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Speaker 1: Welcome into the Wednesday Bible Study. My name is Rick Burgess.

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Speaker 1: I'll be teaching today. We are going to do a

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Speaker 1: series on the Book of Job. We did one full

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Speaker 1: We have so much coming up in twenty twenty six,

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Speaker 1: We also will start the year with two full weekend

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Speaker 1: those that make great Christmas gifts too. And we have

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Speaker 1: course we also have six forty week curriculum for your

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Speaker 1: men to go through in small groups. We have speakers,

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Speaker 1: we are more than willing to help you. So today

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Speaker 1: we're going to be focusing on what we are actually

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Speaker 1: celebrating and remembering out of the Gospel of Luke. We'll

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Speaker 1: and then we'll get also into a chapter two as well,

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Speaker 1: and we'll talk about exactly what we are remembering this

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Speaker 1: moment in history when God came to us when we

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Speaker 1: Bible study. Lord, thank you for today. I'm just so

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Speaker 1: So let's start with something that that always seems to

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Speaker 1: So we're going to discover what it was. There's things

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Speaker 1: by scripture. It might can be supported by legend or

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Speaker 1: You lay down, you do what Prophecy says. You are

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Speaker 1: show you why it was different. Our white scripture says

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Speaker 1: And behold you, you will be silent and unable to

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Speaker 1: Zachariah says to the angel, how shall I know this?

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Speaker 1: talk about what needs to be done for the Kingdom

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Speaker 1: of God, but then we'll put into a little caveat

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Speaker 1: and I want all that to happen. I'm just not

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Speaker 1: gonna do it, right. I hope somebody does it, but

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Speaker 1: I hope it's not me because it might cost me something.

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Speaker 1: I know somebody needs to walk away from their life,

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Speaker 1: right now that they feel real comfortable with Look, I'm

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Speaker 1: talking to me right here, and I want to do

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Speaker 1: what God's called me to do as long as the

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Speaker 1: the lines with my own plans. I assure you that

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Speaker 1: Mary and Joseph this was not the plan for their marriage,

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Speaker 1: and it would have been really easy to farm that

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Speaker 1: out to somebody else say I'm sorry, Lord, I want

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Speaker 1: this to happen too, but I'm not willing to pay.

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Speaker 1: The price is gone, and they paid the price. They

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Speaker 1: certainly did. So you say, well, Rick, how do you know?

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Speaker 1: How do you how do you know that Mary is

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Speaker 1: all this? She's so she's so well versed in the scriptures.

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Speaker 1: By the way, you got to give Mary's mom and

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Speaker 1: daddy some credit. Here is best your daddy, and in

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Speaker 1: that culture, he has taught this girl about the one

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Speaker 1: and only living God. Because look right here, she goes

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Speaker 1: to see Elizabeth. Okay, in those days, Mary arose and

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Speaker 1: went with haste into the hill country to a town

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Speaker 1: in Judah, and she entered the house of Zachariah and

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Speaker 1: greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary,

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Speaker 1: the baby in her womb, Okay leaped. The baby leaped

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Speaker 1: in her room. John the Baptist is already ready, and

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Speaker 1: Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and she exclaimed

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Speaker 1: with a loud voice, blessed are you among women? And

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Speaker 1: blessed is the fruit of your womb? And why is

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Speaker 1: this granted to me that the mother of my Lord

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Speaker 1: should come to me? I mean, you realize She immediately shifts,

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Speaker 1: you know, from this is some little girl in our

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Speaker 1: family to hi, am I so blessed, being the older

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Speaker 1: woman of Mary, that the mother of my Lord would

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Speaker 1: come and give me a visit. She's not even thought.

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Speaker 1: We would have been saying, going, well, you got a baby.

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Speaker 1: I got one pretty special too. The first thing she

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Speaker 1: does is she says, I can't believe that I'm blessed

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Speaker 1: enough to be not just carrying John. She doesn't know

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Speaker 1: that's his name yet. Zachari is gonna have to get

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Speaker 1: that right in a minute. But I now have the

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Speaker 1: mother of my Lord here, so so look what happens here?

