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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.61,0:00:04.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...to Matthew chapter 2 \Nand Luke chapter 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.39,0:00:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can go to both those places.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.79,0:00:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can stick your finger in Luke 2,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.92,0:00:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and open your Bibles to Matthew 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.24,0:00:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're going to go back and forth
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.03,0:00:21.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.09,0:00:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, I do want to speak to you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.86,0:00:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the birth of Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.18,0:00:29.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Magi
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.59,0:00:32.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the star that led the Magi
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.35,0:00:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Bethlehem.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.34,0:00:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, this is our sixteenth Christmas
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.63,0:00:49.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a church
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.09,0:00:52.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since our church was started.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.69,0:00:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have never intentionally preached
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.86,0:01:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Christmas sermon.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.77,0:01:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're visiting our church today,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.57,0:01:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you may notice there's no lights.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.15,0:01:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no tree.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.90,0:01:14.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't even have a manger scene.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.71,0:01:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You probably noticed we didn't even
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.09,0:01:19.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sing a Christmas song.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.17,0:01:23.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I purposely like to sing \Nthem in the summer.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.22,0:01:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was half-minded to sing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.64,0:01:26.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hark the Herald Angels Sing"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.19,0:01:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just because the words in it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.63,0:01:29.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think are glorious,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.47,0:01:35.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they do have to do \Nwith the message today.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.95,0:01:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think it's necessarily wrong
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.46,0:01:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for preachers that do preach
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.95,0:01:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christmas sermons.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.08,0:01:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not knocking that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.62,0:01:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have just never personally
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.70,0:01:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,felt compelled to preach a sermon
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.04,0:01:52.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on a man-made holiday.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.59,0:01:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I personally am not going to be
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.42,0:01:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,driven by those holidays,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.02,0:02:00.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether they be Christmas,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.45,0:02:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.72,0:02:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I smile because just thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.72,0:02:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about Mother's Day -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.80,0:02:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mack Tomlinson - he told us
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.83,0:02:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just a hilarious story
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.34,0:02:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when he was a young preacher,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.03,0:02:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was preaching
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.46,0:02:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was preaching on hell
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.89,0:02:21.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was really giving it to the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.69,0:02:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said suddenly,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.92,0:02:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about five minutes left in his message,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.82,0:02:26.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he noticed that the women
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.13,0:02:27.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were dressed really fancy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.89,0:02:29.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said with five minutes left,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.62,0:02:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Now, a word about mothers..."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.58,0:02:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our smallest crowds are probably
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.39,0:02:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Christmas and especially Easter
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.55,0:02:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we do our Denton conference
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.53,0:02:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Easter.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.62,0:02:54.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world's holidays haven't dictated
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.96,0:02:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to me what I'm going to preach.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.98,0:03:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And brethren, we do have to be honest.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.38,0:03:06.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christmas and Easter are
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.75,0:03:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,man-made holidays.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.58,0:03:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That doesn't mean that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.92,0:03:18.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,biblical things might not be
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.20,0:03:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spoken about.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.90,0:03:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they're man-made.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.98,0:03:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God has never told us to observe these.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.98,0:03:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, there's really \Nonly one celebration
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.26,0:03:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Scripture that God \Nin an ongoing fashion
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.83,0:03:33.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tells us to observe.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.72,0:03:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What might that be?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.67,0:03:37.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Lord's Supper.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.31,0:03:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And not just once yearly.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.81,0:03:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As often as you do this,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.07,0:03:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do this in remembrance of Me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.07,0:03:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, that's what we're called to remember.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.90,0:03:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we're called to celebrate.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.70,0:03:50.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now look, I'm not here this morning
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.45,0:03:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bash Christmas.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.90,0:03:58.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From a pastoral perspective,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.67,0:04:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,personally it's been a non-issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.84,0:04:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think for our church largely
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.36,0:04:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's been a non-issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.42,0:04:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you do things.\NSome of you don't do things.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.86,0:04:06.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you do more.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.95,0:04:10.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you do less.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.100,0:04:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just been a non-issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.65,0:04:13.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's something
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.89,0:04:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between you and the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.41,0:04:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're going to make any sort
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.98,0:04:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of observation you want it
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.89,0:04:23.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in line with Romans 14.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.09,0:04:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to do it unto the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.96,0:04:26.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you don't do it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.49,0:04:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't do it unto the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.27,0:04:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's the same way with preaching.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.31,0:04:32.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If a man wants to preach a message
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.41,0:04:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around Christmastime on things
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.65,0:04:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have to do with the Incarnation,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.51,0:04:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, if he can do it unto the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.35,0:04:39.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let him do it unto the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.91,0:04:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If he wants to preach about the cross
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.12,0:04:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around Easter time,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.23,0:04:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let him do it unto the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.71,0:04:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I say all that to say this,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.87,0:04:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this year, I do feel compelled to preach
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.16,0:04:57.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the birth of Christ at this season.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.36,0:04:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just recently, here's what happened:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.74,0:05:04.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just recently, you know \Nthat a group of us men
