I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, friends,
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welcome to Family Worship.
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Welcome to Happy Sabbath.
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Right, Honey? Yes.
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Glad to be here and
it's the Christmas season.
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That's right. Joy
to the world, why?
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The Lord has come.
That's right. That's right.
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You can see we try
our best to look festive.
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For those of you
who want to join us,
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go ahead and put on
your festive outfits
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but the good news is,
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the Lord's blessing is
available all year long.
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But this is a special
season, isn't it, Honey?
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Yeah, Christmas.
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You know, so many
people during Christmas time
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are of so much joy
and love and happiness,
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but yet there's sometimes sorrow
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because someone's not there.
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The table is empty, you know,
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the chair is empty
and no one is not there,
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that special person.
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Especially, 2020 has
been a very challenging year
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for all of us,
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so to be able to make it to
this time of the year is a...
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Praise the Lord.
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And we don't want you
to just stay locked on us,
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we have two very
good friends with us,
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that would probably prefer
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to be spending
Christmas in Arizona,
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but we decided to
get them back over here,
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so they could
enjoy the time with us.
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Ron and Donna Baerg.
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Good to have you
here, Ron and Donna.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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It's good to be here. Yes, yes.
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Well.
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We're here with family.
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We're here with
family and friends.
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Yes. Good, good.
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What would this time of
year be like in Arizona?
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With the other family.
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Weather wise.
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Weather wise, it usually
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is probably in
the 70s in the day.
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Oh. Well, thanks.
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I'm glad you're
in southern Illinois,
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where you get some cold weather.
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It's odd that
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I found that you
have to start the day out
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with flannel pajamas.
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That's right.
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Because it's
chilly in the mornings.
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They're like the desert. Yeah.
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That's right.
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Yeah, true and you're from here.
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Yeah, right southern Illinois.
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Yeah, Honey.
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Well, we're gonna, we're gonna
walk through a special time.
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This is the
perfect time of the year
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to remember the story
that surrounds the season,
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the gift is salvation.
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We're going to talk
about the gift of salvation,
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but we're going to begin
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by walking through the story
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as Matthew, the
converted tax collector
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and Dr. Luke
brings it to our table.
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Each one of them brings
it at a different angle,
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but before we do anything,
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Honey, would you begin
with prayer for us today?
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Let's bow our heads.
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Our gracious Heavenly Father,
we praise You and honor You.
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Lord, thank You,
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Heavenly Father
for sending Jesus.
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Where would we be
without our precious Jesus?
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We invite your presence
through the Holy Spirit,
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to be in our midst,
to lead, bless and guide,
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as we talk about
the most precious gift
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that the world has ever received
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our savior, in
Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen.
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You know, Ron and Donna,
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there are lot of stories
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that surround
the Christmas season
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and many of them are traditional
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rather than scriptural.
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Right.
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And so what we're
going to do today is,
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we want to spend a little time
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in kind of
calibrating the story,
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making it scriptural
rather than just traditional
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because you know, you see,
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I know that it's
difficult to put wives,
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men and shepherds together
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but right now, as
maybe you drive around
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your neighborhood
or your community,
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you know what I like
about this time of year, Honey?
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It could be a horrible year.
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It could be the
most terrible year
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but when you come
to this time of year,
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we can still go
to secular stores
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and hear music about Jesus.
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isn't that wonderful?
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Yes Amen.
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Yes, joy to the
world and Bethlehem songs,
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it's just beautiful.
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And, Donna, you know,
you're from southern Illinois.
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In Walmart,
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they started selling
Christmas trees in October
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I don't care, I
like looking at them.
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Yes, yes.
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They did. They do it.
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Home depot had
Christmas trees before we left.
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That's right. Wow.
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I mean, they had
them in October there.
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Okay Yeah.
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So, so people anticipate.
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They're trying to find a
reason to still be cheerful
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and be excited.
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But what I want to do is,
before we dive into the topic,
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which is in
fact about salvation,
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the greatest gift.
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We're going to start by walking
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through some of the
components of the story.
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How did this
great gift even happen?
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Let's go to Galatians 4:4.
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Let's start
there, Galatians 4:4.
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Everything about heaven
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is according to
God's time table.
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Everything about the
blessing that comes to us
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is according to God's timetable.
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Galatians 4:4
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and let me see,
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I know, where that is but,
Honey, do you have that, Ron?
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Galatians 4:4.
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Yes, I do.
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"But when the
fullness of time had come,
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God sent forth his
Son, born of a woman,
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born under the law."
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Okay, so we see right away
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that there's a
time for everything.
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You know, Ecclesiastes says,
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the time for
everything and a purpose,
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time and purpose for
everything under the sun.
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So while this time of
year is a time of celebration.
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And as, I'm glad
you brought that out.
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There's some people that
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when we think about the
numbers of losses of life,
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in spite of the controversy
that surrounds COVID-19,
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there're lot of homes that
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they don't really have
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a whole lot to
celebrate this season.
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That's for sure.
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Sad reality.
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What do you think
about that, Donna?
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All the people that have
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just come down to
the end of the year
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and regardless of age,
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a lot of people succumb
to this COVID-19 environment
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and here we are,
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still trying to
find a resolution to it.
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I have to say, we
are still blessed.
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That's right. Yes, we are.
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We still have hope.
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We have a future in the Lord.
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We have to hold on
to that very tight.
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That's right. Amen.
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And anything you
want to add to that, Ron?
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Well, no,
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I think, I am so
fortunate to know of the gospel
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to know this story.
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Yeah.
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So I had like
Donna said, we have hope.
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We have hope that we
wouldn't have otherwise.
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Right.
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I think of all the
people in India, China,
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the billions of
people over there
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that they serve all
these millions of idols...
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and their gods, yeah.
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What hope do they have?
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So we are doubly blessed.
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That's right. That's right.
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Beyond measure
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and you spent
time in Africa too,
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preaching and all that
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and there's so many
people that don't have.
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Absolutely.
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I'm so grateful
for what we do have.
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They're hungering for
the gospel over there.
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Yes. That's right.
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But now, so we have, when
the fullness of time came,
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now, let's go to the mission,
what is the mission of Jesus.
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Let's go to
Matthew 1:21. All right.
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Look at that, Matthew 1:21.
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Everything is about timing.
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When the fullness of
time comes and as you know,
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we live in a world
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where there are
12 months a year.
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The seasons
come, the seasons go.
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Whenever the trees
start turning colors,
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it's amazing how
quickly the year just descends.
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It just slides
down a sliding board.
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Have you noticed that? Yeah.
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You get that little nip.
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In southern Illinois,
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we get the mix
between warm and cold,
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cold and warm, warm and cold,
until all of a sudden one day,
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it's like the
warm says I'm done,
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I'm coming back next year.
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And, well, let's look
at the mission of Jesus.
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Matthew 1:21.
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What is the
mission of the Jesus?
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Okay, Ron just read that. Honey?
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"And she will bring forth a Son
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and you shall
call His name Jesus,
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for He will save His
people from their sins."
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Okay, okay.
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Not in their sin,
right? Say it again.
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Not in their
sin, from their sin.
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Okay. Yeah.
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So now we get this.
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We know that the
message of the season
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is about salvation.
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Yeah. It's about salvation.
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The mission of
Jesus is clearly outlined
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in Matthew 1:2-21
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and in Galatians we read,
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when the
fullness of time had come,
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God sent forth His Son.
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Now, let's go to Luke Chapter 1
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and what we're
going to do together?
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Donna and Ron,
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you guys can maybe
cater-corner your Bible there,
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so you could
look at that together.
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Okay.
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Luke Chapter 1,
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we're going to walk
through an amazing story,
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because a lot of times people,
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when we read the
story in the Bible we say,
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wow! Praise the Lord.
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Thank you Jesus.
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But when you go
through the details of it,
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it'd be very difficult
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if a teenager
showed up in your family,
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Donna, claiming to be pregnant
and she's not married yet
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and a virgin and claimed
that the Holy Spirit did that.
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I mean, quite a different story.
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Yes. What do you think?
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Yeah, it is.
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Yeah.
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I can't imagine what
Joseph must have thought.
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Well, and she herself,
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of course, the
angel assured her.
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But what about my neighbors,
what about my betrothed,
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you know, my fiance?
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Yeah, yeah.
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Yeah. What about him?
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She had to have had
a relationship with God
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in such a way
that she handled it.
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Yes, yes.
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But I think very
close relationship.
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So there are a number of stories
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intermingled into this
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and I know, if
you have your Bibles,
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then I want you to
follow along with this.
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In Luke Chapter 1,
there are a number of stories.
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It's Elizabeth and Zachariah.
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There's Mary and Joseph.
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And then you find
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as one is praying
for the Lord's blessing.
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The blessing
comes, she goes away.
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So let's start in verse 24.
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In verse 24.
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Okay? Luke Chapter?
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Luke 1:24.
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You have that, Donna?
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Yeah. Okay.
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"Now after those days
his wife Elizabeth conceived
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and she hid herself
five months saying..."
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Verse 25.
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"Thus, the Lord
has dealt with me,
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in the days
when he looked on me,
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to take away my
reproach from among people."
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Okay, so the Lord
granted her a blessing
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and Elizabeth was not young.
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She was not young
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but now we have
the transitional verse.
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Verse 26, Honey, so
that's the context of it.
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The Lord blessed Elizabeth.
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Now, we have the next
component in the story.
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Look at verse 26.
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Honey, you start there.
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"Now, in the sixth month,
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the angel
Gabriel was sent by God,
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to a city of
Galilee named Nazareth."
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Keep going.
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Okay,
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"To a virgin betrothed to a man,
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whose name was
Joseph, of the house of David.
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The virgin's name was Mary."
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Okay, so the Lord now,
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having blessed Elizabeth
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because they're
praying for a child.
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The Lord blesses
Elizabeth, she goes and hides.
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She left home. She's hiding.
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Now, the angel
continues his trek.
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And when you follow the story,
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it clearly makes it known
that this is the same angel.
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You go to verse 19,
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you see the angel
answered and said to him,
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I am Gabriel.
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He's talking to
Zachariah, I am Gabriel.
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Wow.
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Now after he starts the journey
in the life of Elizabeth,
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he now carries the
journey to the next step.
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Where does he go?
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He goes to the house of a
young girl who's a virgin,
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whose name is Mary.
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And you want to read
verse 28, Ron, and verse 29?
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"And having come in,
the angel said to her,
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'Rejoice, highly favored
one, the Lord is with you.
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Blessed are you among women.'