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Speaker 1: She said, For behold, when the sound of your greeting

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Speaker 1: came to my ears, the baby in my wound leaped

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Speaker 1: for joy. And blessed is she who believe that there

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Speaker 1: would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her

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Speaker 1: from the Lord, and there it is blessed not look

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Speaker 1: not blessed are you because you've gotten this role as standard.

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Speaker 1: Blessed are are you? She he everybody who believed that

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Speaker 1: there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to

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Speaker 1: her from the Lord. You know, it's one thing to say.

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Speaker 1: I keep hearing this about the Lord. God's made these promises.

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Speaker 1: God's made these covenants, and I've heard about them, and

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Speaker 1: you know what, it doesn't seem to be happening on

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Speaker 1: my timeline. You know what Elizabeth is saying. I tell you,

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Speaker 1: the people that are blessed are the ones who believe

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Speaker 1: what the Lord said that it's gonna get done. Now,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna get to how that applies to us, because

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Speaker 1: we're looking back on the birth of Christ right now,

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Speaker 1: but we're gonna look ahead before we get out of here. Now,

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Speaker 1: listen to Marry's song of Praise. I want you to

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Speaker 1: listen to it, and it'll tell you everything I've been

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Speaker 1: trying to tell you about this girl. My soul magnifies

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Speaker 1: the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God, my Savior,

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Speaker 1: for he looked on the humble estate of his servant,

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Speaker 1: for behold. From now on, all generations will call me blessed,

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Speaker 1: for he who is mighty has done great things for me.

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Speaker 1: And holy is his name, and his mercy is for

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Speaker 1: those who fear him. My goodness, look at that underline

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Speaker 1: that right there in verse fifty. This fear of the

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Speaker 1: Lord thing has been around, hadn't it. I sure wish

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Speaker 1: we would get it, because we seem to fear everything,

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Speaker 1: but God and his mercy is for who those who

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Speaker 1: fear him. So God's mercy in for everybody. We're gonna

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Speaker 1: get to that here in a minute too. So it's

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Speaker 1: not for everybody. Universalism, isn't right, which is starting this

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Speaker 1: new thing that God's just gone Phaesua just gonna forgive everybody.

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Speaker 1: But that's not what the Bible says. There's gonna be

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Speaker 1: a big adjustment coming up here in a minute, and

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Speaker 1: it's gonna cost some controversy. And I'm glad I'll be

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Speaker 1: gone for two weeks, but ill, and you know, I'm

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Speaker 1: glad that some of y'all in here are willing to

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Speaker 1: take my emails while I'm gone. But listen to this

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Speaker 1: and his mercies for those who fear him. From generation

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Speaker 1: to generation, he has shown strength with his arm. God

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Speaker 1: talked about that. What in the resume to joke? Do

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Speaker 1: you remember that? And he has scattered the proud in

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Speaker 1: the thoughts of their hearts. He has brought down the

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Speaker 1: mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humblest state.

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Speaker 1: What does she mean by that? I'm not what everybody expected.

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Speaker 1: Everybody would have thought that God would have had the

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Speaker 1: Christ child be carried by some queen, be carried by

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Speaker 1: somebody really really important, that the earthly Father would be

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Speaker 1: some king, not to poor young people that are of

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Speaker 1: no standing in society. But what is this showing you.

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Speaker 1: It's not about who carries the child, It's about the

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Speaker 1: child they carry. Can I say that again? It's not

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Speaker 1: about who's carrying the child, It's about the child that

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Speaker 1: that person carries. And she said, and he comes down

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Speaker 1: to me in my humble estate, And this has brought

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Speaker 1: down the mighty from their thrones. I actually carry the

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Speaker 1: King of kings and the Lord of lords. Look at this.