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.94,0:05:09.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,went to prison over in Huntsville.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.09,0:05:10.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were in the chapel.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.46,0:05:12.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me describe the chapel to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.14,0:05:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's probably somewhat \Nthe size of this room.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.63,0:05:22.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe not as long.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.55,0:05:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's fairly big.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.18,0:05:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Much higher ceilings.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.04,0:05:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a chapel that \Nsticks off of the prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.54,0:05:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like a church building.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.21,0:05:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Up front, they had a choir.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.25,0:05:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To the right, sitting in the seats
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.67,0:05:37.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over here -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.03,0:05:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behind there was a choir,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.72,0:05:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over here there was a band.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.53,0:05:42.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We sat, all 8 of us that went,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.82,0:05:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we sat across the front row there.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.67,0:05:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And on either side,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.44,0:05:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they had t.v. monitors.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.88,0:05:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm supposing those were wired
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.74,0:05:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a computer in the back.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.58,0:05:54.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so what was happening is
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.55,0:05:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only do they have to count
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.18,0:05:57.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the prisoners - this was
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.41,0:05:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a maximum security prison;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.05,0:06:00.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and once in awhile cell block numbers
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.97,0:06:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would come up on those screens,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.45,0:06:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everybody would stand up
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.84,0:06:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that cell block and \Njust immediately exit
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.12,0:06:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when their cell block came up.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.00,0:06:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, when you didn't \Nhave cell block numbers,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.39,0:06:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you actually had the words to the songs.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.62,0:06:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because it was around Christmas time
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.54,0:06:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many of the songs they were singing
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.69,0:06:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were Christmas-related,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.94,0:06:22.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they also, not only had words
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.07,0:06:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the songs,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.05,0:06:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they had pictures.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.68,0:06:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christmas-esque pictures.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.83,0:06:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of them
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.68,0:06:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was just a picture of the night sky
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.93,0:06:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a bright, shining star.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.26,0:06:44.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know how it \Nis in the Christian life?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.45,0:06:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can take certain things for granted.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.77,0:06:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know they're there.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.46,0:06:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You come across them \Nas you read Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.86,0:06:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know it's truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.93,0:06:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know it's fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.43,0:06:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know it is sometimes
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.77,0:06:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when certain truths from the Bible,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.46,0:07:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they just lay hold on you?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.06,0:07:02.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They come to you with power.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.25,0:07:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I look at that star and I thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.75,0:07:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's real.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.70,0:07:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kevin Woodell was sitting next to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.50,0:07:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Kevin, there really was a star."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.90,0:07:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's called "His star" in Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.47,0:07:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what the Magi called it:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.08,0:07:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His star.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.06,0:07:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We have seen His star."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.10,0:07:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the Christ's star.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.18,0:07:32.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was affected by that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.87,0:07:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I decided maybe we'd look at that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.76,0:07:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God put a star in the sky 2,000 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.58,0:07:48.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A star that had never been seen before.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.47,0:07:50.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it wasn't seen after.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.04,0:07:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was just there at that time
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.50,0:08:00.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to guide certain men to Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.61,0:08:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what I want to \Nbring a sermon on today.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.22,0:08:06.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There really was a star.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.95,0:08:07.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's look at that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.91,0:08:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.37,0:08:13.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice verses 1-2.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.91,0:08:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.66,0:08:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Judea in the days of Herod the King,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.68,0:08:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behold, wise men..."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.40,0:08:36.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The word is magoi: Magi.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.89,0:08:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...from the East came to Jerusalem,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.18,0:08:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying, 'where is He Who has been born
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.67,0:08:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,King of the Jews?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.16,0:08:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For we saw (here it is) His star."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.99,0:08:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Messiah has His own star.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.49,0:08:56.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That doesn't mean that He doesn't
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.21,0:08:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,own all of them and uphold all of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.43,0:09:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's a star that's His star
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.18,0:09:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's uniquely there
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.26,0:09:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for His coming into this world.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.54,0:09:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For we saw His star when it rose
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.91,0:09:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have come to worship Him."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.58,0:09:15.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now jump down to v. 7.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.89,0:09:18.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just going to give you the verses here
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.09,0:09:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that speak specifically of this star.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.08,0:09:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.60,0:09:28.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ascertained from them
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.45,0:09:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what time the star had appeared."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.56,0:09:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, there was a \Ntime that it appeared.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.98,0:09:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before that, it hadn't appeared.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.60,0:09:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know, after these Magi
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.16,0:09:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,find the Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.90,0:09:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's no biblical evidence
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.40,0:09:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it ever appeared again.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.96,0:09:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,V. 9, "After listening \Nto the king (Herod,)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.40,0:09:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they went on their way,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.13,0:10:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and behold, the star that they had seen
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.18,0:10:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it rose..."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.48,0:10:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how they talked about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.06,0:10:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said, "we saw His star when it rose."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.54,0:10:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It rose.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.32,0:10:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like the sun rises, the moon rises.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.90,0:10:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The stars also rise,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.50,0:10:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we're spinning.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.84,0:10:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It rose.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.92,0:10:32.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they saw it rise.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.13,0:10:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The star that they \Nhad seen when it rose..."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.52,0:10:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, here's the thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.81,0:10:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it rose like other stars
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.26,0:10:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that come up over the horizon,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.28,0:10:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but now it went before them.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.12,0:10:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's really an interesting statement.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.37,0:10:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It went before them