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But when she saw him,
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she was troubled at his saying
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and considered
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what manner of
greeting this was?'"
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Okay, let's stop,
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let's pause and break this down
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because I'll be honest with you.
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If young lady,
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I know there's some
young person watching.
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If young lady, you
wake up in the morning
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and somebody
shows up in your room,
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no doors open, no windows open,
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and all of a sudden,
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you get a
greeting from an angel.
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You find, what does it
say in the end of that verse?
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What did she say in
the end of that verse?
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It said,
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"What matter of
greeting was this?"
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Yes.
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What kind of greeting, huh?
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We could put this, nowadays,
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young ladies
texting and all of a sudden,
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there's a glow in the
room and an angel says,
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"Hello, highly favored one."
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What is going on?
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You see, this is a miracle
surrounding the birth of Jesus.
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It is.
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There's a miracle surrounding
the story of salvation.
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And so often, we
just talk about salvation
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but I like, in this
season it's a perfect time
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to talk about the
miracle of the season.
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In other words, she's
saying, what's going on?
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What's going on?
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So what's her reaction, Donna?
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Go to verse 30.
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Okay. Verse 30.
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"Then the angel said to her,
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'Do not be afraid, Mary,
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for you have
found favor with God
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and behold,
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you will conceive in your
womb and bring forth a Son
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and shall call His name Jesus.'"
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Okay, that seems
pretty directed to the point
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but remember, what
are you thinking, Honey?
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You found favor with God.
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Isn't that beautiful
to find favor with God?
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Amen.
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I'm like, oh, my
heart just filled with joy
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to know that I
could have favor with God.
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She did what was
pleasing in his sight.
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What do you
think, Donna, as a woman?
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You couldn't ask for
anything more than that.
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You really couldn't.
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I was thinking earlier,
she had to stand alone in this,
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but she had the
memory of the angel.
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Did she forget what
that angel looked like?
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No. No.
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Did she remember the moment?
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Yes, and she had to carry,
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as the word says
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and I think she
pondered and pondered
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and pondered it in her heart.
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That's a very good point. Yeah.
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Ron, you want to add to that?
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Because now as Donna was saying,
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when the angel left,
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she was the only
one that saw him.
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She kept it in her heart,
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but what kind of
consolation is that,
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because now you
have to go and explain
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what just happened.
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That's tough.
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It would be mixed feelings.
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I would think because
here, she is, she's thinking,
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I'm highly favored with God,
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amongst the
whole nation of Israel.
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This little country girl here,
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you know, from this
little town up here,
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and yet I've got
the honor of Jesus
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is going to be born to me.
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In my womb.
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So, but then,
how about everybody?
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What are they gonna say? Yeah.
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I don't know that
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she really
thought a lot about that.
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She said,
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"My soul praises the Lord,
my spirit rejoices in God."
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That's right.
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She embraced the moment.
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She did.
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Yeah, so when you
think about this as a woman
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which said to me
when I read the story.
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When the Lord is about to
turn your life upside down,
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He doesn't ask
for your permission.
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That's right.
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But you just have to explain it.
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You know, one thing
about the gift of salvation,
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it turns our lives inside out.
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It doesn't, it doesn't.
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It finds us in one condition,
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introduces us to
another condition.
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Now it's up to us to
figure out what just happened?
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What do we tell people now?
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Say it. Okay, so let's go on.
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Keep going in the
story because I want to.
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We're gonna tie into
this beautiful aspect
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and then we're going to
bring Elizabeth into the story.
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And find out what
happened with Joseph there too.
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Okay, so you read verse
31, Donna, am I correct?
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Yes.
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Verse 32 and 33, Ron.
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"He will be the great,
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he will be great
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and will be called
the Son of the highest,
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and the Lord God will give Him
the throne of his Father David
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and He will reign over
the house of Jacob forever
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and His kingdom
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there will be no end."
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Wow.
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You know, you
have that voice, Ron,
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that, you know,
that Bible reading voice,
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doesn't he?
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It sounds like...
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What do you think of that, Ron?
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Beautiful voice, yes.
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Well, this was a promise
that they had been looking for,
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for all these years,
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actually for 4000 years.
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And all of a sudden,
here it was, here it was.
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Wow.
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Finally.
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And He's going to
reign over the house
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of Jacob forever.
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I know.
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The house of
David. That's right.
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The kingdom of David,
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so what a
blessing, what a blessing,
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you know, they...
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She had to be,
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yes, at that time
forget everything else.
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This is a blessing that...
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And no one else
could really embrace
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but her as Donna
was pointing out.
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She's getting all
this information now.
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She has to communicate it.
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But I want to bring the
biology back into the story.
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Go ahead. Okay.
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Let's bring the biology back.
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Who's the next,
is it you, Honey?
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We're gonna go round table.
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This is important.
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The biology is
starting in verse 34 and 35.
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Now, let's talk.
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What do I mean by the biology?
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Because up until this
point, she's a young girl.
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She's introduced as Mary.
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She's a virgin. She is engaged.
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She's not yet married
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but there's the
biological aspect of it.
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Honey, verse 34 and 35.
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"Then Mary said to the
angel, 'How can this be,
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since I do not know a man?"
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And the angel
answered and said to her,
00:19:29.60\00:19:31.50
'The Holy Spirit
will come upon you
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and the power of the
Most High will overshadow you.
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Therefore, also that
Holy One who is to be born
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will be called the Son of God."
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Hmm.
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Okay, but now...
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How do you handle that?
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Well, he's saying
to her, get ready,
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something's going to happen
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That's right.
00:20:01.63\00:20:02.96
She had to put
her trust in that.
00:20:03.00\00:20:04.70
Yeah. And she did.
00:20:04.73\00:20:07.20
I don't know
when you hear from God
00:20:07.24\00:20:09.70
and you know it's God,
00:20:09.74\00:20:11.81
you're just going to do it.
00:20:11.84\00:20:13.17
You've got to trust Him.
00:20:13.21\00:20:14.54
That's right.
00:20:14.58\00:20:15.91
I'm thinking as
a woman, you know.
00:20:15.94\00:20:17.28
Well.
00:20:17.31\00:20:18.98
This is how we
started getting together.
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Was God just made a
statement to me one day
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and said, get ready.
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That's right.
00:20:26.12\00:20:27.46
And you're going to a wedding
and before you married Ron.
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Well, I pondered it for a
year and then all of a sudden,
00:20:31.43\00:20:35.06
things started
happening and we met
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and, Angie, you
know the whole story.
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I know the whole story
because we put them together.
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The Lord used me and
my husband to make a match
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and we met on the
trip to the Holy Land,
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the Bible Land.
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During what time of the year?
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Christmas. Okay, so.
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We spent
Christmas day in Bethlehem.
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Absolutely, yes.
00:20:56.72\00:20:58.39
Now, that's the reason
why we have you on the program
00:20:58.42\00:21:00.16
because they are
the Christmas gift
00:21:00.19\00:21:01.52
to each other.
00:21:01.56\00:21:04.06
And I thought.
00:21:04.09\00:21:05.43
It was a beautiful match
that the Lord put together.
00:21:05.46\00:21:08.16
That's right. But
I honestly tell you.
00:21:08.20\00:21:09.96
Both were widowed.
00:21:10.00\00:21:11.47
Yeah, both of us widowed
00:21:11.50\00:21:12.83
and we neither
one of us had a clue
00:21:12.87\00:21:14.64
that this was going to happen
00:21:14.67\00:21:16.54
but one year before it happened,
00:21:16.57\00:21:18.74
he let me, God had me
ponder this in my heart.
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God, was that you?
00:21:21.71\00:21:23.04
Oh.
00:21:23.08\00:21:24.41
I'm thinking it
is because, you know,
00:21:24.45\00:21:27.15
and, but I didn't
expect it to happen,
00:21:27.18\00:21:30.65
but still get pondering.
00:21:30.69\00:21:33.02
And so your question
is, how can this thing be?
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Yeah.
00:21:36.12\00:21:37.46
I do not know a man right now.
00:21:37.49\00:21:39.46
What man are you talking about?
00:21:39.49\00:21:42.03
And, Ron, remember,
it's like we took to Ron...
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Yes, on the trip to Jerusalem.
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In the Holy
Land. The Bible Land.
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You know, we found a
holy man in the Holy Land.
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Yes.
00:21:50.17\00:21:51.51
And we took Ron and
we had dinner together.
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Yes.
00:21:53.11\00:21:54.44
We would say, hey
Ron, what are you doing,
00:21:54.48\00:21:55.81
come and sit with us.
00:21:55.84\00:21:57.18
I just zeroed on Ron. Yeah.
00:21:57.21\00:22:00.48
And then one day
Angie said to me,
00:22:00.52\00:22:03.08
"I know exactly who
he will be good for."
00:22:03.12\00:22:06.19
And I said, "Who?"
00:22:06.22\00:22:08.12
She said, "Donna."
00:22:08.16\00:22:10.89
I don't think
00:22:10.93\00:22:12.26
Donna's thinking
about marriage right now.
00:22:12.29\00:22:14.03
You weren't, were you? No, no.
00:22:14.06\00:22:16.67
And when she
mentioned that to Ron,
00:22:16.70\00:22:18.17
I think you kind of
alluded to some degree
00:22:18.20\00:22:20.60
to Ron and I said.
00:22:20.64\00:22:22.30
What'd you say?
00:22:22.34\00:22:23.67
I said, "Angie,
I'm doing just fine."
00:22:23.71\00:22:28.18
You were single
in Arizona. Right.
00:22:28.21\00:22:30.51
And the Lord just made
00:22:30.55\00:22:32.58
a godly connection with you two.
00:22:32.61\00:22:34.95
That's right. It's beautiful.
00:22:34.98\00:22:36.62
So for those, so
for both of them,
00:22:36.65\00:22:38.05
the question which Ron had
00:22:38.09\00:22:39.42
and Donna had
was, how can this be?
00:22:39.45\00:22:40.96
Both of them.
00:22:40.99\00:22:44.33
But I didn't ponder on the
how can this be as much as,
00:22:44.36\00:22:47.26
God how are you
going to do this?
00:22:47.30\00:22:49.10
What's going to happen?
00:22:49.13\00:22:50.47
Because I didn't
want to not trust Him
00:22:50.50\00:22:54.37
and I didn't
want to slap His hand,
00:22:54.40\00:22:56.00
if He wanted to bless me.
00:22:56.04\00:22:57.91
So here Mary is.
