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There's part of
the Christmas story
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that you've probably
never heard before,
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but could change your life
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and bring you
peace this Christmas.
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Merry Christmas, by the way.
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I'm Kyle. This is Crossroads.
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And whether you're watching
this on Christmas Day,
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Christmas Eve, whenever,
I have a question:
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do you know the
story of Christmas?
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I mean, sure, you know
Mary and Joseph and Jesus,
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of course, but what
about everyone else?
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In fact, who is everybody else?
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That's what today is.
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We're uncovering three
unknown characters
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of the Christmas story
who are seemingly unrelated
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and discovering how they're
not only deeply connected
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to each other,
but also to Jesus.
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We'll see how Elizabeth
was visited by an angel,
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how Gabriel was
waiting hundreds of years
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to deliver an impossible
message of hope,
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how Herod tried to stop
it all from happening,
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and how the Christmas
story changes everything
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for our lives today and
can unlock the peace
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you and I need this Christmas.
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- So there are some
heavy hitters in the Bible.
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You've got big
names that we know,
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you've got Mary, you've got
Joseph and of course, Jesus.
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Now the name that you won't hear
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and you haven't
heard is Elizabeth,
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but she is in fact a part
of the Christmas story.
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See, Elizabeth was married
to this guy named Zachariah,
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and they were both very old
and unable to have children.
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I mean, I'm talking old,
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at the age where all
the eggs are hard boiled,
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cracked, soldiers
are not marching.
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And the Bible
says that Elizabeth
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is well past childbearing age,
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and that would have been
scientifically impossible
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for her to have killed.
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Absolutely. Like I just
said, soldiers aren't moving.
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She would have been woefully
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and humiliatingly
bearen to this point,
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just not able to have a kid.
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Imagine what that would
have felt like, to be barren,
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to know that that's
the one thing you want
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and you can't have it.
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And yet, Elizabeth
was considered faithful.
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She was a woman who
was righteous before God.
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Even though she
didn't get the thing
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that she wanted most in life,
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she still regarded God as good.
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See, just like Mary,
which happens way earlier
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in the Christmas story,
Elizabeth and her husband
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were visited by an
angel, the Angel Gabriel,
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and we're going to
uncover what happens next
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and how it changed everything.
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In the time of
Herod, King of Judea,
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there was a priest
named Zechariah,
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who belonged to the
priestly division of Abijah.
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His wife, Elizabeth, was
also a descendant of Aaron.
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Both of them were
righteous in the sight of God,
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observing all of the
Lord's commands
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and decrees blamelessly.
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But they were childless
because Elizabeth
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was not able to conceive
and they both were very old.
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Then in Angel of the Lord
appeared to Zachariah
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standing at the right
side of the altar of incense.
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When Zachariah saw
him, he was startled
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and was gripped with fear.
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But the angel said to him,
"Do not be afraid, Zachariah,
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your prayer has been heard.
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Your wife, Elizabeth,
will bear you a son,
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and you are to call him John."
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Zachariah asked the Angel,
"How can I be sure of this?
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I am an old man and my
wife is well along in years."
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The angel said to
him, "I am Gabriel.
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I stand in the presence of
God, and I have been sent
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to speak to you and
tell you this good news.
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And now you will be
silent and not able to speak
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until the day happens
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because you did
not believe my words,
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which will come true
at their appointed time."
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- This scene is crazy.
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An angel shows up at intersects
the story of Elizabeth
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when he talks to her
husband, Zachariah.
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His name is Gabriel.
He's an eternal being.
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If you look at the
Bible, angels appear
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to have this existence
completely different than us.
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The Bible has
sections that talk about
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what happened before
the beginning of the world,
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and the angels were there
in that part of the story,
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and it has sections about
after the end of the world
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and the angels are there.
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He's this cosmic scale being.
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By the way, I find
this interesting.
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Angels in the
Bible are often seen
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and symbolized as the stars.
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There's this eternal
weight and scale to them
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that's just mind blowing.
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He shows up to
deliver this message,
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a message that, by the way,
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he'd been waiting a long
time to deliver, millennia.
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Finally, the day arrives.
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This cosmic being
shows up and his scale,
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his sheer size, it
scares Zachariah so bad
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he just gets all freaked out.
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You know, angels aren't
these little chubby babies
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with wings flying
around, super cute.