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Speaker 1: He has filled the hungry with good things, and the

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Speaker 1: rich he has sent away empty. They didn't get this opportunity.

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Speaker 1: You know. Christ talks about this a lot. He has

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Speaker 1: helped his servant Israel. So she's not even talking about herself.

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Speaker 1: She is celebrating her people. Have Messiah coming now in

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Speaker 1: remembrance of what his mercy my people. Here's that covenant

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Speaker 1: he made with Abraham. Look as he spoke to our fathers,

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Speaker 1: to Abraham and to his offspring forever. This is what

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Speaker 1: Abraham was waiting on. And I'm gonna see it. Mercy

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Speaker 1: has finally come to my people once again. She's not

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Speaker 1: even talking about it just coming to her. It's coming

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Speaker 1: to my people. It's coming to the world. Now when

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Speaker 1: you see this, these words flowing from this little teenage girl,

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Speaker 1: does anybody believe that she's just some run of the

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Speaker 1: middle teenage girl. No. Now, she's not God, she's not Deity,

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Speaker 1: she's not our intercessor. That's Jesus. But I'll tell you

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Speaker 1: one thing. She's a great example of obedience, and she's

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Speaker 1: a great example of being devoted to the Lord. And

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Speaker 1: that's what I take away from Mary, and I think

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Speaker 1: that's what we're supposed to take away from Mary. She's

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Speaker 1: a great example of obedience, she's a great example of

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Speaker 1: the faith. Now let me take a few things away.

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Speaker 1: You hear about Mary, and then we're gonna move on

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Speaker 1: to the bigger point. You're gonna hear some things about

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Speaker 1: Mary that are what they require a lot of imagination,

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Speaker 1: and that is that she remained a perpetual virgin. She

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Speaker 1: never never consummated her marriage. Scripture does not tell us that.

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Speaker 1: As a matter of fact. Scripture Goes gets pretty straightforward

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Speaker 1: about that, because we are told in Matthew one, twenty

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Speaker 1: four and twenty five tells us that Joseph did not

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Speaker 1: consummate his marriage until after Jesus was born. What does

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Speaker 1: that tell you? It was consummated. It just wasn't until

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Speaker 1: the baby was born, which wasn't uncommon, especially if your

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Speaker 1: virgin wife is carrying Messiah. You're gonna wait till all

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Speaker 1: that's done. But then he went, and you know why,

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Speaker 1: you know why we don't have to be concerned about

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Speaker 1: this and Mary consummating her marriage where her husband is

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Speaker 1: not a sin. It's not a sin. And then you

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Speaker 1: look and you see in Matthew thirteen, fifty five and

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Speaker 1: fifty six, this is when they're all making fun of Jesus.

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Speaker 1: And what's one of the things they used to make

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Speaker 1: fun of him? This is Joseph's son. And we know

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Speaker 1: his other brothers, and we know his sisters, and it

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Speaker 1: even names four of his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, Judas.

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Speaker 1: We think Jude also is one of his earthly brothers

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Speaker 1: who didn't get named here. So the Bible even tells

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Speaker 1: us what four of his siblings their names were, and

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Speaker 1: throws in and his sisters. And so some people say, oh, no,

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Speaker 1: wait a minute, now, the original Greek rick. No, no,

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Speaker 1: that's not going to stand up either, because when you

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Speaker 1: look at this, the Greek word that is used, you

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Speaker 1: know a lot of times if you go back to it,

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Speaker 1: you're going to see people say, well, the Greek word

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Speaker 1: it's used here can also be used for cousins or

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Speaker 1: or step siblings. That's another one of the outlandis theories

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Speaker 1: that Joseph was married before Mary and and Mary has

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Speaker 1: now become a step mom. Uh and and and Joseph.