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.01,0:11:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until it came to rest."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.20,0:11:09.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that like the sun \Nstopping in its orbit?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.19,0:11:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that a linear thing
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.88,0:11:13.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it basically tracks straight
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.35,0:11:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then it stopped?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.21,0:11:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or is this thing moving,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.76,0:11:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like it goes that way
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.12,0:11:21.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it goes this way?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.65,0:11:24.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It came to rest.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.29,0:11:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was motion in this star.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.93,0:11:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then it came to rest.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.02,0:11:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...over the place where the child was.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.43,0:11:38.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they saw the star,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.11,0:11:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they rejoiced exceedingly
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.48,0:11:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with great joy."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.74,0:11:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, here's the first thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.05,0:11:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first thing I want to emphasize:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.31,0:11:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The historicity of this thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.39,0:12:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's historical.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.04,0:12:02.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're talking about actual events
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.44,0:12:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that actually happened in the course
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.07,0:12:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of human history.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.16,0:12:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a star.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.08,0:12:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's real.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.97,0:12:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not fictitious.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.41,0:12:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were Magi.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.38,0:12:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not imaginary - they're real.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.30,0:12:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was the birth of the child King.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.32,0:12:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are talking about reality here.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.14,0:12:21.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are talking about fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.88,0:12:24.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are talking about history.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.36,0:12:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stress this.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.54,0:12:27.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, I stress this.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.86,0:12:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we are in the midst of a world
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.84,0:12:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is controlled by the evil one.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.51,0:12:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is satanic deception on every side.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.54,0:12:38.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what did Paul fear?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.24,0:12:40.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did Paul fear for the Corinthians?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.13,0:12:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That Satan would do what to them?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.60,0:12:44.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That he would deceive them
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.70,0:12:46.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and move them away from this
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.89,0:12:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simple devotion to Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.40,0:12:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is so much falsehood.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.36,0:12:55.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.33,0:12:56.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We might say,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.76,0:12:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, we have to remember
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.41,0:13:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the reason for the season.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.30,0:13:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, I don't know who the author
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.18,0:13:03.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this season is,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.44,0:13:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but oftentimes I suspect it's not God.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.80,0:13:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, let me tell you something.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.52,0:13:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, it's true that during this time
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.07,0:13:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the year,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.92,0:13:17.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world will tolerate \Nthe mention of Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.87,0:13:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They will tolerate
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.01,0:13:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.12,0:13:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know as well as I do
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.67,0:13:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that right next to the manger scene
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.34,0:13:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is Santa Claus.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.16,0:13:28.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And right next to "Hark! The Herald..."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.05,0:13:29.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is "Santa Claus is Coming to Town,"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.91,0:13:32.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and "Rudolph," and "Frosty," and all that.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.82,0:13:34.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you see, we say,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.19,0:13:36.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world basically has this mindset.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.81,0:13:38.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to deceive our children
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.49,0:13:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with these things;
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.41,0:13:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tell them that Santa's real,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.24,0:13:42.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then at some point we know
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.82,0:13:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they're going to be undeceived.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.59,0:13:46.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We try to push the lie as far as possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.67,0:13:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you see, all the lies get mixed in
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.83,0:13:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with anything that's true.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.34,0:13:52.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even what's true is stretched
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.75,0:13:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to where it's not true.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.05,0:13:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since when did the wise men
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.58,0:13:58.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come to a stable?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.57,0:13:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They didn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.70,0:14:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since when was the star over the stable?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.38,0:14:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.72,0:14:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since when did the wise men
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.71,0:14:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ride camels?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.42,0:14:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It never says so.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.78,0:14:10.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since when were there three of them?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.79,0:14:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There wasn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.93,0:14:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, what we have is all manner
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.07,0:14:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of fictitious stuff
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.74,0:14:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all thrown together
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.98,0:14:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a bunch of lies.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.66,0:14:23.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, this season men talk about
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.87,0:14:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,good will, but it's a lie.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.80,0:14:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Men don't have good will
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.06,0:14:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.32,0:14:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, this idea that what?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.30,0:14:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to worship Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.84,0:14:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one time out of the year?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.34,0:14:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we remember, the Lord's Supper
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.43,0:14:37.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is as often as you do this.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.72,0:14:39.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an ongoing thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.17,0:14:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It isn't once a year at Christmas
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.89,0:14:43.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or twice a year at Christmas and Easter.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.31,0:14:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a deception.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.79,0:14:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What it wants to do is say
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.46,0:14:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know it's ok to mix all this
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.76,0:14:52.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,error with some things that might be true.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.75,0:14:54.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as though we're just going to
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.35,0:14:55.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be able to discern what's true,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.99,0:14:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's not true.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.02,0:14:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, we better be able to discern that.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.06,0:15:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we better be able to look
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.58,0:15:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at everything through the Word of God
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.34,0:15:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sort through it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.66,0:15:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to be discerning people.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.24,0:15:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so much of what happens
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.58,0:15:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this time of the year
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.60,0:15:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a mirage.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.10,0:15:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It sets out a hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.54,0:15:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, the Christmas spirit...
