26 and God said,
"Let us make man in our image
after our likeness."
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Born into the fact that there's
plurality in the God head.
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Three in one because God didn't
say, "And let me make man, but
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let us make man." When we look
at history, we see the mighty
acts of God. What am I talking
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about? Look at Jesus birth.
People had to know that He would
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be a Mighty God because he's the
only one in earth's history that
had one human parent and one
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divine parents. So He inherited
both the nature of God and the
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nature of man. Two natures
harmonized but never completely
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blended. In His divinity, He's
God's way to man. In His
humanity, he's man's way back on
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up to God. But what
then about His teen years?
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He's the only one that can speak
with authority among the
preachers, teachers and
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theologians of His day and he
left them all astonished. What
about His miracles?
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I'm thinking about three
Hebrew boys in a fiery furnace.
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They're on death row. They
are about to experience capital
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punishment. When there sentence
has been given to them, they're
about to be executed.
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They're about to be killed. The
government have to watch to make
sure the execution has been
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completed. But when He gets
there, He sees that there are
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still three boys, not three boys
but there's a fourth individual
in the fiery furnace.
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He said, "One looks like the
Son of God." Oh but don't stop
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there. What about the story
of Lazarus in John chapter 11.
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Lazarus is deathly ill. Mary and
Martha, summons Jesus, "Come to
see about our brother."
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But Jesus is busy in ministry.
Lazarus dies. Four days passed.
Then Jesus get to the house.
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Martha says, "Jesus, you're too
late. If only you had been here,
Lazarus wouldn't have died."
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Jesus said, "Hold up, Wait a
minute. Don't you know who I am?
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I am the Mighty God. I am
the resurrection and the light.
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Jesus says, "Lazarus, come
forth," and lungs that had no
air, fill up again.
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A heart that was
steel started to beat again.
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Flesh that had turned gray
becomes rosy again. Eyes that
had rolled back become bright
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again. He's a Mighty
God. But what about His death?
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The Romans conspired against
Jesus making up all this stuff
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about Jesus. They killed Jesus.
When they killed him, they
thought they were finished with
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Him. But on the third appointed
day, Jesus got up with all power
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in His hands. It's called
resurrection power because
that's what a Mighty God does.
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Why is the resurrection so
important in the life of the
Christian? I'll tell you why.
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It's not because He got up
but because He got up one day.
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The dead in Christ one day,
they're going to get up because
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He lives. We live today. He is a
mighty God. He reverses the
irreversible. He fixes the
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unfixable. He does the undoable.
He beats the unbeatable. He
saves the unsavable. He's a
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mighty God. A miracle working
God. A Satan defeating God. A
circumstance changing God. An
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overcoming God. A heart fixing
God. A bill paying God. A mighty
God in Genesis 3. "Adam, our
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forefather messed up." But I'm
so glad that in first
Corinthians 15, the apostle Paul
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says, "There's another Adam.
There's a second Adam and His
name, His name, His name is
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Jesus. Generations makes us the
sons of the first Adam but
regeneration acknowledges us as
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the sons of the second Adam. In
our first birth, we come under
the fatherhood of the fallen
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one, but in our second birth, we
enter into the fatherhood of the
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innocent one. In our first
fatherhood, we were the image of
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the earthly, but in our second
fatherhood we received the image
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of the heavenly. Through our
relationship to the first Adam,
we become corrupt and weak.
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Our bodies are subject to the
grave and corruption but through
our relationship with the second
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Adam, one day, this
mortal would put on immortality.
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This corruptible,
will put on incorruption.
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Death is going to be swallowed
up in victory for the Lord
Himself shall descend from
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heaven with a shout. With the
voice of the archangel and the
trumpet of God and the dead in
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Christ are going to rise first.
Then we, which are alive remain
shall be caught up together with
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them in the clouds, to meet the
Lord in the air: and so shall we
ever be with the Lord.
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Jesus is the second Adam and
Isaiah gave us a promise that
this second Adam would save us
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from sin. Why? He's Wonderful,
Counselor, Mighty God, the
Everlasting Father. He's the
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Prince of Peace. "And she shall
bring forth a son, thou shalt
call his name Jesus.
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For He shalt save His
people from their sins.
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