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It's like this mind blowingly
large navy seal shows up
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and then tells them this
good news about the future
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that seems too good to be true.
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And in that moment,
Zachariah does what we all do
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when we hear news that's
too good to be true, he balks.
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Luke 1:18 says:
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Him and Elizabeth,
they were in a desert.
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It was dark in their life.
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They had been hoping for a
baby for decades, decades.
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How many times had Elisabeth
thought she was pregnant,
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only to be let down?
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How many miscarriages
had they been through
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in their journey?
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And so with an angel of
God standing in front of him,
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Zachariah basically says,
"Man, I don't believe you.
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Maybe at one point in my life
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I'd hope for something better.
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But the night has set in
and if I hope for the morning,
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if I hope for dawn, if I
hope to be able to see,
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I'm just going to be let down.
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And so it's going to be
easier for me, Gabriel,
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if I just say, 'I don't buy it.'
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It's safer for me here."
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Gabriel's response
to Zachariah says this:
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I'm Gabriel. I stand with God.
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I'm giving you His
words and I'm telling you
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they will come true
at their time. They will.
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I just wonder about
you in your life,
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is there a place where
you've heard the Word of God,
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you've seen a
promise in the Bible
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or a video like this
or coming to church,
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at one point you
believed for better,
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you believe that you can
live life and not feel alone.
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You believe that that you
could actually feel hope
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and peace and in not just
feel so numb all the time.
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You believe that.
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But now, after being
let down so many times,
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you're just not sure.
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Maybe it's just
easier to just decide
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it's going to be dark, you know,
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just live out here
alone by yourself.
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If you hope for the morning,
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you're going to be let down.
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But here's the good news:
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the plans of God
cannot be changed.
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It's good news. Good news.
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Somebody who tried
to stop God's plans,
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a guy named King Herod.
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- Now, after Jesus was
born in Bethlehem of Judea
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in the days of Herod the King,
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behold, wise men from
the East came to Jerusalem
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saying, "Where is He who
has been born King of the Jews?
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But we saw His star when it rose
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and have come to worship Him."
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And when Herod the King
heard this, he was troubled
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and all Jerusalem with
him and assembling
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all the chief priests
and scribes of the people
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he inquired of them where
the Christ was to be born.
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Herod is this ruler who's
overseeing the Jews
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under the authority
of the Romans,
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and it's appropriate
that this starts --
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By the way, he's an awful
ruler, he's a bad ruler,
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he's got a major ego complex.
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He hurts everybody around him.
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He has zero peace his life
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and he make sure
everybody around him
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doesn't have peace.
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And this whole story
with that verse we read
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starts with the phrase
"In the days of Herod."
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Everything is about him, and
people know that day is him
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because he is
an authority figure
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that's hurting
people around him.
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In reality, he's really
not that powerful at all.
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His city, his
wealth, his status,
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it all ended up
like ancient ruins.
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And this is the
way it is with us.
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We could actually do
a little adaptation here
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and say in the days of
Brian, in the days of Michelle,
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the days of Eduardo,
in the days of Lakisha.
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Someday, everything
that's around us
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will end up as rubble.
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And it behooves us to
get on the page of God,
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and Christmas reminds us
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that there is a page called God.
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Actually, it's
called King Jesus.
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Christmas is about the
Kingdom of God being built,
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and nothing can stop that.
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And when God promises
anything, including a Deliverer
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or a Savior, He's
going to deliver.
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- Luke 1 says:
In the sixth month
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of Elizabeth's pregnancy,
God sent the Angel Gabriel
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to Nazareth, a town
in Galilee, to a virgin
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pledge to be married
to a man named Joseph,
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a descendant of David.
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The Virgin's name was Mary.
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The angel went to her and said,
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"Greetings, you who
are highly favored,
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the lord is with you."
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Mary was greatly
troubled at his words
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and wondered what kind
of greeting this might be.
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But the angel said to her,
"Do not be afraid, Mary,
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you have found favor with God.
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You will conceive
and give birth to a son
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and you are to call him Jesus.
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He will be great
and will be called
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the Son of the Most High.
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The Lord God will give Him
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the throne of His father David
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and He will reign over
Jacob's descendants forever.
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His kingdom will never end.
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"How will this be,"
Mary asked the angel.