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.08,0:15:14.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It gives people this hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.25,0:15:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a sense of anticipation
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.73,0:15:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and expectation this time of year.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.23,0:15:21.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what happens?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.29,0:15:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It leaves men hollow and empty.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.40,0:15:25.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what happens afterwards?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.39,0:15:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People have to be confronted
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.36,0:15:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the reality of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.50,0:15:29.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'll tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.69,0:15:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're a genuine Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.19,0:15:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after the Christmas season
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.54,0:15:33.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and New Year's is over,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.72,0:15:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're not left empty and hollow.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.30,0:15:36.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.05,0:15:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got the Christ!
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.14,0:15:38.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got salvation!
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.15,0:15:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got the real deal!
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.82,0:15:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't all hinged on Santa and presents
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.44,0:15:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and materialism and family coming together
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.13,0:15:46.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and songs and football games
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.75,0:15:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all the things that the world
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.37,0:15:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looks forward to at this time;
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.87,0:15:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drink and song and festivity.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.30,0:15:57.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you've got the Christ,\Nyou've got Him forever!
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.65,0:15:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And look, I'm not knocking
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.84,0:16:02.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if people get together as families.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.05,0:16:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's certainly nothing wrong with that.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.18,0:16:05.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not knocking
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.35,0:16:08.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if people come together \Nat this time of the year
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.71,0:16:11.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they want to actually open up Luke 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.53,0:16:13.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not knocking that.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.07,0:16:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But brethren, there is deception.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.44,0:16:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this whole season is \Njust full of deception.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.96,0:16:22.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.51,0:16:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.12,0:16:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to cut through the garbage.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.21,0:16:35.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to cut through all the lies.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.17,0:16:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.92,0:16:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scripture tells us,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.87,0:16:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was a baby born 2,000 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.69,0:16:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is history.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.94,0:16:54.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A workplace at the North Pole?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.19,0:16:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not history.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.80,0:16:59.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's akin to Mormonism.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.42,0:17:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to make up fictitious lands,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.28,0:17:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fictitious places.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.77,0:17:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's fiction.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.72,0:17:06.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'll tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.77,0:17:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there really was a baby born
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.42,0:17:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2,000 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.70,0:17:12.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there really was a star
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.05,0:17:13.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that wasn't there before.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.63,0:17:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there really were Magi who came.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.89,0:17:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're talking about a historical Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.84,0:17:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to remember that.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.28,0:17:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This isn't myth.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.20,0:17:30.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is history.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.70,0:17:32.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if anybody was the historian,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.47,0:17:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was Luke.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.24,0:17:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean Luke isn't messing around.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.32,0:17:37.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn't just dream up something
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.95,0:17:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the North Pole.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.28,0:17:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's talking about real people
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.41,0:17:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a real time in real places.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.50,0:17:47.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You notice how articulate he is?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:47.73,0:17:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, he tells us,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.42,0:17:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the days of Caesar Augustus.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.62,0:17:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the days when Quirinius
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.46,0:17:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was in a certain position of leadership.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.46,0:17:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In those days...
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.87,0:18:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's very exact.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.20,0:18:02.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.99,0:18:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look there at chapter 2:1.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.03,0:18:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"He was born in Bethlehem."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.59,0:18:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a real place.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.59,0:18:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not like these places
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.88,0:18:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the Mormons dream up
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.43,0:18:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that nobody can find.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.14,0:18:15.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are real places.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.51,0:18:17.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bethlehem of Judea.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:17.57,0:18:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And real days.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.97,0:18:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What days?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.97,0:18:21.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the days of Herod the King,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.83,0:18:23.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behold, wise men from the East
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.97,0:18:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came to Jerusalem.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.25,0:18:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Real days.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.96,0:18:30.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Real places.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.72,0:18:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm quoting Matthew here,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.84,0:18:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we're going to look at Luke
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.24,0:18:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a second.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.03,0:18:37.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, he was the real historian.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.71,0:18:38.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He spells this out.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.100,0:18:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, you've got \Nyour finger there still.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.20,0:18:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look over at Luke.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.32,0:18:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luke 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.80,0:18:50.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, he's all the more historian
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.67,0:18:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than Matthew was.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.66,0:18:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.76,0:18:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's very articulate here.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.84,0:18:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"In those days..."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.52,0:18:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see that?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.78,0:18:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those days.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.70,0:19:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were really days.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.26,0:19:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a historical account.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.10,0:19:07.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A decree went out from Caesar Augustus
Dialogue: 0,0:19:07.100,0:19:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that all the world should be registered."
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.22,0:19:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a registration.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.94,0:19:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were really register books.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.24,0:19:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were places you went to register.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.29,0:19:20.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a taxation.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.41,0:19:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people registered that \Nthey might be taxed.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.07,0:19:27.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's keep going here.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.13,0:19:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This was the first registration
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.82,0:19:32.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when Quirinius was governer of Syria,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.51,0:19:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all went to be registered,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.07,0:19:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each to his own town."
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.53,0:19:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.46,0:19:40.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, this is the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.55,0:19:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is true no matter what \Nthe history books say.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.36,0:19:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, you don't want to trust history.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.82,0:19:47.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's always somebody with an agenda.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.73,0:19:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's always being rewritten.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.34,0:19:51.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And God has never promised to keep it
Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.23,0:19:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,free of error.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.51,0:19:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you can even look at secular history,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.01,0:19:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.01,0:19:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Caesar Augustus was real.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.78,0:20:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Quirinius was real.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.14,0:20:02.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at your secular geography books.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:02.11,0:20:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know Bethlehem is real.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.81,0:20:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Judah is real.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.98,0:20:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are real places.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.13,0:20:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"In those days..."