00:22:57.94\00:22:59.47
She's getting ready to
bring the greatest blessing
00:22:59.51\00:23:02.48
this world has ever seen,
00:23:02.51\00:23:04.51
the one we need desperately
00:23:04.55\00:23:06.45
So, yeah, He
put it in her heart.
00:23:06.48\00:23:09.78
She pondered it.
She was good with it.
00:23:09.82\00:23:12.42
And it also adds
another component to the story,
00:23:12.45\00:23:14.59
which I mean years ago,
00:23:14.62\00:23:16.99
I preached this in a sermon
00:23:17.03\00:23:18.59
but I titled and Angie know it.
00:23:18.63\00:23:21.83
I titled it, Mary had a baby,
00:23:21.86\00:23:25.83
but it took me
many years to realize,
00:23:25.87\00:23:28.27
that wasn't the case.
00:23:28.30\00:23:30.07
A baby had Mary.
00:23:30.11\00:23:33.51
A baby had Mary.
00:23:33.54\00:23:35.58
Now the reason I said
this is because when right away
00:23:35.61\00:23:38.08
what we're seeing in
the story already is,
00:23:38.11\00:23:40.22
when the Lord
comes into your life,
00:23:40.25\00:23:42.12
He completely comes in
and transforms everything
00:23:42.15\00:23:46.59
that you thought was normal.
00:23:46.62\00:23:47.96
Right.
00:23:47.99\00:23:49.32
He comes in and says, okay,
00:23:49.36\00:23:50.69
and here's a story of salvation.
00:23:50.73\00:23:53.29
Salvation cannot happen
00:23:53.33\00:23:54.73
without the
introduction of the Holy Spirit.
00:23:54.76\00:23:56.46
Absolutely. Amen. Yes.
00:23:56.50\00:23:58.23
That's what the Bible said,
00:23:58.27\00:23:59.60
"That which is born in
you is of the Holy Spirit."
00:23:59.63\00:24:01.50
This is the story of salvation.
00:24:01.54\00:24:03.41
The Holy Spirit has to plant
a seed of righteousness in us
00:24:03.44\00:24:07.28
and that
righteousness has to start
00:24:07.31\00:24:09.08
a transformation process
00:24:09.11\00:24:10.95
which to many people,
just as this case is to Mary,
00:24:10.98\00:24:13.98
you cannot explain it.
00:24:14.02\00:24:15.72
Right. It's hard to explain.
00:24:15.75\00:24:18.42
And we'll talk about
the unexplainable part
00:24:18.45\00:24:20.02
a little bit here.
00:24:20.06\00:24:21.39
It's hard to explain,
00:24:21.42\00:24:22.79
but right away in this
one-to-one conversation
00:24:22.82\00:24:25.89
she's stuck, but I
want to now swivel.
00:24:25.93\00:24:28.76
You want to say something,
Ron, before we swivel?
00:24:28.80\00:24:32.03
Well, she's
receiving this great blessing.
00:24:32.07\00:24:38.34
Yeah.
00:24:38.37\00:24:39.71
Like you say the
Holy Spirit said,
00:24:39.74\00:24:41.34
the Holy Spirit
will come upon you.
00:24:41.38\00:24:43.31
I had never really considered
00:24:43.35\00:24:49.02
until what you
just said now, Pastor,
00:24:49.05\00:24:52.69
that without the Holy Spirit,
00:24:52.72\00:24:54.76
yes, we, I knew that,
00:24:54.79\00:24:56.69
but I hadn't really
considered the significance.
00:24:56.73\00:25:01.53
The Holy Spirit
is such an important,
00:25:01.56\00:25:06.84
I don't want to say character,
00:25:06.87\00:25:09.07
such an important
figure part of the Godhead.
00:25:09.10\00:25:13.24
Oh, yeah. That's right.
00:25:13.27\00:25:15.88
He is with us all the time.
00:25:15.91\00:25:19.55
That's right.
00:25:19.58\00:25:20.92
He is with and yet
he's with everybody.
00:25:20.95\00:25:24.29
He's with my friend Peter
over there in Africa right now.
00:25:24.32\00:25:29.42
Exactly, He's everywhere.
00:25:29.46\00:25:30.99
And He has the
character that is so beautiful,
00:25:31.03\00:25:33.90
we can talk to
Him anytime we want.
00:25:33.93\00:25:35.53
That's right.
00:25:35.56\00:25:36.90
Any time that you want,
you can go directly to Him.
00:25:36.93\00:25:40.37
That's right.
00:25:40.40\00:25:42.20
He's alive and well.
00:25:42.24\00:25:43.64
I know that's kind of
getting off of the story,
00:25:43.67\00:25:46.94
but He was so important,
00:25:46.98\00:25:49.44
He was an
important part of the event
00:25:49.48\00:25:54.02
then, and He can be important.
00:25:54.05\00:25:56.62
He's a very important part
of our lives every day now.
00:25:56.65\00:26:00.96
Amen.
00:26:00.99\00:26:02.32
So let's add
another component to this
00:26:02.36\00:26:03.69
because the Holy
Spirit is working in Mary
00:26:03.73\00:26:06.19
to introduce Jesus.
00:26:06.23\00:26:07.56
Yes.
00:26:07.60\00:26:08.93
Okay, so let's see...
00:26:08.96\00:26:10.30
So let's see
some. Let's go to John.
00:26:10.33\00:26:11.67
Keep your page, if
you're following us,
00:26:11.70\00:26:13.30
keep it right here,
00:26:13.34\00:26:15.04
but I want you to see
something significant.
00:26:15.07\00:26:16.81
Let's go to John Chapter 16.
00:26:16.84\00:26:19.54
We're gonna come back
here in a moment. Okay?
00:26:19.57\00:26:21.98
I want you to see something.
00:26:22.01\00:26:25.08
And this is so
vitally important,
00:26:25.11\00:26:27.42
John Chapter 16.
00:26:27.45\00:26:29.72
That's why I
like my Bible, okay.
00:26:29.75\00:26:32.22
Okay.
00:26:32.25\00:26:34.39
Okay, John Chapter 16.
00:26:34.42\00:26:36.42
I'll read this one,
verse 13. Yes. Go ahead.
00:26:36.46\00:26:38.13
It says, "However, when he,
the Spirit of truth has come,
00:26:38.16\00:26:43.26
he came to Mary,
00:26:43.30\00:26:44.93
he will guide
you into all truth,"
00:26:44.97\00:26:48.47
and watch this,
00:26:48.50\00:26:49.84
"for he will not
speak on his own authority,
00:26:49.87\00:26:52.27
but whatever he hears,
00:26:52.31\00:26:54.08
he will speak
00:26:54.11\00:26:55.44
and he will tell
you things to come."
00:26:55.48\00:26:57.48
But look at what he came to do.
00:26:57.51\00:26:58.95
Look at verse 41.
00:26:58.98\00:27:00.45
He will glorify me.
00:27:00.48\00:27:01.85
Forty one? Verse 14, sorry.
00:27:01.88\00:27:04.19
"He will glorify me,
00:27:04.22\00:27:06.45
for he will take of what is mine
00:27:06.49\00:27:08.59
and declare it to you."
00:27:08.62\00:27:09.96
So who did the Holy
Spirit come to Mary to glorify?
00:27:09.99\00:27:12.73
Jesus.
00:27:12.76\00:27:14.10
Glorify God.
00:27:14.13\00:27:16.30
Jesus. Jesus, isn't it?
00:27:16.33\00:27:18.23
yeah, Jesus.
00:27:18.27\00:27:19.60
Because this is Jesus
speaking. The Son of God.
00:27:19.63\00:27:20.97
That's right.
00:27:21.00\00:27:22.34
Jesus is saying,
00:27:22.37\00:27:23.71
the Holy Spirit's
work is to glorify Me,
00:27:23.74\00:27:25.07
so he comes to Mary
now and he tells her,
00:27:25.11\00:27:26.44
going back to Luke Chapter 1.
00:27:26.47\00:27:28.14
"The one that's
going to be born in her,
00:27:28.18\00:27:29.64
is the Son of the
Highest, call His name Jesus."
00:27:29.68\00:27:32.48
Matthew 1:21,
"Call His name Jesus."
00:27:32.51\00:27:34.98
That's what His
name is going to be.
00:27:35.02\00:27:36.35
And Jesus says,
00:27:36.38\00:27:37.72
"When the Holy Spirit comes,
00:27:37.75\00:27:39.09
his job is to glorify
Christ, not to glorify himself."
00:27:39.12\00:27:42.69
So we don't
glorify the Holy Spirit,
00:27:42.72\00:27:44.66
the Holy Spirit leads
us to glorify the Father.
00:27:44.69\00:27:47.76
But now, let's
transition back into the story
00:27:47.80\00:27:50.07
because we have Mary
now in a predicament.
00:27:50.10\00:27:52.53
She's engaged...
00:27:52.57\00:27:53.90
To glorify the Son.
00:27:53.94\00:27:55.27
She's engaged, say it again.
00:27:55.30\00:27:56.64
Glorify the Son, Jesus.
00:27:56.67\00:27:58.21
She has to glorify
the Son in her life.
00:27:58.24\00:28:00.98
Yes.
00:28:01.01\00:28:02.34
But the problem now
that she's faced with is,
00:28:02.38\00:28:05.51
how do I tell my husband?
00:28:05.55\00:28:09.45
And what am I going to do now?
00:28:09.48\00:28:10.82
Let's get back to the
biological part of it.
00:28:10.85\00:28:12.62
We've never had children. Right.
00:28:12.65\00:28:14.19
But it's probably not too
late for Abraham and Sarah.
00:28:14.22\00:28:17.86
But this is Angela and I'm John,
00:28:17.89\00:28:19.63
so I think it's
probably too late.
00:28:19.66\00:28:21.93
But let's add this component.
00:28:21.96\00:28:25.00
You may remember, in the story,
00:28:25.03\00:28:26.43
that the Lord
visited Elizabeth first
00:28:26.47\00:28:30.07
and Elizabeth
decided to get out of town.
00:28:30.11\00:28:32.97
She went away. Yeah.
00:28:33.01\00:28:34.34
Let's look at what happens
now. She's now an older lady.
00:28:34.38\00:28:36.24
And what you're
going to see now is,
00:28:36.28\00:28:37.61
I'll bring the instrument
of the story out afterwards.
00:28:37.65\00:28:39.95
So, Donna, now, what
I'd like you to do is,
00:28:39.98\00:28:42.22
go to verse 36 and verse 37
00:28:42.25\00:28:49.02
of Luke Chapter 1.
00:28:49.06\00:28:50.46
Oh 36 and 37?