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"Since I'm a virgin?"
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The angel answered, "The
Holy Spirit will come on you
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and the power of the Most
High will overshadow you.
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So the holy one to
be born will be called
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the Son of God.
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Even Elizabeth, your relative,
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is going to have a
child in her old age,
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and she, who was said
to be unable to conceive,
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is in her sixth month.
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For no word from
God will ever fail."
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So Gabriel shows
up a second time
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in the Christmas story,
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and he's got the same
assignment as the first time
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when he showed up to Zachariah:
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deliver what seems
like impossible news
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to somebody about a good
thing God's going to do.
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Gabriel probably
is hoping like, "Man,
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I hope this one goes
better than the last one.
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I hope I don't have
to make anybody
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not able to speak or something.
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I hope Mary just says cool."
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But that's not what happens.
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She has the same
response as Zachariah:
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"How will I know
that this is true?
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How can I be
sure? I'm too young.
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This doesn't make any sense."
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Gabriel gives her the same
response he gives Zachariah,
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but he sharpens it a little bit.
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He sharpens it, and he says,
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"No word from
God will ever fail."
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It's the final line we
ever get from Gabriel
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in the entire Bible.
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It's this thesis
statement, so to speak.
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It's his message to humanity
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over thousands and
thousands of years and today,
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to you and to me.
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No word from God
will ever fail. None.
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Now you might
open your Bible app,
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and you might see
a different translation
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because this verse
is actually translated
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a few different ways.
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The English
Standard Version says:
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If you pair the
translations to get together,
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what you get is this
understanding that
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if God has said it, it
won't be impossible.
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It will happen.
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I just wonder about your life.
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What in your life
has God promised
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that seems impossible to you?
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That star could happen
for you right now.
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Just say, "Yes, God,
I choose to believe.
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I will believe.
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Gabriel was God's messenger sent
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to deliver the good
news at Christmas
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that the impossible is possible.
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I'm telling you happened
then, it can happen now.
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It's possible for you.
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- At that time, Mary
got ready and hurried
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to a town in the hill
country of Judea,
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where she entered
Zachariah's home
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and greeted Elizabeth.
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When Elizabeth
heard Mary's greeting,
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the baby leaped in
her womb and Elizabeth
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was filled with the Holy Spirit.
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In a loud voice she exclaimed,
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"Blessed are you among women
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and blessed is the
child you will bear.
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But why am I so favored that
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the mother of my Lord
should come to me?
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As soon as the sound of
your greeting reached my ears,
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the baby in my
womb leaped for joy.
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Blessed is she who
has believed that
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the Lord would fulfill
His promises to her."
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So the Angel
Gabriel talks to Mary,
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and this is a part of the
Christmas story that we know.
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And he tells her about
her relative, Elizabeth.
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And Mary gets excited and
she hurries to go see her.
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And then impossible
things start happening.
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See, Elizabeth was
in a time of seclusion
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before she saw Mary.
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The Bible says that
she became pregnant,
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and then she went to seclusion.
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It doesn't really say why,
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it doesn't go into the details,
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but coming out of her seclusion,
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the very first visitor
that she has is Mary.
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And when she hears
the voice of Mary,
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the baby inside of her leaps.
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And Elizabeth, I mean,
straight up loses it.
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She gets super excited.
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I imagine her
jumping up for joy,
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maybe turning
around three times.
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And because she starts
praising God all over the place.
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And I think she does
this because perhaps
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it's the first time she
felt the baby move.
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See, that hint in the
Bible about seclusion
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could be for a lot of
reasons, but I think
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it's because Elizabeth
was on bed rest.
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I think that she had not
felt the baby move at all
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and maybe had assumed
that the baby was stillborn.
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Imagine what that
would have felt like
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to have been down
this road long before
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time and time and
time and time again,
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where you were
trying and asking God
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to do something for you
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and you would get
to the point where
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maybe there was a
baby inside of you,
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but you didn't know if
it was going to happen,
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if it was going to
see the light of day.
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See if the baby was stillborn,
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Elizabeth would have
absolutely no way of knowing.
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She would have no
way of getting it out.
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There wasn't a C-section
line or an ultrasound machine.
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She couldn't call
her O.B. and say,
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"Hey, brother, I think
something is going on."