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.51,0:20:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What Scripture will never let us
Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.71,0:20:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get away from is
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.96,0:20:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fact that all of this is historical.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.06,0:20:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's real.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.35,0:20:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's there in Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.22,0:20:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what it will never
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.80,0:20:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let us get away from as well?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:37.10,0:20:41.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That the historical Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.13,0:20:44.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the supernatural Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:44.33,0:20:46.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't want to get away from that.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:46.52,0:20:49.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got a lot of people out here
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.01,0:20:49.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.79,0:20:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're ready and willing to admit
Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.48,0:20:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Jesus was historical,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:52.76,0:20:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if there's anything supernatural
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.77,0:20:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about Him, then they deny it.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.20,0:20:57.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't want to go there.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:57.61,0:21:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is simply the pride \Nand arrogance of man.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.47,0:21:01.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man says I cannot understand
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.81,0:21:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how a star can simply appear
Dialogue: 0,0:21:03.75,0:21:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where there wasn't one before.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.24,0:21:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I cannot understand it,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:06.40,0:21:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,therefore it must not be real.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:10.60,0:21:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is constantly what happens
Dialogue: 0,0:21:12.36,0:21:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when little men face
Dialogue: 0,0:21:16.32,0:21:19.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the incomprehensible and supernatural
Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.89,0:21:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,divine being of the living God.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.38,0:21:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, we cannot understand it,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:24.02,0:21:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,therefore we cannot believe it.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:25.71,0:21:29.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the historical Christ \Nis the supernatural Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:29.69,0:21:30.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You look back then.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.97,0:21:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did you see?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:31.80,0:21:32.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see a virgin birth.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:32.95,0:21:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see a star in the sky.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:34.26,0:21:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see the supernatural.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.86,0:21:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see angels appearing
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.30,0:21:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and declaring to the shepherds
Dialogue: 0,0:21:39.05,0:21:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the Christ has been born.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:41.23,0:21:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ - He is born.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.08,0:21:44.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He lives His life
Dialogue: 0,0:21:44.77,0:21:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's full of the supernatural.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:46.50,0:21:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Water made into wine.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:48.42,0:21:50.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He walked on water.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.04,0:21:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where He went,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:51.10,0:21:52.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the supernatural happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.75,0:21:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, God broke into history.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:55.18,0:21:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what happens when God becomes man
Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.14,0:22:00.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it just turns everything upside down.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:00.67,0:22:02.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can say, "I don't understand it."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:02.43,0:22:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, there's a lot about it\NI don't understand either.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.04,0:22:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Scripture tells us it's so.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:07.90,0:22:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The historical Christ is \Na supernatural Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:12.47,0:22:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll tell you what,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.66,0:22:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Word tells us
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.84,0:22:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was a star -
Dialogue: 0,0:22:16.21,0:22:18.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a star created just for this occasion
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.22,0:22:24.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to lead a group of (get this) Gentiles
Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.11,0:22:25.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a far away place
Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.59,0:22:27.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come and fall down and worship
Dialogue: 0,0:22:27.33,0:22:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before a baby.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.83,0:22:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what a baby!
Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.26,0:22:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you've got your \Nfinger still in Matthew 1,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:39.54,0:22:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can keep your fingers there.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:44.56,0:22:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It says in Matthew 1:21,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.36,0:22:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"She will bear a Son,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:51.54,0:22:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you shall call His name Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.23,0:22:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for He will save His people
Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.88,0:22:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from their sins.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.08,0:23:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All this took place to \Nfulfill the prophet.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.76,0:23:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What the Lord had spoken by Isaiah,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:03.30,0:23:06.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'behold, the virgin shall conceive
Dialogue: 0,0:23:06.31,0:23:08.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bear a Son,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.79,0:23:13.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they shall call His name Immanuel.'"
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.18,0:23:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not talking about the birth
Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.37,0:23:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a great man.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:20.14,0:23:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God came among us.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.06,0:23:24.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, He was a great man,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:24.72,0:23:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but more.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:26.78,0:23:29.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God came among us to be with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.77,0:23:30.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the Eternal One
Dialogue: 0,0:23:30.97,0:23:32.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming into the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:32.13,0:23:34.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know the verse.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:34.08,0:23:42.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"In the beginning was the Word."
Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.41,0:23:45.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the beginning.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:45.19,0:23:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What beginning?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:46.85,0:23:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go back to the beginning.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:48.16,0:23:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, wasn't there something
Dialogue: 0,0:23:49.52,0:23:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before that beginning?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.74,0:23:53.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, go back in the beginning
Dialogue: 0,0:23:53.19,0:23:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before that beginning.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:54.92,0:23:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back, back, back, further back.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:59.25,0:24:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before there was a beginning.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:03.10,0:24:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's the Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:05.33,0:24:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Word was God.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:10.39,0:24:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Word was with God.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:12.93,0:24:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Word became flesh.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:19.72,0:24:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we have going on here.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.04,0:24:26.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't start to exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:26.12,0:24:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have a star in the sky.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:30.54,0:24:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's a messenger.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:32.54,0:24:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a beacon
Dialogue: 0,0:24:36.24,0:24:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God and humanity are coming together
Dialogue: 0,0:24:42.74,0:24:46.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the womb of a virgin
Dialogue: 0,0:24:46.71,0:24:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be born into the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:50.18,0:24:54.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we have.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.22,0:24:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God coming into the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:58.04,0:25:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you think about this,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:00.64,0:25:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God coming into the world -
Dialogue: 0,0:25:05.40,0:25:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think about what you have done.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:11.36,0:25:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think about the things
Dialogue: 0,0:25:12.82,0:25:15.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've done in your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:15.05,0:25:16.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's coming into the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:16.59,0:25:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You hear that.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:17.34,0:25:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's coming into the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:18.71,0:25:19.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:19.56,0:25:22.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the God Who has a score to settle.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:22.99,0:25:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've done things.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.87,0:25:30.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean just that by \Nitself is not good news.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:30.39,0:25:35.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That might actually be \Nreason for some alarm.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:35.51,0:25:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But think about those words.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:38.92,0:25:42.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, those angels appeared out there
Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.57,0:25:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on those plains.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:45.74,0:25:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Quiet.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:47.62,0:25:50.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's night.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:50.75,0:25:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's peaceful.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:53.16,0:25:55.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sheep.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.29,0:25:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The shepherds standing watch by night.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.88,0:26:01.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I mean, what happened?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:01.24,0:26:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sky split open.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:03.09,0:26:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They weren't expecting that.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:06.96,0:26:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You would be shocked,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:08.73,0:26:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I'm sure they were.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:10.10,0:26:12.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you've got to hear in those words,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:12.100,0:26:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those angels said that that very day
Dialogue: 0,0:26:18.45,0:26:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Savior was born.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.58,0:26:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just think about those words.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:22.58,0:26:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That baby that came forth
Dialogue: 0,0:26:24.43,0:26:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a Savior.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.52,0:26:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes we have to stop.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:27.61,0:26:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's kind of like the star hitting me
Dialogue: 0,0:26:29.54,0:26:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there in the prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:30.49,0:26:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes you just have to stop
Dialogue: 0,0:26:32.00,0:26:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hear that word:
Dialogue: 0,0:26:33.44,0:26:35.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Savior.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:35.95,0:26:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody came to save us.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:39.27,0:26:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody came to free us.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:42.45,0:26:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Savior.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:43.96,0:26:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He came to save us.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:45.11,0:26:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't come to destroy us.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:46.87,0:26:49.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's come to take our sins upon Himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:49.09,0:26:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not to deal with us according to our sins,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:51.78,0:26:55.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that star that's shining
Dialogue: 0,0:26:55.35,0:26:57.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up there in the sky -
Dialogue: 0,0:26:57.61,0:26:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a beacon of hope,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:58.70,0:27:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not of destruction; not of doom.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:00.76,0:27:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:02.54,0:27:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:03.86,0:27:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:06.00,0:27:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at it there in v. 10.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:07.59,0:27:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"When they saw the star..."
Dialogue: 0,0:27:10.32,0:27:11.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not the shepherds -
Dialogue: 0,0:27:11.47,0:27:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're talking about the Magi here.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:13.25,0:27:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"When they saw the star,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:16.34,0:27:19.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they rejoiced exceedingly
Dialogue: 0,0:27:19.66,0:27:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with great joy."
Dialogue: 0,0:27:21.14,0:27:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a reflection of the \Nshepherd's joy as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:23.92,0:27:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could look over there at Luke 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:25.63,0:27:28.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:28.03,0:27:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This One Who came into the world
Dialogue: 0,0:27:30.00,0:27:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came to produce joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:32.52,0:27:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen!
Dialogue: 0,0:27:34.37,0:27:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not what this world experiences
Dialogue: 0,0:27:39.03,0:27:45.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this season of Christmas.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:45.61,0:27:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:47.26,0:27:49.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's an anticipation.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:49.31,0:27:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There may be some kind of cheer
Dialogue: 0,0:27:52.78,0:27:56.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:56.99,0:28:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But not the abiding joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:01.18,0:28:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rejoice in the Lord always,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:03.16,0:28:06.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and again I say, rejoice.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:06.39,0:28:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world doesn't rejoice come January.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:15.76,0:28:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something was happening here.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:20.07,0:28:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's the thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:22.16,0:28:25.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though it's misplaced -
Dialogue: 0,0:28:25.31,0:28:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the star was not over the stable.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:29.02,0:28:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The star didn't lead the Magi
Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.92,0:28:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the stable.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:32.12,0:28:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The star led the Magi to the house
Dialogue: 0,0:28:37.38,0:28:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where Joseph and Mary and the baby were
Dialogue: 0,0:28:40.87,0:28:46.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after the Christ was born.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:46.51,0:28:48.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you see the manger scene,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:48.29,0:28:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you see a star there,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:49.40,0:28:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's misplaced.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:51.25,0:28:53.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How it ever got on top of a Christmas tree
Dialogue: 0,0:28:53.41,0:28:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:54.73,0:28:57.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I can tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:57.49,0:28:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you see that star on \Ntop of a Christmas tree;
Dialogue: 0,0:28:59.98,0:29:03.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you see that star on the front of a stable
Dialogue: 0,0:29:03.24,0:29:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the back wall of the stable,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:06.56,0:29:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can think about what that means.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:09.96,0:29:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That thing shined in the sky
Dialogue: 0,0:29:13.66,0:29:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,guiding men to a Savior.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:17.75,0:29:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Savior has come.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:21.51,0:29:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man need not be damned.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:24.81,0:29:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Savior has come.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:27.46,0:29:28.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God has come!