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Speaker 1: There's there's no no. One of the Bible tells us

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Speaker 1: that Joseph had been married before. It's nowhere in scripture. Okay,

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Speaker 1: And again, this is not sinful for Mary to go

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Speaker 1: on to have other children with their husband. And it

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Speaker 1: was very common for the Jewish family to grow with

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Speaker 1: as many kids as you possibly could, especially sons, and

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Speaker 1: and so the word that that that kind kind of

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Speaker 1: seems to be up for grabs. Here is is a

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Speaker 1: word that people say it does stand for sons and

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Speaker 1: daughters and brothers and sisters, but can also stands for cousins.

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Speaker 1: But here's the problem. The Greek word is called an epsios.

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Speaker 1: Uh an epsios is the word for cousin, and the

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Speaker 1: Bible doesn't use it. It can actually go get a

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Speaker 1: word that would tell us they were cousins, but it doesn't.

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Speaker 1: It stays with a word that stands for brothers and sisters,

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Speaker 1: which they said, but it can also be cousins. Yeah, right,

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Speaker 1: but there's a cousin word, and they don't use the

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Speaker 1: cousin word. So most biblical scholars saying that this notion

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Speaker 1: that Mary stated a perpetual virgin does not hold up biblically.

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Speaker 1: And the literal brothers and sisters here is the one

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Speaker 1: that has stood the test of scrutiny. The best John

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Speaker 1: two twelve implies that his brothers and sisters were there

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Speaker 1: and that they were a very close family, not cousins.

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Speaker 1: So so also Mark six' three is another one that

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Speaker 1: talks about the. Siblings so Perpetual virgin has a really

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Speaker 1: tough time biblically standing. Up but is she an example of?

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Speaker 1: Obedience and the answer there is, yes and should she

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Speaker 1: be held in high? Regard. Yes so let's move on

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Speaker 1: to the actual, birth because this is the one that's

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Speaker 1: really gonna upset. People and you know how CONCERNED i

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Speaker 1: get about. That so so we get to the birth Of,

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Speaker 1: Jesus john The baptist has been, born and then and

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Speaker 1: now we're getting To jesus And john does get TO i,

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Speaker 1: Mean zacharidas get to talk again because he names Him

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Speaker 1: john like he's supposed, to and he goes back into the.

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Speaker 1: Celebration so let's look at verse verse eight about we've

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Speaker 1: gone for The you, know we know That mary And

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Speaker 1: joseph have got to go for the. Census they're going

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Speaker 1: back To, BIRTHLEHEM i Mean, Bethlehem, Berthlehem bethlehem Or birthlehem

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Speaker 1: AS i call. It we know in verse seven she

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Speaker 1: gave birth to her firstborn, son wrapped him in swaddling,

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Speaker 1: clothes laid him in a manger because there was no

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Speaker 1: place for them at the. End we're all very familiar with.

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Speaker 1: That so look at verse eight and in that same,

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Speaker 1: region there were shepherds out in the field keeping white

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Speaker 1: over their flock by. Night here Goes god. Again see

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Speaker 1: we try to Take god and we, go, well definitely

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Speaker 1: not some little poor girl and some little poor boy

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Speaker 1: from a nothing family and a nothing. Place And god's, like,

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Speaker 1: no that's exactly WHAT i want to. Do and, also

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Speaker 1: let me tell you, this if you were going to

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Speaker 1: lord of, lords you would not start with. Shepherds shepherds

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Speaker 1: Were it'd be like me when of y'all called me

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Speaker 1: off to the side and, go, Hey, Rick i'm sorry

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Speaker 1: to hear about that. Way and one of you boys

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Speaker 1: is a. Shepherd, yeah well we had bigger plans for.

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Speaker 1: Him shepherds were not exactly elevated in. Society they were considered,

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Speaker 1: dirty they were considered an undesirable. Job they Were they

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Speaker 1: really kind of had a reputation for you better watch.

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Speaker 1: Them sometimes they tended to be thieves and not wonderful.