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Imagine what she was thinking.
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Is she thinking, "Is God good?
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Would He allow me to
have this baby inside of me
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and not let me feel its life?"
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I think Elizabeth had given up.
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I think she had called it quits.
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I think she was in
that seclusion saying,
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"You know what?
This is the last time
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I know I'm old.
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I shouldn't even be
able to have this kid,
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but here I am, and I give up."
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And that's why it's so
much more important
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when Mary arrives.
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See, because Mary is
carrying the Good News.
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Mary is carrying life
and the light of the world,
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and so the Word of God is
present in Elizabeth's house.
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And when that happens,
the life inside of Mary
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makes the life inside
of Elizabeth respond
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and her baby leaps.
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Elizabeth story is the
impossible being made possible,
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which is the Christmas story.
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It's impossible things
happening all over the place,
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and that is the story of Jesus.
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See, Elizabeth's
story sets the stage
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for a coming King
who would constantly
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do impossible things
for years and years
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and ages to come.
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Her story and her
miracle all lead up to
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the birth of Jesus that
would change everything.
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- Then Herod summoned
the wise men secretly
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00:16:10
and ascertain from them
what time the star had appeared
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00:16:15
And he sent them
to Bethlehem saying,
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"Go and search
diligently for the child.
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And when you have
found him, bring me word
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that I too may come
and worship him."
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00:16:28
Jesus is born the day
that we know as Christmas.
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00:16:31
Christmas is here, but
it's not the end of the story.
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00:16:34
Christmas is about
God's promise of peace,
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00:16:37
real peace found and
resolving your conflict
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00:16:40
with King Jesus.
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00:16:41
And how you and
I react to the king
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00:16:44
determines whether
or not you'll have peace.
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00:16:47
Here we see how
King Herod reacts
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00:16:49
to the arrival of King Jesus.
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00:16:51
He really didn't want
to worship Jesus.
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00:16:53
He just says that
so he can find Him
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00:16:55
and actually kill Him.
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00:16:56
He's always trying
to exert his authority,
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00:16:58
his power, his might, his wealth
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by whatever he drives or
whatever chariots he drives,
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00:17:03
whatever he builds.
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00:17:05
Herod says, "Bring this
kid to me, this baby king.
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00:17:07
I hear he's a king,
bring him to me.
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00:17:09
I want to worship Him."
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00:17:10
He doesn't want to worship
Him, he wants to kill Him.
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00:17:12
The Magi refused
to do it. They take off.
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00:17:15
So Herod goes to
Bethlehem and he wipes out
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00:17:20
all of the infants in the area.
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00:17:21
He said, "If Jesus
is one of them,
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00:17:23
I'm going to get Him."
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00:17:25
Kills them all.
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00:17:26
The crazy thing
is that while Herod
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00:17:27
didn't get his wish and
killing Jesus as an infant,
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00:17:30
the good news is
there's no human leader,
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00:17:32
no matter how powerful,
who can beat the plan of God.
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00:17:35
Jesus's birth at Christmas,
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00:17:37
while Herod tried to stop it,
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00:17:38
it changed everything
for the world.
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00:17:40
My life is different.
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00:17:42
Yours may be as well.
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00:17:43
People, you know, people
in every corner of the globe
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00:17:46
and every time history can see
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00:17:48
how King Jesus impacted them.
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00:17:50
Not just back then, but now,
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00:17:52
everything can change
for you this Christmas.
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00:18:00
- The birth of Jesus changed
the world 2000 years ago.
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00:18:05
But the miracle of
Jesus is not far away
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00:18:08
or ancient or mythical.
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00:18:10
Christmas is here and
now, as miraculous today
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00:18:13
as the day Jesus was born.
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00:18:16
It changes our world
today by changing us.
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00:18:20
The good news
of Christmas is that
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00:18:22
the birth of Jesus
changes everything.
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00:18:25
It changes chaos to peace,
fear to love,
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00:18:29
despair to hope, doubt to faith.
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00:18:34
God could have rescued
the world by force and power.
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00:18:37
He could have used
a king or a conqueror,
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00:18:40
but instead God chose
Mary, a teenage girl,
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00:18:43
to give birth to Jesus,
the promised Savior.
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00:18:46
It was a miracle, and
Mary believed and rejoiced.