Dialogue: 0,0:29:28.83,0:29:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Immanuel: God with us
Dialogue: 0,0:29:31.78,0:29:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to redeem us, to help us,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:33.80,0:29:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to save us, to take us to glory,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:36.24,0:29:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give us life everlasting,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:38.21,0:29:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give us pleasures forevermore
Dialogue: 0,0:29:39.97,0:29:40.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at His right hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:40.99,0:29:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give us life,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:42.52,0:29:43.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,life more abundantly,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:43.97,0:29:45.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to free us.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:45.88,0:29:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, to forgive us!
Dialogue: 0,0:29:48.30,0:29:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No lake of fire!
Dialogue: 0,0:29:49.92,0:29:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I deserve the lake of fire.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:51.46,0:29:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what that star says.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:53.40,0:29:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:56.63,0:29:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what it was saying.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:58.78,0:30:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now listen,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:00.40,0:30:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to think about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:02.92,0:30:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:30:06.60,0:30:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I cannot help but see election
Dialogue: 0,0:30:11.96,0:30:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that star.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:12.98,0:30:13.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, election?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:13.84,0:30:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:14.76,0:30:15.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean this.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:15.51,0:30:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean that God chooses some people
Dialogue: 0,0:30:17.43,0:30:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:19.22,0:30:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, really?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:20.24,0:30:22.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, look, if you haven't been here\Nfor our Ephesians series
Dialogue: 0,0:30:22.81,0:30:24.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're calling that into question,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:24.13,0:30:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would encourage you to go study
Dialogue: 0,0:30:25.54,0:30:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first 14 verses of Ephesians,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:27.31,0:30:29.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you will not come away
Dialogue: 0,0:30:29.77,0:30:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,convinced that election doesn't exist
Dialogue: 0,0:30:32.18,0:30:33.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have eyes to see
Dialogue: 0,0:30:33.100,0:30:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what those verses say.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:36.06,0:30:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in that star,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:37.47,0:30:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see election.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:39.51,0:30:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, what are you talking about?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:41.46,0:30:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:42.85,0:30:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you see that?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:46.16,0:30:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me explain.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:47.68,0:30:50.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just think with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:50.39,0:30:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David and I were talking about this
Dialogue: 0,0:30:52.14,0:30:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the other night.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:55.43,0:30:57.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A star appears.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:57.59,0:30:58.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A new star.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:58.59,0:31:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something nobody's ever seen before.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:00.34,0:31:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A new star appears in the sky.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:02.24,0:31:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's the first question I would ask you.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:05.25,0:31:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who would even notice?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:09.02,0:31:11.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, the truth is,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:11.25,0:31:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if a new star appeared in the sky tonight,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:16.96,0:31:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would you notice?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:19.27,0:31:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wouldn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:21.79,0:31:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I came to the prayer \Nmeeting the other night,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:24.39,0:31:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these are the \Nshortest days of the year,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:26.54,0:31:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so it was already getting dark
Dialogue: 0,0:31:28.42,0:31:32.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I showed up around 6:30.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:32.33,0:31:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Montgomery's were out here.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:34.40,0:31:36.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And somebody made a comment
Dialogue: 0,0:31:36.37,0:31:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about a star in the sky.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:38.86,0:31:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were surmising that it was
Dialogue: 0,0:31:40.48,0:31:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably a planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:42.59,0:31:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was bright.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:44.04,0:31:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:45.06,0:31:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if there had been two up there,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:46.86,0:31:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd have just said,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:48.22,0:31:50.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's two planets.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:50.80,0:31:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would not have gone home,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:52.72,0:31:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,packed the car,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:53.90,0:31:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put the family in
Dialogue: 0,0:31:55.73,0:31:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and headed out in the direction
Dialogue: 0,0:31:57.42,0:31:58.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the star was.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:58.91,0:32:00.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would not have taken it as a sign
Dialogue: 0,0:32:00.74,0:32:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I needed to go to Canada.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:04.04,0:32:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wouldn't have even noticed
Dialogue: 0,0:32:05.49,0:32:10.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it was even new.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:10.27,0:32:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A star appeared.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:11.72,0:32:14.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said to Herod,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:14.31,0:32:18.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we saw it rise.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:18.85,0:32:21.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Huh. They saw it.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:21.88,0:32:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, who notices \Na new star in the sky?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:28.10,0:32:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you who notices,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:29.65,0:32:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somebody who's looking at the sky.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:32.00,0:32:33.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody who looks at those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:33.81,0:32:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody who pays \Nattention to those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:37.93,0:32:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are people that paid attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:39.80,0:32:43.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's the thing
Dialogue: 0,0:32:43.05,0:32:46.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God put that star
Dialogue: 0,0:32:46.95,0:32:52.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where these people were looking.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:52.41,0:32:54.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, you see election in that?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:54.61,0:32:56.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:56.76,0:32:58.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because He put it where these folks