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Speaker 1: People so here comes the announcement of The king of

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Speaker 1: king just, shepherds which in all this is showing what

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Speaker 1: none of us will be denied. Redemption it doesn't matter

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Speaker 1: where you are in, society there's no one that cannot Have.

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Speaker 1: Jesus he comes to the lowest of the low and,

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Speaker 1: Says i'm here to redeem you. Too i'm not just

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Speaker 1: here to redeem the. Important and by the, way the

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Speaker 1: way the world deems important and the way my father deems,

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Speaker 1: important they're not the. Same i'm gonna announce through angels

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Speaker 1: and multitudes to a bunch of shepherds to go, out

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Speaker 1: and you know what do we? See also When jesus,

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Speaker 1: resurrects he sends women to tell everybody in. Society that's

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Speaker 1: not even a reliable. Source the s why the disciples

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Speaker 1: didn't believe it to begin. With it's just a bunch

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Speaker 1: of women telling us. This he's always turning our view

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Speaker 1: of people upside. Down so he starts with, Shepherds so

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Speaker 1: listen to. This and An angel of The lord appeared to,

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Speaker 1: them and the glory of The lord shone around, them

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Speaker 1: and they were filled with great. Fear there's that. Again

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Speaker 1: and The angel said to, them fear, not for, BEHOLD

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Speaker 1: i bring you good news of great joy that will

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Speaker 1: be underline for all. People, now does that mean that

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Speaker 1: everybody is going to be? Redeemed, no because we're about

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Speaker 1: to throw that out here in just a. Minute this

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Speaker 1: means That messiah and redemption is available to the lowest

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Speaker 1: Know jesus said many times to, us the poor kind

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Speaker 1: of understand that that that that they are in. Need

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Speaker 1: it's it's those of you that think you don't need.

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Speaker 1: Anything those are the ONES i struggle with the. Most

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Speaker 1: and so the it says so for for all, people

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Speaker 1: meaning he's available to all who are willing to repent

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Speaker 1: and follow. Him for until, you unto you is born

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Speaker 1: this day in The city Of, david a savior who

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Speaker 1: Is christ The. Lord and this will be a sign to.

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Speaker 1: You you will find a baby be wrapped in swaddling,

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Speaker 1: clothes lying in a. Manger and suddenly there was with

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Speaker 1: The angel a multitude of the heavenly host Praising. God

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Speaker 1: and here it comes glory To god in the highest

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Speaker 1: and on earth peace among those with Whom he is.

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Speaker 1: Pleased wait a, minute that's not What Charlie brown. Said

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Speaker 1: that's not what lin has. Said you've changed what they. Said,

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Speaker 1: well it's interesting if you know what we mean, here

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Speaker 1: because if you go To Charlie, Brown linus is in

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Speaker 1: The King james, version which says peace goodwill to. Men,

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Speaker 1: well and here it, goes boy vacation cannot get here quick.

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Speaker 1: they don't say. That why why is? That why has

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Speaker 1: it been changed to peace among those with Whom he's? Pleased,

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Speaker 1: well if you go back to The Byzantine english, interpretation

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Speaker 1: which is The King james, version we had not found

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Speaker 1: some of the more ancient manuscripts and there was a

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Speaker 1: problem with The greek word. There so in The King

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Speaker 1: james version the text Was they thought it was eu

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Speaker 1: goodwill to all. People, well the Later english translations much

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Speaker 1: older and more reliable than The, byzantine The, alexandrian for. Example,

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Speaker 1: well they're going back to the original people who wrote

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Speaker 1: it down the first, time more reliable, text and they

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Speaker 1: the way back in the more ancient, manuscripts closer to the,

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Speaker 1: Different so if you go to you do key us

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Speaker 1: now the Correct english translation would be Meaning god's pleasure

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Speaker 1: is favored to people that he approves. Of, well now

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Speaker 1: that's that's a little bit. Different AND i know The

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Speaker 1: King james. Version, PEOPLE i just, please my email is not.