00:28:50.49\00:28:52.79
Yes. Yes. Okay.
00:28:52.83\00:28:54.16
Remember that.
Remember Mary is...
00:28:54.20\00:28:56.67
The Holy Spirit
overshadowed her.
00:28:56.70\00:28:59.00
The process is starting.
00:28:59.03\00:29:00.37
Jesus is being born in her
and she's in a predicament.
00:29:00.40\00:29:02.87
What does she do?
00:29:02.90\00:29:04.24
Verse 36.
00:29:04.27\00:29:05.61
"Now indeed
00:29:05.64\00:29:06.98
Elizabeth, your relative
has also conceived a son,
00:29:07.01\00:29:09.61
in her old age and this is,
00:29:09.64\00:29:12.18
well, in her old age
00:29:12.21\00:29:13.95
and this is now the
sixth month for her,
00:29:13.98\00:29:16.82
who was called barren,
00:29:16.85\00:29:19.15
for with God
nothing will be impossible."
00:29:19.19\00:29:22.06
Okay.
00:29:22.09\00:29:23.43
Isn't that wonderful? Wow.
00:29:23.46\00:29:24.79
Honey, did you hear that?
00:29:24.83\00:29:26.39
Honey, it's impossible...
00:29:26.43\00:29:27.76
Well,
00:29:27.80\00:29:29.23
right now the well is dried
00:29:29.26\00:29:32.63
We might have a Christmas gift.
00:29:32.67\00:29:34.30
I don't think so
00:29:34.34\00:29:36.64
Yes, Sarah laughed.
00:29:36.67\00:29:38.61
Oh, yeah, Sarah did laugh.
00:29:38.64\00:29:40.01
She did laugh,
00:29:40.04\00:29:42.24
but the Lord is saying to her,
the angel is saying to Mary.
00:29:42.28\00:29:45.88
Now, this happened to
Elizabeth in her old age.
00:29:45.91\00:29:49.55
Now, it's happened
to you in your young age
00:29:49.58\00:29:51.89
and so just when
it seemed difficult.
00:29:51.92\00:29:53.29
Probably
menopause, right, Donna?
00:29:53.32\00:29:55.02
Yeah, probably.
00:29:55.06\00:29:57.36
The neighbors are
talking, so she's left town.
00:29:57.39\00:29:59.93
Whatever happened to
your wife, Zachariah?
00:29:59.96\00:30:02.50
She hasn't even texted me.
00:30:02.53\00:30:04.90
And I can't say a
word. I hadn't been informed.
00:30:04.93\00:30:07.27
I don't know where she is.
00:30:07.30\00:30:09.30
But now
something's going to happen
00:30:09.34\00:30:11.31
because here's
what I want to bring out
00:30:11.34\00:30:13.27
and we're going
to just go to this.
00:30:13.31\00:30:14.64
Read verse 38, Donna.
00:30:14.68\00:30:16.58
Just add that into it,
00:30:16.61\00:30:18.25
then I'm going to
go to the next now.
00:30:18.28\00:30:19.91
Okay, verse 38.
00:30:19.95\00:30:22.02
"Then Mary said, 'Behold
the maidservant of the Lord!
00:30:22.05\00:30:25.85
Let it be to me,
according to your word, '
00:30:25.89\00:30:28.62
and the angel
departed from her.'"
00:30:28.66\00:30:30.69
Oh, wow.
00:30:30.73\00:30:32.06
You know, Ron,
00:30:32.09\00:30:33.73
what if we had
00:30:33.76\00:30:35.10
the willing heart that Mary had?
00:30:35.13\00:30:36.46
I know.
00:30:36.50\00:30:37.83
What three words
did she say, let it be.
00:30:37.87\00:30:40.14
Let it be. Let it be. Let it be.
00:30:40.17\00:30:42.44
You know,
there's a song years ago,
00:30:42.47\00:30:43.81
the Beatles wrote a song
00:30:43.84\00:30:45.87
and I did a
sermon years ago called,
00:30:45.91\00:30:47.28
let it be.
00:30:47.31\00:30:48.64
But when your life is
being turned inside out
00:30:48.68\00:30:51.05
by the Holy Spirit,
00:30:51.08\00:30:52.41
and you don't have
anything to explain,
00:30:52.45\00:30:53.78
you can't explain it,
00:30:53.82\00:30:55.15
you don't know what's going
on except for the fact that
00:30:55.18\00:30:56.58
this is a spiritual process.
00:30:56.62\00:30:59.05
Sometimes, my brethren,
00:30:59.09\00:31:00.42
you have to just
surrender and say,
00:31:00.46\00:31:02.42
I don't know how
this is going to happen
00:31:02.46\00:31:03.79
but let it be.
00:31:03.83\00:31:05.16
Let it be, the Lord knows.
00:31:05.19\00:31:06.53
According to your word.
00:31:06.56\00:31:07.93
According to your word.
00:31:07.96\00:31:10.20
She has a saying
that she's adopted it.
00:31:10.23\00:31:15.74
Whenever comes on a
situation like, you know,
00:31:15.77\00:31:19.64
that we can't explain, so be it.
00:31:19.67\00:31:22.94
So be it.
00:31:22.98\00:31:24.31
I've heard
Donna say that before.
00:31:24.35\00:31:25.98
So be it. I have too.
00:31:26.01\00:31:27.35
Okay, Sarah, Sarah,
whatever will be, will be.
00:31:27.38\00:31:32.05
The old timers
know that one, right?
00:31:32.09\00:31:34.52
Whatever will be will be.
00:31:34.56\00:31:36.06
I like... Go ahead, Ron.
00:31:36.09\00:31:37.73
Pardon me, but I
like the part she said,
00:31:37.76\00:31:41.63
behold the
maidservant of the Lord.
00:31:41.66\00:31:44.23
That's right.
00:31:44.27\00:31:45.60
Of the Lord,
00:31:45.63\00:31:46.97
she had completely
surrendered herself
00:31:47.00\00:31:49.54
to God in this situation,
00:31:49.57\00:31:53.24
so it was no problem
and the angel, he left.
00:31:53.27\00:31:57.41
That's right.
00:31:57.45\00:31:58.78
I like that you brought that out
00:31:58.81\00:32:00.15
because that's interesting,
00:32:00.18\00:32:01.52
when you surrender
yourself to the Lord,
00:32:01.55\00:32:02.88
then the only thing you could do
00:32:02.92\00:32:04.25
after that is, let it be.
00:32:04.29\00:32:05.62
Don't worry about the details.
00:32:05.65\00:32:07.12
So many of us miss the gift
00:32:07.16\00:32:08.89
and the blessing
that God has in store,
00:32:08.92\00:32:10.73
because you're trying to figure,
00:32:10.76\00:32:12.09
okay, Lord so give me the...
00:32:12.13\00:32:13.76
How's this going to happen?
00:32:13.80\00:32:15.20
What am I supposed to do?
00:32:15.23\00:32:16.97
She says look, behold
the maidservant of the Lord.
00:32:17.00\00:32:19.83
I'm yours Lord.
00:32:19.87\00:32:21.20
Just let it be according
00:32:21.24\00:32:22.57
and I like that
you brought that out.
00:32:22.60\00:32:24.24
According to what, Donna?
00:32:24.27\00:32:25.64
Well, what I say,
according to your word
00:32:25.67\00:32:27.78
That's right.
00:32:27.81\00:32:29.14
Not according to our word,
but according to God's word.
00:32:29.18\00:32:32.88
That was the
first now in the story.
00:32:32.91\00:32:34.92
Honey, I want you to
go now to the next now.
00:32:34.95\00:32:36.85
Okay.
00:32:36.89\00:32:38.22
To the next now, verse 39.
00:32:38.25\00:32:39.59
"Now Mary arose in those days
and went into the hill country
00:32:39.62\00:32:44.36
with haste to a city of Judah
00:32:44.39\00:32:48.16
and entered the
house of Zacharias
00:32:48.20\00:32:50.37
and greeted Elizabeth."
00:32:50.40\00:32:51.97
Keep going.
00:32:52.00\00:32:53.34
"And it happened,
00:32:53.37\00:32:54.70
when Elizabeth heard
the greeting of Mary,
00:32:54.74\00:32:56.84
that the babe
leaped in her womb.
00:32:56.87\00:33:00.51
Wow,
00:33:00.54\00:33:01.88
and Elizabeth was
filled with the Holy Spirit."
00:33:01.91\00:33:05.01
Wow, notice this
now Holy Spirit's busy.
00:33:05.05\00:33:07.95
He comes, he visits Mary,
00:33:07.98\00:33:09.65
but verily he visits,
the angel visits Elizabeth,
00:33:09.68\00:33:13.82
then the Holy
Spirit visits Mary,
00:33:13.86\00:33:16.66
then the Holy
Spirit visits Elizabeth,
00:33:16.69\00:33:19.06
when Mary visits Elizabeth.
00:33:19.09\00:33:21.76
You get the point?
00:33:21.80\00:33:23.70
Now quite a lot of visiting,
but the Lord is in charge here.
00:33:23.73\00:33:27.17
And this is the whole
beautiful thing about it.
00:33:27.20\00:33:29.04
What do we get
out of that, ladies?
00:33:29.07\00:33:30.61
I'm gonna see if
you can pull this out.
00:33:30.64\00:33:31.97
What do we get?
00:33:32.01\00:33:33.34
We have Mary, the young lady.
00:33:33.38\00:33:34.71
We have
Elizabeth, the older person
00:33:34.74\00:33:36.14
and they're both in
the same predicament.
00:33:36.18\00:33:38.68
What happens?
00:33:38.71\00:33:40.65
Show me the
goodness of God in this.
00:33:40.68\00:33:42.58
I'm not going to take
too long to draw this out.
00:33:42.62\00:33:44.49
Comrades.
00:33:44.52\00:33:45.85
Say it again. Comrades.
00:33:45.89\00:33:47.22
That's right.
00:33:47.26\00:33:48.59
When you're going through stuff,
00:33:48.62\00:33:49.96
God leads you to people
00:33:49.99\00:33:51.56
that are going
through the same stuff.
00:33:51.59\00:33:53.93
This is good.
Isn't that wonderful?
00:33:53.96\00:33:55.40
Close buds.
00:33:55.43\00:33:57.03
Yeah, both of
them in a predicament.
00:33:57.07\00:33:58.63
One is older, one is a
young probably a teenager.
00:33:58.67\00:34:02.20
What do we do now?
00:34:02.24\00:34:03.61
And I could imagine,
Ron, Elizabeth probably said,
00:34:03.64\00:34:06.84
good to see you.