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00:18:50
Mary's fiancé Joseph
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00:18:52
did not understand
what God had done.
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00:18:54
He doubted and planned
to divorce her quietly.
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00:18:58
But God sent an
angel to tell him that
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00:19:01
the child Mary carried
was from the Holy Spirit
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00:19:03
and that this child
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00:19:05
would save His
people from their sins.
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00:19:07
This was amazing news.
This was not easy news.
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00:19:11
Mary and Joseph
let the power of God
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00:19:14
transform their hearts
from doubt to faith.
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00:19:25
So much to lose.
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00:19:32
So much to consider
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00:19:39
Nothing to give.
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00:19:46
When so much has been given.
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00:19:52
This changes everything
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00:20:06
You put me
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00:20:12
between a rock and a hard place
-
00:20:21
I must break free
from this disgrace
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00:20:38
It's not just her and me anymore
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00:20:45
Two becomes one, becomes three
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00:20:50
This changes everything
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00:21:07
So much to love.
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00:21:14
There's so much to consider.
-
00:21:21
So much to cherish.
-
00:21:28
So much to remember.
-
00:21:33
This changes everything.
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00:21:48
She put me
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00:21:53
between a rock and a hard place
-
00:22:03
I must break free
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00:22:09
from this disgrace
-
00:22:19
It's not just her
and me anymore.
-
00:22:27
Two becomes one, becomes three
-
00:22:32
This changes everything
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00:22:47
This changes everything
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00:23:30
This changes everything
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00:23:59
- If God actually
came to the world,
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00:24:01
which is what
Christmas celebrates,
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00:24:03
everything is changed,
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00:24:06
our hopes, our
dreams, our aspirations,
-
00:24:08
the importance of the things
-
00:24:10
I get stressed out about
right now, it all changes.
-
00:24:13
The birth of Jesus
changes everything
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00:24:15
and that everything
previous in world history
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00:24:18
has been leading
up to this moment.
-
00:24:19
That's why we
date time after Him.
-
00:24:22
All of these other
characters were
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00:24:25
all part of God's Plan
and the story at Christmas.
-
00:24:28
They all contributed
to the Christmas story
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00:24:30
in a big way.
-
00:24:31
Elizabeth, she shows it by faith
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00:24:33
the impossible
was made possible.
-
00:24:35
Gabriel was preparing
to deliver this message
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00:24:38
of news for hundreds of years.
-
00:24:39
Even somebody who
wasn't human, an angel.
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00:24:42
Herod had tried to stop
it, and ultimately he failed.
-
00:24:46
Herod later goes on
to die a brutal death
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00:24:48
that I detailed a lot in
the previous episode.
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00:24:51
You probably want
to check that out.
-
00:24:53
I won't talk about it right now,
because this is Christmas.
-
00:24:55
It might gross you
out on Christmas.
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00:24:57
But his kingdom is in ruins.
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00:24:59
Jesus lived on as the
Savior and the Son of God
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00:25:03
and God overcame
the evil in this world,
-
00:25:05
the evil that was
personified in Herod
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00:25:08
and replace it with
peace, the Prince of Peace.
-
00:25:13
Who gets to be under the
rule of the Prince of Peace?
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00:25:16
Anybody who would put themselves
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00:25:18
under the rule of King Jesus.
-
00:25:21
The Book of John
1:12-13, it says this:
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00:25:44
When we come into
relationship with Jesus,
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00:25:46
it's not a human decision,
it's a godly decision.
-
00:25:49
He's been wooing us and
when we come into His family,
-
00:25:52
we're born into His family.
-
00:25:54
It's not of our own might,
not have our own power,
-
00:25:57
but of the power of God
coming under the rule of Jesus.
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00:26:01
You and I can choose
to either be like Herod
-
00:26:04
and hold tight to
your little bit of power,
-
00:26:07
or you can choose the
peace that Jesus gives
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00:26:09
by coming into our lives.
-
00:26:12
The last year and a
half has been so stressful
-
00:26:14
because I've tried to hold on,
-
00:26:15
hold on to the life
that I wanted to have,
-
00:26:17
hold on to the way I thought
life should be operating.
-
00:26:20
I was just holding on
tight, clenched fists,
-
00:26:23
like Herod was,
like maybe you are.