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Speaker 1: Working i've changed. It, uh it's Now adler at rickburgesshow dot. Com,

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Speaker 1: No so this is important listen because this is it

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Speaker 1: says that it's Now god's pleasure is to people he,

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Speaker 1: favors not to, everybody available to. Everybody but remember what

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Speaker 1: we said About, messiah that is not very. Popular When

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Speaker 1: jesus comes on the, scene when he find his, ministry

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Speaker 1: starts those three years of his, ministry what's the first

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Speaker 1: thing he hits the ground saying repent for The kingdom

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Speaker 1: Of god is at. Hand john The baptist was, saying

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Speaker 1: there he goes. Repent he's on the. Ground it's time to.

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Speaker 1: Repent Jesus christ is either here to redeem you or condemn.

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Speaker 1: You he's not here to redeem, you no matter whether

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Speaker 1: you're willing to repent or. Not jesus himself, said repent or.

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Speaker 1: Perish i'm. HERE i now provide for. FORGIVENESS i have.

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Speaker 1: It i'm. Here i'm going to go and pay the.

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Speaker 1: Price but if you reject, ME i won't redeem. You

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Speaker 1: i'll actually condemn. You, Yeah i'm. Here this explains what

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Speaker 1: he was talking abou In matthew ten thirty. Four don't

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Speaker 1: Think i've come to bring. Peace i'm bringing a, sword

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Speaker 1: meaning the peace is available to those of you that,

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Speaker 1: redeem that are willing to. Repent and if you reject my,

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Speaker 1: repentance and the sword's gonna be dislaughter. You so what

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Speaker 1: even the angels were saying is this is great news

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Speaker 1: to everybody who's willing to. Repent and for those of

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Speaker 1: you that are not willing to repent and you are

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Speaker 1: not In god's, favor this is actually going to be

743
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Speaker 1: bad news for you because the sacrificial system is over

744
00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:39,480
Speaker 1: and there's only one way to be redeemed from this point.

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Speaker 1: Forward when this child goes to the cross and he

746
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Speaker 1: says it is, finished the sacrificial system is complete in,

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Speaker 1: him and redemption is only found In. Jesus and if

748
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Speaker 1: you reject, That god's favor isn't with. You and this

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Speaker 1: isn't good news of, peace it's actually news to you

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Speaker 1: Of god's. Wrath everybody's not, UNFORTUNATELY i wish that everybody was,

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Speaker 1: going but there will be people if we understand scripture

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Speaker 1: who will reject this gift From god that we. Celebrate

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Speaker 1: SO i guess the answer to the question, Is, RICK

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Speaker 1: i don't know whether this is good news for me or.

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Speaker 1: NOT i see that it has the potential to be good.

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Speaker 1: News but IF i reject what this child, completed THEN

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Speaker 1: i don't have the good news of great, joy and

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Speaker 1: that piece isn't for me Because i've rejected. It look

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Speaker 1: At romans eight twenty, eight which is often you, know

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Speaker 1: we grab that just like everything the whole wide world's

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Speaker 1: gonna work out just. Fine don't you worry about? It,

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Speaker 1: well you know, what if you're, redeemed that is, true

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Speaker 1: but if you're, not it. Isn't look At romans eight twenty.

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Speaker 1: Eight is there a more well known? Verse people will,

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Speaker 1: say If i'm you, know If i'm an, ATHLETE i

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Speaker 1: gotta sign it and put that. Underneath and you, know

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Speaker 1: If i'm A christian and all, that everything's gonna work out.

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Speaker 1: Great but here's What paul actually, said and it's very

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Speaker 1: similar to what the angels. Said and we know that

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Speaker 1: for those who Love, god all things work together for.