00:34:06.88\00:34:08.61
I've been up
here for five months
00:34:08.64\00:34:11.28
because it said that
00:34:11.31\00:34:12.71
when she went there,
when she went there, it was,
00:34:12.75\00:34:17.45
it was talked about how long
that Elizabeth had been there.
00:34:17.49\00:34:20.69
Elizabeth had been there.
00:34:20.72\00:34:22.06
With haste,
Mary got there quick.
00:34:22.09\00:34:24.06
She hurried.
00:34:24.09\00:34:25.43
Verse 39 says,
she went with haste.
00:34:25.46\00:34:26.90
She got out of town.
00:34:26.93\00:34:28.76
No forwarding
address, no notices,
00:34:28.80\00:34:31.90
no stickies on the refrigerator.
00:34:31.93\00:34:33.94
She just left and
she went to Elizabeth.
00:34:33.97\00:34:37.91
But now, let's see
what happened because...
00:34:37.94\00:34:39.27
The babe just leaped.
00:34:39.31\00:34:40.68
And why do you
think the babe leaped?
00:34:40.71\00:34:42.34
Because it was Jesus.
00:34:42.38\00:34:44.61
John the Baptist
was in her tummy, right?
00:34:44.65\00:34:46.55
That's right.
00:34:46.58\00:34:47.92
The babe leaped
it says in verse 41.
00:34:47.95\00:34:51.02
Yeah, and she, but it also said,
00:34:51.89\00:34:53.72
"she was filled
with the Holy Spirit
00:34:53.76\00:34:55.42
at that moment."
00:34:55.46\00:34:57.03
So she just, she got
right in with what God wanted.
00:34:57.06\00:35:00.60
Amen.
00:35:00.63\00:35:01.96
And what he was
wanting to show her, yeah.
00:35:02.00\00:35:03.33
That's right.
00:35:03.37\00:35:04.70
And, Ron, what
did she say to her?
00:35:04.73\00:35:06.07
Look at verse 42.
00:35:06.10\00:35:07.84
Then she spoke, yeah, it said,
00:35:07.87\00:35:10.27
"Spoke with a
loud voice and said,
00:35:10.31\00:35:12.91
'Blessed are you among women
00:35:12.94\00:35:14.78
and blessed is the
fruit of your womb.'"
00:35:14.81\00:35:17.45
Okay, and add verse 43.
00:35:17.48\00:35:22.48
"But why is this granted to me,
00:35:22.52\00:35:25.09
that the mother of my
Lord should come to me?"
00:35:25.12\00:35:29.12
And I think you
can't miss verse 44.
00:35:29.16\00:35:30.69
No, keep going.
00:35:30.73\00:35:32.99
"For indeed,
00:35:33.03\00:35:34.36
as soon as the
voice of your greeting
00:35:34.40\00:35:36.33
sounded in my ears,
00:35:36.36\00:35:38.33
the babe leaped
in my womb for joy."
00:35:38.37\00:35:42.70
Something that
only God can do. Yep.
00:35:42.74\00:35:44.84
Okay, because how
Elizabeth is now along in,
00:35:44.87\00:35:49.11
she's approaching six months.
00:35:49.14\00:35:51.98
Baby's kicking, right?
00:35:52.01\00:35:53.35
Baby is kicking. Oh, yeah.
00:35:53.38\00:35:54.72
Baby is kicking.
00:35:54.75\00:35:56.08
She's approaching six
months but we have to find out
00:35:56.12\00:35:57.92
what's happening
during that time.
00:35:57.95\00:35:59.52
All right?
00:35:59.55\00:36:00.89
And now this is the part
that you just alluded to, Donna,
00:36:00.92\00:36:04.49
and since you alluded to it,
00:36:04.53\00:36:06.80
maybe I should have you read it,
00:36:06.83\00:36:08.53
verse 46. Okay.
00:36:08.56\00:36:10.97
"And Mary said:
00:36:11.00\00:36:14.14
'My soul magnifies the Lord
00:36:14.17\00:36:16.24
and my spirit has
rejoiced in God my Savior.
00:36:16.27\00:36:20.38
For He has regarded
00:36:20.41\00:36:21.98
the lowly state
of His maidservant,
00:36:22.01\00:36:24.75
for behold,
henceforth all generations
00:36:24.78\00:36:27.25
will call me blessed.
00:36:27.28\00:36:29.82
For He who is mighty has
done great things for me,
00:36:29.85\00:36:33.52
and holy is His name.
00:36:33.56\00:36:35.29
And His mercy is
on those who fear Him
00:36:35.32\00:36:38.99
from generation to generation.'"
00:36:39.03\00:36:42.70
Wow. Keep going?
00:36:42.73\00:36:44.07
Keep going, the testimony.
00:36:44.10\00:36:45.43
Okay.
00:36:45.47\00:36:46.80
"He has shown
strength with His arm,
00:36:46.84\00:36:49.24
He has scattered the proud
00:36:49.27\00:36:50.61
in the
imagination of their hearts.
00:36:50.64\00:36:53.34
He has put down the
mighty from their thrones,
00:36:53.38\00:36:55.88
and exalted the lowly.
00:36:55.91\00:36:57.78
He has filled the
hungry with good things,
00:36:57.81\00:37:00.18
and the rich He
has sent away empty.
00:37:00.22\00:37:02.98
He has helped
His servant Israel,
00:37:03.02\00:37:05.09
in remembrance of His mercy.
00:37:05.12\00:37:07.59
As He spoke to our fathers,
Abraham and his seed forever."
00:37:07.62\00:37:12.16
Okay, okay, he spoke
to his father Abraham
00:37:12.19\00:37:15.00
and his seed forever.
00:37:15.03\00:37:17.60
Now, we all know
00:37:17.63\00:37:19.37
in order for
there to be a birth,
00:37:19.40\00:37:20.87
there has to be a seed,
00:37:20.90\00:37:23.41
and the Spirit of
God planted the seed
00:37:23.44\00:37:26.17
one in Elizabeth,
the other one in Mary,
00:37:26.21\00:37:29.74
and this miracle
began to transpire.
00:37:29.78\00:37:32.85
And what's
happening here though is,
00:37:32.88\00:37:34.22
the thing that's
so vitally important
00:37:34.25\00:37:35.58
that we have to grab
00:37:35.62\00:37:36.95
because Mary is
listening to the testimony.
00:37:36.99\00:37:42.02
Mary is testifying to
what's taking place in her.
00:37:42.06\00:37:45.96
She's not talking about
somebody out there somewhere.
00:37:45.99\00:37:49.53
She's saying the child
that's in me has done all this.
00:37:49.56\00:37:53.80
She is testifying
to his pre-existence.
00:37:53.84\00:37:57.01
This is what you
have to grab here.
00:37:57.04\00:37:58.64
She says, my soul
magnifies the Lord
00:37:58.67\00:38:02.58
and my spirit has
rejoiced in God, my Savior.
00:38:02.61\00:38:06.88
Who is that?
00:38:06.92\00:38:08.25
The Christ being born in her.
00:38:08.28\00:38:10.05
She's testifying
to His pre-existing,
00:38:10.09\00:38:12.69
His existence.
00:38:12.72\00:38:14.06
She's testifying to what
had taken place prior to that.
00:38:14.09\00:38:17.26
So this testimony is,
00:38:17.29\00:38:18.96
I'm amazed that
God will so condescend
00:38:18.99\00:38:21.80
and fill me that way.
00:38:21.83\00:38:23.16
For thousands of years,
00:38:23.20\00:38:24.53
they have looked
for this Jesus, right?
00:38:24.57\00:38:26.57
That's right.
And she got an honor.
00:38:26.60\00:38:29.87
They looked for a king.
00:38:29.90\00:38:31.41
But they were looking for
a king not as babe, right?
00:38:31.44\00:38:33.14
They were
looking for a grown man.
00:38:33.17\00:38:34.64
Yeah, to come back. Yeah.
00:38:34.68\00:38:36.31
Okay, Ron?
00:38:36.34\00:38:37.68
Could I take a
little side trip here?
00:38:37.71\00:38:39.31
Yes, take it. You go
and take a side trip.
00:38:39.35\00:38:41.02
Go back up here,
to where the babe,
00:38:41.05\00:38:44.45
where John,
00:38:44.49\00:38:46.09
because it was John the Baptist.
00:38:46.12\00:38:47.66
Yes, it was.
00:38:47.69\00:38:50.33
He was six months along. Yes.
00:38:50.36\00:38:53.33
I heard this,
00:38:53.36\00:38:54.70
we've all heard
probably the story
00:38:54.73\00:38:56.53
about Jennifer
LaMountain told about the boy's,
00:38:56.56\00:39:03.20
little boy singing to his sister
00:39:03.24\00:39:06.44
when she was in the womb
00:39:06.47\00:39:09.51
and she wasn't
breathing after she was born
00:39:09.54\00:39:14.68
and they dressed him up
00:39:14.72\00:39:16.55
to say goodbye to
her in the nursery
00:39:16.58\00:39:20.06
because she was dying.
00:39:20.09\00:39:21.62
He went in and
started singing to her.
00:39:21.66\00:39:23.66
You're my
sunshine, he was singing.
00:39:23.69\00:39:25.56
And she had heard
that before in the womb.
00:39:25.59\00:39:30.50
Now, people talk about,
00:39:30.53\00:39:32.90
well, it's not a
baby or it's not a human.
00:39:32.93\00:39:36.07
Right. Oh, yes.
00:39:36.10\00:39:37.64
You know, right
there, this is God's saying.
00:39:37.67\00:39:41.94
That's right. He
is a human being.
00:39:41.98\00:39:45.15
He knew what was going on.
00:39:45.18\00:39:47.28
He heard the voice
of the mother there
00:39:47.32\00:39:50.05
and the Holy
Spirit was with him.
00:39:50.09\00:39:53.19
People do not ever think
that a child is not a person
00:39:53.22\00:39:57.89
until they're born.
00:39:57.93\00:39:59.33
Thank you, Ron.
00:39:59.36\00:40:00.70
Well said, well said.
00:40:00.73\00:40:02.06
Donna?
00:40:02.10\00:40:03.43
I wanna just go on this
little side thing there.
00:40:03.47\00:40:05.23
When a baby is conceived,
00:40:08.47\00:40:12.57
God's thought is not
how they were conceived,
00:40:12.61\00:40:15.91
His thought is,
will this one serve Me?
00:40:15.94\00:40:18.45
That's right.
00:40:18.48\00:40:19.81
Will this one serve Me?
