It is blessing to talk
about India from India.
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India is the largest
democratic nation in the world,
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with many languages,
cultures and religion.
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But who would guess one
nation with 1.39 billion people,
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India has freedom of
speech so that one can talk,
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teach and preach.
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Pastor John Carter has started
his gospel meetings in public
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in India in 2006,
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and he found that
millions of people are unaware
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of the gospel.
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So he started his television
programs in 2007 till today,
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nonstop.
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In one of the South
Indian languages called Telugu
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that is taking this gospel
to nearly 500 million people.
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And in last two deadly years,
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there are millions of
people dying in India with COVID
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without knowing Jesus,
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and that has
pushed Pastor John Carter
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to start his
television programs in Hindi,
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aiming to reach
nearly a billion people.
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And it is, it became possible
just because of your help.
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We thank you, everyone.
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We thank every family of yours,
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because you're
standing in support
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to Pastor John Carter, to
do this great work in India.
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We also pray God to
strengthen you more,
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to extend your
support to Pastor John Carter,
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to do this work in
India in future also.
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We love you. We thank you.
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God bless you.
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People around the world
keep the spirit of Christmas
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in different ways.
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Some celebrate the birth
of Christ with old traditions,
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nativity scenes,
caroling, and sleigh rides.
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Others prepare a family feast
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or serve dinner at the
local homeless shelter.
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Festive decorations go
up inside and outside homes.
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Others keep
Christmas only in their hearts
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because to celebrate the
birth of Christ in some cultures
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is dangerous.
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So the question becomes,
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not only how do
we keep Christmas
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in our own special way,
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but how shall we
keep Christmas at all?
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Here is Pastor John Carter.
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Hello, friend.
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Welcome today to
the Carter Report.
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This is a very special program
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and we give you a
very special welcome.
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Years ago,
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in Communist Berlin,
there was a poor fellow
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who was thrown into
this dreadful dungeon.
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He was a prisoner of conscience.
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The Communists were starving
him. He was freezing cold
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and after some
months he wondered,
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how can I last any longer?
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Then it was
December 25, Christmas day.
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A day the same as every
other day under the Communists
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who did not believe in Christ,
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but then something
quite amazing happened.
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There was a
banging on the prison door
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instead of pushing
the little bit of food
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through the slit in the door,
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the guard had
arrived, he was big Communist,
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this big German.
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He pushed open the door
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and he came into the prison
cell carrying this huge tray
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groaning with food.
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There was this big
plate of steaming vegetables,
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all sorts of food.
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In a very gruff voice,
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the big Communist
guard shouted at the prisoner
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and comrade,
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"Happy Christmas,
Merry Christmas to you."
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The prisoner was amazed.
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This was the greatest gift
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he had ever
received in all his life.
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Later on some years later,
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and I read the
story about 60 years ago
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when I was a boy.
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I read this article
in the Reader's Digest,
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it was entitled
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"Nobody owes me a Christmas."
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He told of the joy
that flooded into his soul,
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into his heart, in
this Communist cell
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in East Berlin on December 25.
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Somehow, even in this hell-hole,
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the Spirit of
Christ had come flooding in
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and he had been filled with joy.
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Now, my friend,
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it doesn't matter whether you
believe in December 25 or not.
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Most of us know
that Jesus was not born
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December 25,
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but we believe this irrespective
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as to when He was born,
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God became a human being.
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Jesus came into this
world and when He came,
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He changed things there forever
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and ever and ever.
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Now here on the land down under,
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you'll see, we've
got a Christmas tree,
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and you may wonder
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why on earth do they
have a Christmas tree?
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Seeing they don't believe
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that Jesus was
born on December 25.
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I mean, it's a very good,
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good question, isn't it?
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But in my church we
had what we believed
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was a modern day prophet.
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Her name was Ellen.
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And somebody
asked her one occasion,
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do you think it's wrong
to have a Christmas tree?
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Is it against your religion?
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And she said,
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"It's not against my religion,"
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because she believes
that the time of December 25
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should be spent
sharing the love of Christ
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with other people, especially
people who are not blessed
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as we are blessed.
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Now today I've
got something special
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I'm going to share with you.
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You notice we've got
some little teddy bears here.