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Speaker 1: Good for those who are called according To his, purpose

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Speaker 1: it ain't gonna work out for. Everybody only the ones

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Speaker 1: that Love god and have been called By god to

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Speaker 1: fulfill his. Purpose it's, hey it's not gonna work out

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Speaker 1: for the. Unredeemed it's not good news of great joy

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Speaker 1: for the. Unredeemed it's only good news and great joy

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Speaker 1: for those who have repents. It it is not good

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Speaker 1: news for those of you that have, not because he's

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Speaker 1: here to condemn. You so then what are we supposed to? Do,

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Speaker 1: well let me tell you. This as wonderful as this,

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Speaker 1: is and it, is it moves. Me it moves. ME

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Speaker 1: i do want you to know. This the can we

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Speaker 1: there we, go so let's still. Go h, So so

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Speaker 1: the the thing THAT i want you to understand, though

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Speaker 1: is you see how Much satan hates this is? Distraction

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Speaker 1: just there we. Go we got. It so we just

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Speaker 1: had a phone going off. Here but it's. Fine listen to.

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Speaker 1: This this is that we're going to close. On Baby

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Speaker 1: jesus is. Over it's. Over we don't Worship Baby. JESUS

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Speaker 1: i would never tell anybody ever to watch this. Movie

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Speaker 1: and it's a stupid movie and it's got a lot

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Speaker 1: of stuff in it we don't need to be seeing or.

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Speaker 1: Hearing and UNFORTUNATELY i DID i watched. IT i wouldn't

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Speaker 1: watch it, again BUT i will tell you. Something When

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Speaker 1: Will ferrell played in this goofy Ricky bobby, character he's

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Speaker 1: trying to be, disrespectful he's tried to be, blasphemous but

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Speaker 1: what he said is actually has a lot of truth to.

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Speaker 1: It he's saying the blessing and he, SAYS i pray

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Speaker 1: to the Baby. Jesus and he, said because that's my Favorite.

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Speaker 1: Jesus so WHEN i, PRAY i pray to Baby, Jesus,

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Speaker 1: well there's a lot of us still praying the Baby

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Speaker 1: jesus because that's our Favorite. Jesus and then we like

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Speaker 1: we like, it or we might pray to the Servant.

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Speaker 1: Jesus he's lowered. Himself he's he doesn't even know where

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Speaker 1: he's gonna. Sleep he goes and gets beat and scourged

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Speaker 1: and mutilated on the, cross and oh just just look

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Speaker 1: at his lowly. State, well That jesus is over. Too

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Speaker 1: Baby jesus is. Over Servant jesus is. Over would y'

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Speaker 1: all like to know what the current situation is Of.

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Speaker 1: Jesus we studied this in the, revelation and what does

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Speaker 1: the revelation tell? Us it Is, ultimately it's a lot of,

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Speaker 1: things but it is the revelation Of Jesus christ in

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Speaker 1: his current. State right in his current, State john, SAID

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Speaker 1: i was in the spirit on The Lord's, day AND

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Speaker 1: i heard behind me a loud, voice like a, trumpet,

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Speaker 1: saying write what you see in a book and send

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Speaker 1: it to the seven churches verse. Twelve THEN i turned

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Speaker 1: to see the voice that was speaking to, Me and

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Speaker 1: on TURNING i saw seven gold lamp. Stands in the

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Speaker 1: midst of the lamp stands was one like the son Of,

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Speaker 1: man clothed with a long robe and with a white

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Speaker 1: with a golden sash around his. Chest the hairs of

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Speaker 1: his head were, white like white, wool like. Snow his

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Speaker 1: eyes were like the flame of. Fire his feet were

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Speaker 1: like burnished, bronze refined in a, furnish and his voice

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Speaker 1: was like the roar of many. Waters and his right

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Speaker 1: hand he held seven. Stars from his mouth came a shop,

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Speaker 1: sharp two edged, sword and his face was like the

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Speaker 1: sun shining in full. Strength and WHEN i saw, HIM

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Speaker 1: i fell at his feet THOUGH i were. Dead nobody

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Speaker 1: fell at their feet like they were dead when they

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Speaker 1: saw the Baby. Jesus nobody fell at their feet like

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00:51:46,920 --> 00:51:53,200
Speaker 1: they were dead when they saw the Crucified. Jesus but

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Speaker 1: The jesus were gonna see, Next we're going to follow

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Speaker 1: his feet like we're. Dead and all that was prophesied

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Speaker 1: For jesus to come as this. Baby all of those

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Speaker 1: had their job to do to tell the world that

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00:52:18,960 --> 00:52:22,319
Speaker 1: he was coming the first, time and they did their.