00:40:19.85\00:40:23.52
So there's value.
00:40:23.55\00:40:25.35
He doesn't see it as though
00:40:25.39\00:40:26.86
it's not conceived in
a full-fledged marriage
00:40:26.89\00:40:31.49
or anything like that.
00:40:31.53\00:40:33.09
Of course, He wants it that way.
00:40:33.13\00:40:34.46
That's right.
00:40:34.50\00:40:35.83
Because there's strength
in marriage and all that,
00:40:35.86\00:40:38.17
but when they're not
born in the most perfect way,
00:40:38.20\00:40:42.87
well, this seed,
00:40:42.90\00:40:44.24
will this seed
grow up and serve Me.
00:40:44.27\00:40:46.17
Wow, that's my story.
00:40:46.21\00:40:47.58
That's your story.
00:40:47.61\00:40:48.94
Because my mom and
dad were not married,
00:40:48.98\00:40:50.31
when I was conceived.
00:40:50.35\00:40:51.68
My mom and dad
never got married.
00:40:51.71\00:40:53.28
They met long
enough just to conceive me
00:40:53.31\00:40:55.02
and I'm so, so
glad you just said that,
00:40:55.05\00:40:57.35
will this seed
grow up to serve Me?
00:40:57.39\00:40:59.82
You know there's a
term that Angie knows.
00:40:59.85\00:41:02.12
Go ahead and say it.
00:41:02.16\00:41:03.49
It's fitting right now.
00:41:03.53\00:41:04.86
But if it's right now,
00:41:04.89\00:41:06.23
there's a term
that society has used
00:41:06.26\00:41:07.63
to delegitimize
the worth of a child.
00:41:07.66\00:41:11.77
You know, first of
all on the medical side,
00:41:11.80\00:41:13.90
some people call it an embryo.
00:41:13.94\00:41:16.54
Oh, this is the
birth of a precious child.
00:41:16.57\00:41:19.87
There's a seed that can
grow up to be a beautiful babe.
00:41:19.91\00:41:24.45
From the time the
conception takes place,
00:41:24.48\00:41:26.28
that's a life that
God puts great value on.
00:41:26.31\00:41:29.58
And I thank the Lord,
00:41:29.62\00:41:30.95
when my mom and
dad conceived me,
00:41:30.99\00:41:32.55
they were not married.
00:41:32.59\00:41:33.92
They met long enough
00:41:33.96\00:41:35.29
just I don't know
how long they dated.
00:41:35.32\00:41:36.66
They never told me,
00:41:36.69\00:41:38.03
but they never got
married and they conceived me
00:41:38.06\00:41:39.79
and my mom as a young girl
00:41:39.83\00:41:42.46
gave me life and left
me in the city of New York.
00:41:42.50\00:41:45.00
She left me in the home
00:41:45.03\00:41:46.37
of a Christian of a Seventh-day
Adventist Christian lady.
00:41:46.40\00:41:49.00
Amen.
00:41:49.04\00:41:50.37
You were not illegitimate
00:41:50.41\00:41:51.74
And the point I
want to bring out.
00:41:51.77\00:41:53.11
Yes, Honey, there's a
term that the society uses,
00:41:53.14\00:41:55.81
they call them
illegitimate child.
00:41:55.84\00:41:59.28
Let me tell you something.
00:41:59.31\00:42:00.65
I'm glad that the
world is listening.
00:42:00.68\00:42:02.08
Let's do our part
to change that phrase.
00:42:02.12\00:42:04.42
The child is not illegitimate,
the parents are illegitimate.
00:42:04.45\00:42:07.29
Right.
00:42:07.32\00:42:08.72
The child didn't
do anything. Nothing.
00:42:08.76\00:42:10.49
Absolutely. Right, Ron?
00:42:10.53\00:42:11.89
Right, Donna?
00:42:11.93\00:42:13.26
The child is not
guilty of anything.
00:42:13.29\00:42:14.90
That doesn't come out saying
00:42:14.93\00:42:17.07
is that why they
hid it when it comes out
00:42:17.10\00:42:18.57
because it did something wrong.
00:42:18.60\00:42:20.34
But the child is
not illegitimate.
00:42:20.37\00:42:22.54
The child is born the way
00:42:22.57\00:42:23.91
that God intended
for that child to happen.
00:42:23.94\00:42:26.01
Right. Nature took its course.
00:42:26.04\00:42:27.84
Say it again.
Nature took its course.
00:42:27.88\00:42:29.68
So, I'm not an
illegitimate child
00:42:29.71\00:42:31.15
and neither is any
child born out of wedlock
00:42:31.18\00:42:33.42
because God can take a seemingly
00:42:33.45\00:42:35.78
like the text said here,
00:42:35.82\00:42:37.25
for with God
nothing is impossible.
00:42:37.29\00:42:40.22
So the question,
Donna, that's powerful.
00:42:40.26\00:42:41.96
Will this child serve Me?
00:42:41.99\00:42:43.86
Yeah.
00:42:43.89\00:42:45.23
And praise God, I
look at my humble beginning
00:42:45.26\00:42:47.63
and here I am today
00:42:47.66\00:42:49.10
growing and serving the Lord,
in spite of how my story began.
00:42:49.13\00:42:52.33
Praise God.
00:42:52.37\00:42:53.70
It's going to get better though.
00:42:53.74\00:42:55.10
Yeah. It's going to get better.
00:42:55.14\00:42:57.44
Okay, now you just read that.
00:42:57.47\00:42:58.94
Honey, verse 56 and verse 57.
00:42:58.97\00:43:02.84
What a powerful story.
00:43:02.88\00:43:05.05
"And Mary remained
with her about three months
00:43:05.08\00:43:08.58
and returned to her house."
00:43:08.62\00:43:10.62
Okay, in verse 57.
00:43:10.65\00:43:11.99
"Now, Elizabeth full,
00:43:12.02\00:43:13.86
Elizabeth's full time
came for her to be delivered
00:43:13.89\00:43:18.66
and she brought forth a son."
00:43:18.69\00:43:20.86
Okay, now this is something,
I want to take off on,
00:43:20.90\00:43:22.83
because we have a little time,
00:43:22.86\00:43:24.20
I'm gonna start
building on this.
00:43:24.23\00:43:25.57
Okay.
00:43:25.60\00:43:27.54
Ladies, you all know.
00:43:27.57\00:43:29.80
Donna, you had children.
00:43:29.84\00:43:31.17
Yeah.
00:43:31.21\00:43:32.54
What happens when
you get to three months?
00:43:32.57\00:43:34.71
You start showing it.
00:43:34.74\00:43:37.01
Say it again.
00:43:37.05\00:43:38.41
You start showing it. Okay.
00:43:38.45\00:43:41.88
So what? Okay.
00:43:41.92\00:43:44.12
Now, we've got to
pack this beautifully.
00:43:44.15\00:43:46.29
So, this child,
this hidden child,
00:43:46.32\00:43:48.32
this baby Jesus,
00:43:48.36\00:43:50.33
He was hidden from society.
00:43:50.36\00:43:52.29
He was hidden from Joseph.
00:43:52.33\00:43:55.10
He was hidden
from Mary's family.
00:43:55.13\00:43:58.83
All this hiding is taking place
00:43:58.87\00:44:01.44
and then three months come
00:44:01.47\00:44:06.47
and now she can't
hide Jesus anymore.
00:44:06.51\00:44:10.25
Yeah, okay and I want
to build on that, brethren,
00:44:10.28\00:44:12.08
because when Jesus
comes into your life,
00:44:12.11\00:44:14.92
you may try to, if he,
00:44:14.95\00:44:17.19
I got to get out
of the preaching mode
00:44:17.22\00:44:18.55
and start it.
00:44:18.59\00:44:19.92
All right. Go ahead.
00:44:19.95\00:44:21.29
If Jesus is being born in you,
there's going to come a time,
00:44:21.32\00:44:25.19
when it's going to be
impossible to hide Him
00:44:25.23\00:44:29.66
because as I said a moment ago,
00:44:29.70\00:44:32.97
because the baby, Donna,
00:44:33.00\00:44:34.50
you said the baby is
starting to change you.
00:44:34.54\00:44:37.64
Just tell me briefly
because you've been a mom.
00:44:37.67\00:44:39.71
You've had children.
00:44:39.74\00:44:41.78
Is it possible to keep
eating the same way you did
00:44:41.81\00:44:47.48
when you're pregnant?
00:44:47.52\00:44:48.85
Have you
experienced any eating changes?
00:44:48.88\00:44:50.52
'Cause I hear
some weird stories.
00:44:50.55\00:44:52.42
Did you ever go
through any of that?
00:44:52.45\00:44:53.92
Yeah, I liked
certain things that weren't.
00:44:53.96\00:44:57.39
I wasn't that
crazy about before, yeah.
00:44:57.43\00:44:59.59
Okay, so the baby started
changing the way you ate?
00:44:59.63\00:45:03.20
Yeah. Okay.
00:45:03.23\00:45:04.57
Yeah. Okay.
00:45:04.60\00:45:05.93
Now, Ron, I didn't forget you.
00:45:05.97\00:45:07.67
Okay, so did you eat a lot
more after you got pregnant?
00:45:07.70\00:45:12.67
I slept a lot.
00:45:12.71\00:45:14.04
Okay. Or said just resting well.
00:45:14.08\00:45:16.88
Okay. And you eat a lot.
00:45:16.91\00:45:18.61
I ate a lot and
my grandma told me,
00:45:18.65\00:45:20.98
she didn't even know I
was expecting and she said,
00:45:21.02\00:45:23.99
you're expecting,
there's a glow about you.
00:45:24.02\00:45:26.59
Oh.
00:45:26.62\00:45:28.29
Okay, Donna.
00:45:28.32\00:45:29.66
You are, the Holy
Spirit's leading, Honey.
00:45:29.69\00:45:32.13
Okay, the Holy Spirit's leading.
00:45:32.16\00:45:33.70
Now you know what
I'm going to say, right?
00:45:33.73\00:45:35.53
I do, say it.
00:45:35.56\00:45:36.90
Brethren, when the Holy
Spirit is being born in you,
00:45:36.93\00:45:39.37
it's impossible
to hide the glow.
00:45:39.40\00:45:41.74
That's why Jesus said,
00:45:41.77\00:45:43.10
"Let your light
so shine before men."
00:45:43.14\00:45:45.41
You cannot say that
Jesus is being born in you,
00:45:45.44\00:45:48.44
if there's no glow.
00:45:48.48\00:45:50.65
Ron, come on, help me out.