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They seem out of
place in the middle
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of summer in the antipodes,
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seems a million miles
from the United States
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of America from our office
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at Production
Center in California.
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But for many years,
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we had a Christmas tree
in our church in Arcadia.
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Let me tell you the story.
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Beverley and her team
invited church members
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to bring teddy bears
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which were given at
children's hospitals.
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So Eunice Fletcher
and her husband Dennis
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would put up this
tremendous Christmas tree
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and people would bring
teddy bears and all sorts
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of gifts for little
children in the hospitals.
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Sometimes it was to adopt
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a family in need
of food and clothing.
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Other times, children placed
money on our Christmas tree
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and that would go to
some special mission project.
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The idea was to encourage
our children to think of others,
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not just to themselves.
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And you know what Jesus said.
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This is one of the
most glorious statements
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that our blessed Lord ever made.
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He said, "It is more blessed
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to give than to receive."
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And if you share in
my sentiments today,
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I'm going to ask you to
send us some teddy bears.
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Send them to our office in
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in the United States of America.
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Send them to our
office here in Australia.
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Our office is in
Moorpark California.
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And my staff, they're
just marvelous people,
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they will be waiting to
receive the teddy bears.
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And in the name of
Christ, I promise you,
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we will take these teddy bears,
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we will take your
teddy bear to the hospital
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and we will give
them to little children
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and we will tell
them Jesus loves you
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and we love you too.
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Merry Christmas, Pastor
Carter from your friends
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and the Carter
Report team in Los Angeles.
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"People have often wondered,
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'Was Jesus born
on December 25th?'"
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Well, of course we know,
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Jesus was not
born on December 25,
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but the good news
is Jesus was born.
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I really don't care
when Jesus was born.
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I'm just glad that God
became a man in the person
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of Jesus.
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Now before I
forget it before it,
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before it slips out
of this mind of mine,
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I want to send
greetings to special people
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around the world.
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I want to send
greetings to Dr. Julia Outkina
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and her team in Russia.
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Julia, it's cold
now in Nizhny Novgorod.
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You've got your
wonderful team of young people
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there in the marvelous
3ABN Center in Nizhny Novgorod.
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We send you our love, and
we send you our greetings.
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We send our greetings to
our team in the United States
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of America.
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To Don and MK,
Wayne and Marilyn,
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and Jacob and Susie
and Javier, Cherito,
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Angela, Angie, and Sherry.
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You're just a wonderful team.
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And we miss you so much
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here in our
little special studio
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right here in Australia.
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We have Beverley and David,
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and we're sending you
greetings and love today.
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We send you greetings
to Shane and to Keith,
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then to Kim and Tom,
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and Bob and Greg
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and over there to
3ABN to our very special
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and our beloved
friends, Danny and Yvonne.
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We miss you, folks.
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We love you lots.
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And after this Christmas
time, we send you our greetings.
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In Australia
greetings to Pastor Harold
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and his wife
Glenda, Dr. John and Sue.
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Back to the United States,
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we send greetings
to Mrs. Willie Jordan,
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the president of the
famous Fred Jordan Mission
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meeting today on Skid
Row, downtown Los Angeles.
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We love you, Willie.
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We appreciate you.
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We send you greetings.
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Down to Florida, we
send greetings to Jim
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and Camille Gilley,
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wonderful
friends from Texas days.
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In the name of Christ,
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at this special
time of the year,
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we send you love
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and we send you greetings.
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Now, Wayne, I guess I better
try to answer your question,
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was Jesus born December 25?
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Now we know
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that the Romans
celebrated December 25
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long before the birth of
our blessed Lord Jesus Christ.
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This was the middle of winter.
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December 25,
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the sun was a little bit
higher up there in the sky
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and so they
called it the birthday,
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the birthday of
the sun, the S-U-N.
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And when the priests of Rome
went out to convert the world,
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when they met all
those pagans, they discovered
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they were keeping
certain holiday certain days.
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One day was the
first day of the week.
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It was Sunday,
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the day in honor of the Sun God.
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And December 25
was quite similar
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to the first day of the week.
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It was birthday of
the unconquered sun.
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And so the priest
said keep those days,
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and thus they were
able to bring many,
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many converts pagans
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into the Christian Church.
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But I want to tell
you folk something today.