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Speaker 1: Job john The baptist did his. Job jesus said that

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Speaker 1: go Tell john did his. Job he quotes the prophecies to,

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Speaker 1: him everything that was. Prophesied, John i'm Doing i'm. Him

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Speaker 1: And john did his. Job mary did her. Job joseph

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00:52:42,520 --> 00:52:48,920
Speaker 1: did his, Job the shepherds did their, job the angels

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Speaker 1: did their. Job, annow it's time for us to do our.

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Speaker 1: Job and what is our, Job, Well paul tells, us

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Speaker 1: we're in bass For, christ and we've got to make

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Speaker 1: people understand that the first time that he came is

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Speaker 1: over and we must prepare them for his second. Coming

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Speaker 1: that's our. Job, see it's not complete yet because we're

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Speaker 1: still in the falling creation and fallen, bodies but we're,

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Speaker 1: redeemed and the job of the redeemed is to now

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Speaker 1: tell the world he's coming, back and you're gonna meet

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Speaker 1: the Glorified, jesus not the Baby, jesus not the Crucified.

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Speaker 1: Jesus you're gonna meet the Glorified, jesus The king of

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Speaker 1: kings and The lord of, lords who is, holy, Holy.

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Speaker 1: Holy and when you meet, him he's either going to

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Speaker 1: welcome you as a redeemed person who repented and left

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Speaker 1: faith in yourself and put your faith in. Him and

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Speaker 1: you confessed, him not, yourself as Your lord and your,

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Speaker 1: savior and you believed in your. Heart you've confessed with

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Speaker 1: your mouth that he Is. Lord because with your heart

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Speaker 1: only you, know you, believed and you have been. Saved

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Speaker 1: and now with your mouth you are confessing him As.

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Speaker 1: Lord you're, saved you're. Justified, well if that's the, case

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Speaker 1: then go tell others so they can experience the same.

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Speaker 1: Thing because just as he was born of a, virgin

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Speaker 1: and just as he went to the, cross all that was,

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Speaker 1: prophesied and just as he rose from the, dead all.

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Speaker 1: Prophesies they got it right on his, Birth they got

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Speaker 1: it right on his, crucifixion they got it right on his.

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Speaker 1: Resurrection and guess, what they're going to get it right

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Speaker 1: on his. Return and the question, is are you? Ready

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Speaker 1: has this gift changed your life good, well just as

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Speaker 1: a good meal at a restaurant is something you can't

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Speaker 1: wait to talk, about something much more. Important the redeemer

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Speaker 1: of the world has changed, you and you might want

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Speaker 1: to tell. Somebody go tell it on the. Mountain not

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Speaker 1: just that he was, born not just that he was,

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Speaker 1: Crucified tell him that he rose and he's coming back

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Speaker 1: to call his church to him and destroy all those

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Speaker 1: who oppose. Him Merry. Christmas let's Pray, lord thank you for,

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Speaker 1: today thank you for this incredible, message thank you for

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Speaker 1: this powerful, reminder and thank you for all that you've already.

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Speaker 1: Done and may we show you that we mean what

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Speaker 1: we say through our. Obedience and we go and tell

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Speaker 1: the world that you're coming again to take us to

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Speaker 1: you and to destroy all those who oppose. You in

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Speaker 1: the glorious name Of, jesus The lord Of lord and

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Speaker 1: The king Of, kings who Is, Holy, Holy, holy we Pray,

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Speaker 1: Amen thank, You Merry. Christmas