00:45:50.68\00:45:53.15
Shouldn't there be
an external difference
00:45:53.18\00:45:55.72
when there's an
internal change taking place?
00:45:55.75\00:45:58.05
There should be but there isn't,
00:45:58.09\00:46:00.82
you know, it's
wonderful when you're.
00:46:00.86\00:46:04.53
My former wife. Yeah.
00:46:04.56\00:46:06.59
We've had two children
00:46:06.63\00:46:09.20
and I don't think
she had to tell me
00:46:09.23\00:46:15.47
that we were expecting
00:46:15.50\00:46:18.61
because there was
something about her changed.
00:46:18.64\00:46:22.58
You know, and I could see it.
00:46:22.61\00:46:24.75
You know when man and woman
00:46:24.78\00:46:27.82
are intimate together,
00:46:27.85\00:46:30.49
you can tell
when there's a change.
00:46:30.52\00:46:33.59
Hopefully, it'll be good.
00:46:33.62\00:46:34.96
Well, this was always
just both times it was.
00:46:34.99\00:46:38.83
It was great.
00:46:38.86\00:46:40.46
That's right so, so this,
00:46:40.50\00:46:42.26
so let's go back
and the points you made
00:46:42.30\00:46:44.47
because Angie knows
where this is headed.
00:46:44.50\00:46:46.13
Donna's given us the ammunition.
00:46:46.17\00:46:47.64
Yeah, she did. There's a glow.
00:46:47.67\00:46:49.00
Yeah.
00:46:49.04\00:46:50.37
Also, not only is there a glow,
00:46:50.41\00:46:51.84
not only is your light shining
00:46:51.87\00:46:53.27
because Jesus is
the light of the world.
00:46:53.31\00:46:55.24
It's impossible to
have the light of the world
00:46:55.28\00:46:57.31
on the inside
00:46:57.35\00:46:58.68
and not the light of the world
00:46:58.71\00:47:00.05
and the light of the world
not shining on the outside.
00:47:00.08\00:47:02.38
There's something
else, you mentioned
00:47:02.42\00:47:03.75
and you talked
about the eating part.
00:47:03.79\00:47:05.12
What happens when
a woman is pregnant,
00:47:05.15\00:47:06.49
they do what?
00:47:06.52\00:47:07.86
Eat abundantly. And...
00:47:07.89\00:47:09.22
Regularly.
00:47:09.26\00:47:10.59
They eat
abundantly and regularly.
00:47:10.63\00:47:11.96
Now, let me ask you
a question as a mom.
00:47:11.99\00:47:13.36
Why do you eat,
00:47:13.40\00:47:14.73
why do you not stop eating
00:47:14.76\00:47:16.63
when you have weight?
00:47:16.67\00:47:18.00
Why do you not stop
eating when you're pregnant?
00:47:18.03\00:47:20.24
Why do you keep eating?
00:47:20.27\00:47:21.60
You've got more than one eating.
00:47:21.64\00:47:23.54
You have more
than one person eating
00:47:24.31\00:47:26.54
Okay, so is the babe,
00:47:26.57\00:47:28.88
does the baby
have anything to do
00:47:28.91\00:47:30.41
with you continuing to eat?
00:47:30.45\00:47:32.25
Yeah. It's everything.
00:47:32.28\00:47:35.35
Yeah, it takes away from you.
00:47:35.38\00:47:37.82
You're getting nutrition, right?
00:47:37.85\00:47:39.19
The nutrition's
coming in and you're,
00:47:39.22\00:47:42.62
I don't know.
00:47:42.66\00:47:44.96
Okay.
00:47:44.99\00:47:46.33
When I first came to Christ,
00:47:46.36\00:47:48.06
the first thing I
wanted to do was share
00:47:48.10\00:47:52.93
Christ and begin to, you know,
00:47:52.97\00:47:56.07
speak to others about Christ.
00:47:56.10\00:47:57.91
All right.
00:47:57.94\00:47:59.27
I don't know if that
has anything to do with
00:47:59.31\00:48:00.64
what you're trying to say.
00:48:00.68\00:48:02.01
You made the
point just a moment ago,
00:48:02.04\00:48:03.38
the baby has to be nourished.
00:48:03.41\00:48:04.75
Oh, yeah.
00:48:04.78\00:48:06.11
And the baby
starts making the changes.
00:48:06.15\00:48:07.48
The glow happens
00:48:07.52\00:48:08.85
not because Donna wants to glow,
00:48:08.88\00:48:10.22
but the baby makes the glow.
00:48:10.25\00:48:11.65
Right.
00:48:11.69\00:48:13.02
The Donna eats abundantly
and regularly because the baby,
00:48:13.05\00:48:18.56
without eating, the
baby will not survive.
00:48:18.59\00:48:20.36
Right.
00:48:20.40\00:48:21.73
Let me make the
comparison, brethren,
00:48:21.76\00:48:23.97
the reason why we
have to as Christians
00:48:24.00\00:48:26.50
eat of the word of God
abundantly and regularly.
00:48:26.53\00:48:29.67
The only way
that the Jesus in you
00:48:29.70\00:48:31.37
is going to survive
00:48:31.41\00:48:32.94
is if you eat
abundantly and regularly.
00:48:32.97\00:48:35.31
Now what else
happens? What else happens?
00:48:35.34\00:48:37.98
Let's say, okay, five months.
00:48:38.01\00:48:40.85
What happens at about a
three, four, five-month period?
00:48:40.88\00:48:43.42
Well, you're getting
thicker and it's growing.
00:48:43.45\00:48:48.92
Okay.
00:48:48.96\00:48:50.29
Jesus is, say
let's, I don't know, say,
00:48:50.33\00:48:52.33
Jesus is growing in us
00:48:52.36\00:48:53.70
or the baby is
growing in us and...
00:48:53.73\00:48:59.03
What else happens?
00:48:59.07\00:49:00.60
What else happens,
Honey? You get thicker.
00:49:00.64\00:49:02.10
Your clothing.
00:49:02.14\00:49:03.47
Oh, your clothing changes.
00:49:03.51\00:49:05.04
Yeah, you gotta, you can't
get and stay in your clothes.
00:49:05.07\00:49:07.38
You can't wear
your usual clothes
00:49:07.41\00:49:09.24
that you used to wear.
00:49:09.28\00:49:10.61
Well, they do now, the
tighter, you know Yeah,
00:49:10.65\00:49:12.51
but the baby's
suffering from that but, Honey,
00:49:12.55\00:49:14.92
what's the point
that's being made here?
00:49:14.95\00:49:17.85
You don't dress the
way you used to dress
00:49:17.89\00:49:19.75
before you were pregnant.
00:49:19.79\00:49:21.16
Wow.
00:49:21.19\00:49:22.52
Now, I want you to
grab that. This is powerful.
00:49:22.56\00:49:24.49
This is the miracle of the story
00:49:24.53\00:49:25.86
of the birth of Christ.
00:49:25.89\00:49:27.66
We didn't forget you, Ron.
00:49:27.70\00:49:29.03
We're coming back to you
'cause you've a supportive role.
00:49:29.06\00:49:30.70
Hold on, Joseph,
00:49:30.73\00:49:32.07
we're coming to you in a minute.
00:49:32.10\00:49:33.44
Okay.
00:49:33.47\00:49:34.80
Here's the other thing
00:49:34.84\00:49:36.17
because we're going to
talk about the changes.
00:49:36.20\00:49:37.54
You change the way you eat.
00:49:37.57\00:49:38.91
Yeah.
00:49:38.94\00:49:40.28
There's a glow,
because Christ is in your life.
00:49:40.31\00:49:41.64
Yes.
00:49:41.68\00:49:43.01
And for those who think about
00:49:43.04\00:49:44.38
changing the way
a Christian dress,
00:49:44.41\00:49:45.75
let me tell you something.
00:49:45.78\00:49:47.12
When Jesus is being born in you,
00:49:47.15\00:49:48.48
you cannot help but to
change the way you dress,
00:49:48.52\00:49:51.45
because the baby
is making the change.
00:49:51.49\00:49:54.12
Right? That's right.
00:49:54.16\00:49:55.49
It starts taking over if you,
00:49:55.52\00:49:57.43
I mean it gets to
the place where you,
00:49:57.46\00:49:59.33
he's taking over,
00:49:59.36\00:50:00.70
that baby is
taking over your body.
00:50:00.73\00:50:02.93
Right.
00:50:02.96\00:50:04.30
So what happens
when you get to the point
00:50:04.33\00:50:05.67
where you're like a
watermelon that shown?
00:50:05.70\00:50:08.54
Does it change the way you walk?
00:50:08.57\00:50:10.07
Well, sure.
00:50:10.11\00:50:11.44
Yeah.
00:50:11.47\00:50:12.81
The way you walk, okay.
00:50:12.84\00:50:14.18
Okay.
00:50:14.21\00:50:15.54
You kind of wobble, don't you?
00:50:15.58\00:50:16.91
Yeah, right.
00:50:16.95\00:50:18.28
It does, it changes everything.
00:50:18.31\00:50:19.65
Okay. Everything is changed.
00:50:19.68\00:50:21.02
Everything is changed.
00:50:21.05\00:50:22.38
So, Ron, what am I saying,
00:50:22.42\00:50:23.75
should the
Christians walk change?
00:50:23.79\00:50:25.39
Absolutely.
00:50:25.42\00:50:27.02
When you're walking with Christ,
00:50:27.06\00:50:28.42
you're going to walk different.
00:50:28.46\00:50:30.49
You're going to walk,
00:50:30.53\00:50:33.16
while you're going to
be considerate of others,
00:50:33.19\00:50:36.36
you're going to be,
00:50:36.40\00:50:39.33
you're going to be
following the Lord.
00:50:39.37\00:50:41.67
I'm going to try to
walk the way Jesus walked
00:50:41.70\00:50:44.67
as He walked the
hills of Galilee.
00:50:44.71\00:50:48.01
That's right. That's right.
00:50:48.04\00:50:49.74
Okay, Donna?
00:50:49.78\00:50:51.11
There's a way to walk also,
00:50:51.15\00:50:53.11
like you're carrying
something very special
00:50:53.15\00:50:57.95
and you need help sometimes
00:50:57.99\00:50:59.99
and I just think
about walking with Jesus,
00:51:00.02\00:51:02.92
His arm in arm with Him,
00:51:02.96\00:51:05.29
and the enemy coming
behind trying to trip us up.