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I want to make
this ever so plain.
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I tell it to you from
my heart to your heart.
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I don't really care
when Jesus was born.
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I don't know the
day when Jesus was born.
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It doesn't matter to
me when Jesus was born.
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What matters is
this, that Jesus Christ,
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the Son of God
came into this world
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to save sinners,
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just like me and you too.
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But let me read you a text now.
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Going to come to the gospel,
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according to Luke
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2:1-8.
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Are you ready for this text?
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Here we go,
Luke 2:1 and onwards,
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"And it came to
pass in those days
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that a decree went
out from Caesar Augustus
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that all the world should
be registered," not taxed.
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The King James Version says
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that all the
world should be taxed.
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No, this was not
talking about taxation.
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It was talking about a census
because the next verse says,
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"This census first took place
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while Quirinius
was governing Syria."
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So Jesus was born
about the time of the census.
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"So all went to be registered,
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everyone to his own city.
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Joseph also
went up from Galilee,
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out of the city of
Nazareth, into Judea,
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to the city of David,
which is called Bethlehem,
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because he was of the
house and lineage of David,
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to be registered with
Mary, his betrothed wife,
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who was with child.
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So it was, that
while they were there,
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the days were completed
for her to be delivered.
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And she brought
forth her firstborn Son,
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and wrapped him
in swaddling clothes
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and laid Him in a manger,
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because there was no
room for them in the inn."
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How amazing!
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"Now there were
in the same country,
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shepherds living
out in the fields,
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keeping watch over
their flock by night."
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This was the
greatest event in the history
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of the world
because, as the Bible says,
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"The Word became
flesh and dwelt among us.
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The Word was with
God, and the Word was God."
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Just think about this,
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this is almost
too hard to believe
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that the Almighty God
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who created the cosmos was born
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of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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Absolutely amazing.
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But this passage also tells us
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why Jesus could
not have been born
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on December 25.
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December 25, in the
northern hemisphere,
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unlike here in Australia,
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where it's pretty hot,
00:16:21.84\00:16:24.78
in the northern
hemisphere, it's winter time.
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I've been to Israel,
Palestine, been to Jerusalem,
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Bethlehem on December 25.
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Once when I was in
Jerusalem at Christmas time,
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it was snowing.
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Now Jesus was born at
the time of the census
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and no Roman governor,
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no Roman
emperor was crazy enough
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to have a census in
the middle of winter,
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because the roads would
be too hard to travel on.
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But Jesus was born at a
time when the climate was such
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that people could
travel around the Roman Empire,
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so he wasn't born December 25.
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There's another reason.
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The shepherds
were out in the fields
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and they were
looking after their animals.
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Now the shepherds are never
out in the fields in Palestine,
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in Israel, outside Bethlehem,
in the middle of winter,
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because it is too cold.
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They bring the animals inside.
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But listen to me, my friend,
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Jesus was not born December 25,
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but whenever He was
born, and I don't really care
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when He was born,
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whenever He was born,
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it was the greatest
event in the history
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of the world.
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It was the greatest event
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I believe in the
history of the universe.
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God had become
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a human being.
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Absolutely amazing.
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And the Bible tells
us that Jesus was born
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at the very right time.
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Paul says in the
Book of Galatians,
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in the fullness of time,
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just think of it, in
the fullness of time,
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God sent forth his Son,
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born of a woman,
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born under the law,
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when things were dreadful,
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when things could
not have got worse,
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when depravity was
covering the earth,
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when people were
filled with despair,
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when the Jewish religion had
lost its high and holy calling,
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and had descended
into the abyss of legalism,
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and coldness and harshness.
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When people were
looking for hope,
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a star rose in the sky
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and that was
heard on the night air,
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there was heard the cry
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of a little baby boy.
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God had become a human being.
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"We all know the nativity
scene of the birth of Jesus.
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It seems like a
humble beginning.
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Was He born in a cave
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or a stable behind the
equivalent of a Motel 6?
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The back of Motel 6?
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Well, Motel 6 is pretty good.
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It's one of my favorite places
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when I go to the
United States of America.
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I don't mind Motel 6.
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But I think Wayne
is saying, you know,
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it's not the Waldorf Astoria,
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it's not the Sheraton
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and it's not the Hilton.