-
00:26:26
We get so angry
and so upset because
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00:26:28
we're coming under
the rule of ourselves,
-
00:26:30
having things the
way we want it.
-
00:26:32
And when we're
like that and upset,
-
00:26:35
we can't be at peace,
-
00:26:38
we can't have peace with
people who are around us,
-
00:26:40
we can't have
peace with ourselves.
-
00:26:43
But when we come under
the authority of King Jesus
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00:26:48
there is a power and a peace
-
00:26:51
that passes all understanding.
-
00:26:53
So how are you going to react
-
00:26:55
and respond the story of Jesus?
-
00:26:56
Is this going to be just
another religious holiday
-
00:26:59
where you sing the same songs,
-
00:27:01
you do the same things,
-
00:27:02
and you open the same presents
-
00:27:03
and you wish somebody
gave you a better presents?
-
00:27:06
Is this going to
be the same thing
-
00:27:08
where you're with
people who drain you,
-
00:27:10
maybe out of towners
or just something like that,
-
00:27:12
or the same thing where
you we have a drink
-
00:27:14
or two too many because
it's Christmas, after all.
-
00:27:17
And then you just repeat
the same year again
-
00:27:19
and it goes on and on?
-
00:27:21
Or would this be different
where there's a new way,
-
00:27:24
a new thing you
could do, a new thing
-
00:27:26
of putting yourself
under the rule of Jesus?
-
00:27:29
I hope you choose that.
-
00:27:31
I hope you don't just keep
doing the same old, same old.
-
00:27:34
I want your life to be better.
-
00:27:35
Jesus wants your
life to be better.
-
00:27:37
He wants you to come
under His authority
-
00:27:40
and have the power
that only He offers.
-
00:27:42
If you've never
given your life to Him
-
00:27:44
or you want to
give your life to Him
-
00:27:45
in a fresh way right now,
-
00:27:47
let me pray for you
-
00:27:49
and you can just kind of
say this prayer after me.
-
00:27:51
Say: King Jesus, I
want You in my life.
-
00:27:56
I want Your Kingdom
to come into my life.
-
00:28:00
I release my grip
on all the things that
-
00:28:03
I've been trying to
control and overpower.
-
00:28:06
And I ask You, forgive me
for operating by my power
-
00:28:09
and doing things that I
just shouldn't have done.
-
00:28:12
Fill me with Your
Spirit and the best I can
-
00:28:16
I'll follow you the
rest of my life. Amen.
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00:28:22
When that happens
there's just sort of a calm
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00:28:25
that comes to us.
-
00:28:27
I cracked a little bit earlier
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00:28:28
on some of our
traditions that might
-
00:28:29
just be mindlessly
done again and again.
-
00:28:31
But one of the wonderful
things about Christmas
-
00:28:33
is that there are traditions
that are really meaningful.
-
00:28:35
Opening gifts around a tree
-
00:28:37
can be incredibly meaningful.
-
00:28:39
So also singing a classic song
-
00:28:43
that people in churches
and people of faith
-
00:28:45
all over the world
are singing right now.
-
00:28:49
It's a Christmas
tradition for us.
-
00:28:52
It's called Silent Night,
and it can bring us peace.
-
00:28:58
Silent night, holy night!
-
00:29:07
All is calm, and all is bright
-
00:29:16
Round yon Virgin,
Mother and Child
-
00:29:25
Holy infant so tender and mild
-
00:29:34
Sleep in heavenly peace
-
00:29:42
Sleep in heavenly peace
-
00:29:53
That silent night
means that there is hope
-
00:29:56
and peace available to you.
-
00:29:57
If you prayed that
prayer for the first time
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00:29:59
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00:30:00
what it means to follow Jesus,
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00:30:02
just chat with us
at our website.
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00:30:04
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that this next year
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00:30:07
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00:30:09
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00:30:10
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00:30:12
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00:30:15
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00:30:48
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00:30:55
- There is a way
that leads to life.
-
00:31:01
It's not the paved path,
well-lit, well-traveled, known.
-
00:31:07
It's the ancient path,
narrow, forgotten, wild.
-
00:31:12
Few are willing to
walk it, but those who do
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00:31:17
find what they've
been searching for.
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00:31:19
Be one of them.
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00:31:23
Walk the way that leads to life
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00:31:25
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a faithless world
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00:31:28
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