00:51:05.33\00:51:08.66
You know, for whatever reason,
00:51:08.70\00:51:10.03
you don't want to
trip when you know
00:51:10.07\00:51:12.63
expecting or any of that
00:51:12.67\00:51:14.00
and when you're
carrying something so precious
00:51:14.04\00:51:17.87
that you just don't want
00:51:17.91\00:51:19.37
to trip and hurt
that relationship
00:51:19.41\00:51:22.41
or anybody else's relationship
00:51:22.44\00:51:25.25
and so I just think about
being arm in arm with Jesus.
00:51:25.28\00:51:28.55
Sometimes you're
going down dark avenues,
00:51:28.58\00:51:34.06
sometimes not so dark
but a lot of dark avenues.
00:51:34.09\00:51:37.09
We live in this
world, we can't keep from it.
00:51:37.13\00:51:40.26
Oh, you don't even know
what you're saying, Donna.
00:51:40.30\00:51:41.90
Well, we can't keep from it.
00:51:41.93\00:51:43.63
Now, let me tell
you, why this is so good.
00:51:43.67\00:51:45.10
I'm just, we're
just sitting here
00:51:45.13\00:51:46.47
and watching this,
00:51:46.50\00:51:47.84
'cause you made, the
Holy Spirit's leading
00:51:47.87\00:51:49.40
because you just made a point
that's so significant here.
00:51:49.44\00:51:52.24
When a woman gets to the point
00:51:52.27\00:51:53.61
where it's hard to
balance that baby by herself,
00:51:53.64\00:51:55.98
does she hold on her
00:51:56.01\00:51:57.35
to her husband's
hand more tightly?
00:51:57.38\00:51:58.71
Right, you do. Okay.
00:51:58.75\00:52:00.22
So what does Jude 1:24 say, Ron?
00:52:00.25\00:52:02.35
"Unto him who is able
to keep you from falling."
00:52:02.38\00:52:06.45
Amen.
00:52:06.49\00:52:07.82
Right, absolutely.
00:52:07.86\00:52:09.36
Ain't that wonderful? Amen.
00:52:09.39\00:52:10.73
You just added
another component.
00:52:10.76\00:52:12.19
Yeah.
00:52:12.23\00:52:13.56
Brothers and sisters,
00:52:13.60\00:52:14.93
when Jesus is being born in you,
00:52:14.96\00:52:16.67
you got to hold on
to the Lord's hands
00:52:16.70\00:52:19.00
more tightly
00:52:19.03\00:52:20.44
because the baby
00:52:20.47\00:52:21.80
that is being born
in you is precious,
00:52:21.84\00:52:24.04
and only as you hold
to the hand of the man,
00:52:24.07\00:52:27.31
Christ Jesus. Amen.
00:52:27.34\00:52:28.68
The man in your
life, the husband man.
00:52:28.71\00:52:30.68
Yes.
00:52:30.71\00:52:32.05
Can he keep you from
falling. That's right.
00:52:32.08\00:52:33.85
Oh, I think about
that and I don't know.
00:52:33.88\00:52:37.45
I think about
being locked with him
00:52:37.49\00:52:40.49
and holding on to him,
00:52:40.52\00:52:43.19
you know, the enemy's
always trying to trip you up.
00:52:43.22\00:52:45.39
Always trying to
make you feel like,
00:52:45.43\00:52:46.96
you're not where
you're supposed to be in God,
00:52:47.00\00:52:49.66
he's, that
you've lost him somehow.
00:52:49.70\00:52:52.00
He doesn't like you anymore,
00:52:52.03\00:52:54.64
you've done
something wrong or whatever
00:52:54.67\00:52:56.81
and you know we can
get to feeling that way
00:52:56.84\00:52:59.11
but I think Jesus
likes to turn around
00:52:59.14\00:53:01.51
and see the enemy and say,
00:53:01.54\00:53:03.04
something in that dark
alley of an area and say,
00:53:03.08\00:53:06.85
like he's this enemy and say.
00:53:06.88\00:53:10.12
Jesus would say,
go ahead make my day.
00:53:10.15\00:53:14.19
You know like,
Sylvester Stallone, is that?
00:53:14.22\00:53:16.86
No. No, who is it?
00:53:16.89\00:53:18.53
No. Clint, well whoever.
00:53:18.56\00:53:20.73
Yeah, Eastwood.
00:53:20.76\00:53:22.10
And I want to bring
Joseph in also a.k.a Ron.
00:53:22.13\00:53:25.40
Okay. Go to Matthew 1: 20.
00:53:25.43\00:53:27.37
Go to Matthew
1:20 because right now,
00:53:27.40\00:53:29.74
Mary is in a
beautiful predicament.
00:53:29.77\00:53:31.77
If ever there was a
beautiful predicament,
00:53:31.81\00:53:34.28
Mary was in a
beautiful predicament
00:53:34.31\00:53:36.14
because she is delivering
to the world the greatest gift.
00:53:36.18\00:53:39.58
You see, the term of our worship
00:53:39.61\00:53:41.25
is the greatest gift.
00:53:41.28\00:53:42.68
It's about salvation,
00:53:42.72\00:53:44.09
but we approach salvation
00:53:44.12\00:53:45.45
from a
completely different angle
00:53:45.49\00:53:47.16
because, you know,
00:53:47.19\00:53:48.52
a lot of people waiting
for the theological terms
00:53:48.56\00:53:49.89
like justification,
sanctification, glorification
00:53:49.92\00:53:51.83
and that was our idea,
00:53:51.86\00:53:53.73
but the Lord
took a different turn.
00:53:53.76\00:53:55.10
So now, Mary goes back
home after three months.
00:53:55.13\00:53:58.10
She got it.
00:53:58.13\00:53:59.47
She's got to explain
to Joseph what's going on
00:53:59.50\00:54:01.60
and verse 19 and verse 20,
00:54:01.64\00:54:03.37
because Joseph is
in a predicament too.
00:54:03.41\00:54:05.97
Go ahead, verse 19 and
verse 20 of Matthew Chapter 1.
00:54:06.01\00:54:10.11
"Then when Joseph her
husband being a just man
00:54:10.15\00:54:13.42
and not wanting to
make her a public example,
00:54:13.45\00:54:16.89
was minded to put
her away secretly,
00:54:16.92\00:54:19.95
but while he
thought about these things,
00:54:19.99\00:54:22.16
behold an angel of the Lord
00:54:22.19\00:54:24.43
appeared to him
in a dream saying,
00:54:24.46\00:54:26.66
'Joseph, son of David,
00:54:26.70\00:54:29.50
do not be afraid to take to you,
00:54:29.53\00:54:31.57
Mary your wife
00:54:31.60\00:54:33.57
for that which is conceived
in her is of the Holy Spirit.'"
00:54:33.60\00:54:38.37
Oh, man.
00:54:38.41\00:54:39.74
If you could see the
hairs under my shoulder.
00:54:39.77\00:54:41.68
If I was a hairy guy
00:54:41.71\00:54:43.04
my shirt would
be getting bigger.
00:54:43.08\00:54:44.95
I mean, that's a powerful point.
00:54:44.98\00:54:46.78
You know, why, you
know, what that's saying?
00:54:46.82\00:54:48.28
What?
00:54:48.32\00:54:49.88
That when you're
in a predicament,
00:54:49.92\00:54:51.69
let the Lord explain it
00:54:51.72\00:54:53.76
to those who
don't understand it.
00:54:53.79\00:54:56.49
The closest people
to you will understand
00:54:56.52\00:54:59.26
because the predicament
that the Holy Spirit got you in
00:54:59.29\00:55:02.83
will bring it to light
in other people's lives.
00:55:02.86\00:55:05.60
He said to him, I
know what you want to do,
00:55:05.63\00:55:08.64
but don't get rid of her
00:55:08.67\00:55:10.17
because what's happening
in her is of the Holy Spirit,
00:55:10.21\00:55:13.44
because he was a just man.
00:55:13.48\00:55:16.54
Why do you think
he felt that way, Ron?
00:55:16.58\00:55:18.68
We have one more point,
00:55:18.71\00:55:20.05
why do you think
he felt that way?
00:55:20.08\00:55:21.72
Well, he had to.
00:55:21.75\00:55:24.72
He had the people of his nation
00:55:24.75\00:55:28.76
or I mean of
his neighborhood to,
00:55:28.79\00:55:31.69
you know, he had a
carpenter shop there.
00:55:31.73\00:55:34.53
Yes.
00:55:34.56\00:55:35.90
He had people
watching, you know, who's,
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have you heard about Joseph?
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Have you heard about Joseph?
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His wife is pregnant,
they're not even married.
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And they aren't
even, they're just engaged.
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That's right.
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Talk of the town.
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So now there's
one more component.
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Go to Matthew 25:13.
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The time doesn't allow us
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to stretch the entire story out,
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but there's one
other thing, Donna,
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because the other thing
about a woman that's pregnant,
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you have to keep
all your appointments.
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You got to make sure
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all the doctor's
appointments are kept.
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Take your vitamins.
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Take your vitamins,
you got to keep that going.
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Every appointment
to worship the Lord.
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My brothers, if Jesus is in you,
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don't miss those
appointments to worship.
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Don't miss those
appointments for fellowship,
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but there's one more thing.
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Now, the doctor sometimes
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can give you
the approximate time
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of when the baby's coming,
but look at Matthew 25:13.
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This is the lesson
as we close tonight.
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Look at Matthew 25:13.
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He said five.
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Thank you. Matthew 25:13.
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All right.
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My honey's going to read that.
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Listen to this,
the beauty of it.
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"Watch therefore, for
you know neither the day
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nor the hour
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in which the Son
of man is coming."
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Donna.
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You don't know.
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You know what it means?
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You may be the mother.
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Jesus may be
being born in you. Yes.
00:56:50.64\00:56:53.14
You may have a baby,
00:56:53.17\00:56:54.51
the doctor may try
his best to predict.
00:56:54.54\00:56:55.94
A lot of people
try to figure out
00:56:55.98\00:56:57.31
when Jesus is coming,
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but we just found out
00:56:58.71\00:57:00.05
that salvation
brings one last component.
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We've got to be ready.
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I've heard that
women pack a bag,
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to get ready to rush
to the hospital, right?
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And there are birth pains.
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And there are pains leading up.
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The world is
showing us all the pains.
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Jesus who is being born in
you, who has been born in you,
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is about to come again
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and since we don't
know the day nor the hour,
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may the great gift of
salvation lead you to be ready,
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for in such an
hour as we do not think
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the Son of a man
is going to come.
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God bless you.
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Merry Christmas
and Happy Sabbath.
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