00:20:12.07\00:20:15.71
Jesus was born outside
at the back of the inn.
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The Bible says there was
no room for the King of glory.
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Can you believe it?
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My friend, there is no
room for the King of glory.
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He's born in a cattle shed.
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The only orchestra
he has to greet Him,
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the mooing of the cows,
the bleating of the goats.
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Who is this baby?
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Let me read it to you.
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One of my favorite
passages, Isaiah 9:6,
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"Unto us a child is born,
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unto us a Son is given,
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and the government
shall be upon His shoulder.
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And His name shall
be called Wonderful,
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Counselor,
00:21:14.07\00:21:16.94
Mighty God,
00:21:16.97\00:21:20.24
Everlasting Father,
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Prince of Peace."
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This is no ordinary child.
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This is God.
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As a little boy, think of it.
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When Mary hugged him,
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nursed him and kissed his cheek,
00:21:42.36\00:21:46.27
she kissed the face of God.
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I tell you, my friend.
00:21:50.57\00:21:52.84
I don't care when He was born.
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I do care that He was born.
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The biggest thought in the world
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is that the Creator
became a baby to redeem us.
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This tells me something,
00:22:06.29\00:22:07.92
would you please listen to me?
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You and I must be
tremendously important.
00:22:11.93\00:22:15.73
God came down to this earth,
00:22:19.47\00:22:21.97
He came down to the battlefield,
00:22:22.00\00:22:23.34
He came down to this hell-hole.
00:22:23.37\00:22:26.61
In this darkest
hour He came down.
00:22:26.64\00:22:31.11
And He came down
because He loves you.
00:22:31.15\00:22:34.45
You think
nobody cares about you.
00:22:34.48\00:22:36.82
You are wrong.
00:22:36.85\00:22:39.12
You think God
doesn't care about people?
00:22:39.15\00:22:41.59
You are wrong.
00:22:41.62\00:22:44.33
God cares about you.
00:22:44.36\00:22:45.69
God loves you.
00:22:45.73\00:22:47.33
You are tremendously important.
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You are so important
00:22:50.10\00:22:51.77
that the Word became
flesh and dwelt among us.
00:22:54.80\00:22:57.41
Everlasting
Father, Prince of Peace.
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Many people are unsure
00:23:10.25\00:23:12.45
what BC and AD time really mean?
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How did it come about?
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Now, the Bible
tells me, my friend Wayne.
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And welcome, Wayne,
to our program today.
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You're the host
of the program again.
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The Bible tells me that
Jesus was born in the days
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of Herod the Great.
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Now every historian knows
00:23:35.04\00:23:36.38
that Herod the
Great died in 4 BC
00:23:36.41\00:23:41.08
most likely March 4 BC.
00:23:41.12\00:23:44.42
So Jesus was
obviously born before Herod died
00:23:44.45\00:23:48.89
and Herod died in March 4 BC.
00:23:48.92\00:23:54.13
So Jesus was born
00:23:54.16\00:23:55.76
before 4 BC.
00:23:55.80\00:24:00.27
Most likely, Jesus
was born in 5 BC or 6 BC.
00:24:00.30\00:24:04.94
Now some people
are going to say,
00:24:04.97\00:24:06.31
well now you got me
really, really confused.
00:24:06.34\00:24:11.45
Let me tell you how it happened.
00:24:11.48\00:24:14.55
In 525 AD,
00:24:14.58\00:24:17.72
Anno Domini, the
year of our Lord.
00:24:17.75\00:24:21.49
A gentleman by
the name of Dionysius
00:24:21.52\00:24:24.89
worked out the
BC and the AD time,
00:24:24.93\00:24:28.03
but he made a
mistake of at least four,
00:24:28.06\00:24:30.13
five or six years.
00:24:30.17\00:24:32.87
Now as everybody knows
00:24:32.90\00:24:34.54
who's watching
this telecast today,
00:24:34.57\00:24:36.10
BC means Before Christ.
00:24:36.14\00:24:40.84
AD, of course, it doesn't
mean after death of Christ.
00:24:40.88\00:24:45.08
AD means the Latin
as everybody knows,
00:24:45.11\00:24:50.35
Anno Domini,
00:24:50.39\00:24:52.39
which is translated
in the year of the Lord.
00:24:52.42\00:24:55.49
We say in the year of our Lord.
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And on occasions,
00:24:59.53\00:25:00.86
the President of the
United States will put out
00:25:00.90\00:25:03.13
a great pronouncement
and he will say in the year
00:25:03.16\00:25:08.07
of our Lord.
00:25:08.10\00:25:10.91
This is of
tremendous significance
00:25:10.94\00:25:13.44
because Jesus Christ
broke history in two.
00:25:13.48\00:25:18.11
Nobody else has ever done that.
00:25:18.15\00:25:21.18
Nobody else could do this.
00:25:21.22\00:25:24.02
Confucius didn't do it.
00:25:24.05\00:25:26.29
We don't say in
the year of Muhammad
00:25:26.32\00:25:29.16
or some other person,
00:25:29.19\00:25:30.53
we say in the year of our Lord.
00:25:30.56\00:25:35.53
Now since society
has become so secular,
00:25:35.56\00:25:40.17
they now have CE, the Common Era
00:25:40.20\00:25:44.21
and they have the
BCE, the Communists
00:25:44.24\00:25:47.94
and everybody else who doesn't,
00:25:47.98\00:25:49.78
who don't believe,
00:25:49.81\00:25:51.21
people who don't
believe in the Bible,
00:25:51.25\00:25:55.48
but they can't get away from it.
00:25:55.52\00:25:57.85
They recognize that
Jesus Christ is the person
00:25:57.89\00:26:02.19
who broke history in two.
00:26:02.22\00:26:06.46
He broke history in two
because He's the only person
00:26:06.49\00:26:09.36
who could, because
He is the Son of God.
00:26:09.40\00:26:13.47
"Before we go to
part two, Pastor Carter,
00:26:17.34\00:26:20.14
can you tell us
about the teddy bears?"
00:26:20.18\00:26:22.38
Now we're asking all of
our friends near and far
00:26:25.58\00:26:28.95
to bring teddy
bears at this time,
00:26:28.98\00:26:30.99
and to send them
to the Carter Report,
00:26:31.02\00:26:33.19
send them to the
address on the screen.
00:26:33.22\00:26:36.32
And we're going to take
these little teddy bears
00:26:36.36\00:26:39.16
in your name, and
in the name of Jesus,
00:26:39.19\00:26:42.96
and we're going to take them
00:26:43.00\00:26:44.33
to little children in
the hospitals in Los Angeles
00:26:44.37\00:26:47.40
and in other places.
00:26:47.44\00:26:48.77
And we're going to say,
00:26:48.80\00:26:50.51
here is a teddy bear and
we want you to know this,
00:26:50.54\00:26:55.51
that Jesus loves you.
00:26:55.54\00:26:59.41
Many people no matter
00:27:14.56\00:27:16.13
what their age still
have their first teddy bear.
00:27:16.16\00:27:20.30
It's hard to let them go.
00:27:20.34\00:27:22.37
Their stitches might be
loose, the stuffing flat,
00:27:22.40\00:27:26.37
one ear a little lopsided,
00:27:26.41\00:27:28.58
but they were
always there for us.
00:27:28.61\00:27:31.35
Imagine giving a child
their very first teddy bear,
00:27:31.38\00:27:35.35
especially when
they are sick and lonely.
00:27:35.38\00:27:38.52
They will always
remember that someone
00:27:38.55\00:27:40.66
they didn't even know
cared enough to bring them
00:27:40.69\00:27:43.86
a new friend when
they needed it most.
00:27:43.89\00:27:46.63
Will you help the Carter Report
bring cheer to these children?
00:27:46.66\00:27:51.30
You can mail a
bear or send a donation
00:27:51.33\00:27:53.77
and we will buy
the bears for you.
00:27:53.80\00:27:56.27
Please send your
bears or donation
00:27:56.30\00:27:58.54
to the address on the screen.
00:27:58.57\00:28:01.91
For COVID protection,
00:28:01.94\00:28:03.48
please send the bears in
their original packaging.
00:28:03.51\00:28:06.55
Thank you for your
kindness and giving cheer
00:28:06.58\00:28:09.45
and comfort to children in need.
00:28:09.48\00:28:11.59
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00:28:16.79\00:28:18.76
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