Dialogue: 0,0:32:58.55,0:33:03.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were looking.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:03.05,0:33:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Other people may be looking
Dialogue: 0,0:33:04.57,0:33:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in other places,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:05.63,0:33:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but He didn't put it in those places.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:08.69,0:33:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sign.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:09.92,0:33:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He put it here.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:11.34,0:33:13.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now there may be other signs.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:13.97,0:33:17.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But He put one right where these people
Dialogue: 0,0:33:17.21,0:33:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would look at it.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:20.06,0:33:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And like I say,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:21.79,0:33:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here's another thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:25.38,0:33:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even if you discover a new star,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:28.70,0:33:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even if you said, hey,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:30.67,0:33:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we watch the sky.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:32.22,0:33:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're astronomers.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:34.23,0:33:35.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We track the stars.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:35.100,0:33:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a star that was \Nnot there last year.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:42.24,0:33:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like I say,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:44.28,0:33:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who packs the camels?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:46.16,0:33:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or the mules?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:47.98,0:33:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or the horses and heads off to Jerusalem?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:53.25,0:33:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why would you do that?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:57.48,0:34:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like seeing a tree \Nyou never saw before.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:00.10,0:34:03.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't just pack up and move
Dialogue: 0,0:34:03.31,0:34:08.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because something's \Nnew in your environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:08.33,0:34:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's what they did.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:10.76,0:34:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's more.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:12.39,0:34:14.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know that when these Magi
Dialogue: 0,0:34:14.89,0:34:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,got to where they were going -
Dialogue: 0,0:34:16.41,0:34:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in fact, if you look here
Dialogue: 0,0:34:17.74,0:34:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Matthew 2, you will see that
Dialogue: 0,0:34:24.27,0:34:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in v. 11, "...going into the house,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:27.98,0:34:29.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they saw the child."
Dialogue: 0,0:34:29.91,0:34:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They actually went in the house.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:31.52,0:34:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They weren't standing \Nout front of a stable.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:33.90,0:34:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They went in the house.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:38.23,0:34:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"They saw the child with Mary, His mother,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:40.29,0:34:42.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they fell down and worshiped Him
Dialogue: 0,0:34:42.47,0:34:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then opening their treasures,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:44.44,0:34:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they offered Him gifts -
Dialogue: 0,0:34:45.52,0:34:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gold, frankincense, and myrrh."
Dialogue: 0,0:34:47.16,0:34:49.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, what about that?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:49.25,0:34:50.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just this:
Dialogue: 0,0:34:50.91,0:34:57.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So God put a star where they could see it.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:57.31,0:34:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when they saw it,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:58.80,0:34:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they packed up.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:59.67,0:35:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as they're packing up,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:01.06,0:35:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they just didn't put food and water
Dialogue: 0,0:35:03.14,0:35:04.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their bags,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:04.71,0:35:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they put treasures in their bags.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:07.72,0:35:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:10.20,0:35:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, listen, when \Nthey got to Jerusalem,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:16.20,0:35:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they specifically said to Herod;
Dialogue: 0,0:35:20.92,0:35:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they specifically said to the Jews,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:25.30,0:35:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We have seen His star -
Dialogue: 0,0:35:30.24,0:35:33.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the King of Israel."
Dialogue: 0,0:35:33.15,0:35:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok, now here's this.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:34.68,0:35:37.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only who packs up the camels
Dialogue: 0,0:35:37.43,0:35:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the horses when they see a star,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:40.06,0:35:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but who sees a star and says
Dialogue: 0,0:35:43.16,0:35:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've got to go to Jerusalem
Dialogue: 0,0:35:44.63,0:35:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this means that \Nthe King of the Jews
Dialogue: 0,0:35:46.94,0:35:48.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been born?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:48.29,0:35:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you this.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:49.44,0:35:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Magi had revelation.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:51.76,0:35:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something was going on with the Magi
Dialogue: 0,0:35:53.58,0:35:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that wasn't going on with other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:55.48,0:35:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God was dealing with these Magi
Dialogue: 0,0:35:57.13,0:35:59.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way that was very specific.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:59.17,0:36:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you see election here?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:00.62,0:36:02.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God deals with different people
Dialogue: 0,0:36:02.39,0:36:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in different ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:03.62,0:36:05.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These people had a blessing.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:05.09,0:36:07.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These people had their eyes opened
Dialogue: 0,0:36:07.07,0:36:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way that other people simply did not.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:10.88,0:36:13.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's another thing:
Dialogue: 0,0:36:13.51,0:36:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even more telling is that
Dialogue: 0,0:36:20.36,0:36:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they got to Jerusalem,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:25.29,0:36:27.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you notice there's no indication -
Dialogue: 0,0:36:27.93,0:36:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listen to this:
Dialogue: 0,0:36:31.92,0:36:37.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here they come
Dialogue: 0,0:36:37.13,0:36:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Jerusalem.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:39.48,0:36:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew 2:1.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:41.41,0:36:42.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what do they say?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:42.79,0:36:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Where is He Who has been born
Dialogue: 0,0:36:44.74,0:36:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,King of the Jews?"
Dialogue: 0,0:36:46.78,0:36:48.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, now, they would have known
Dialogue: 0,0:36:48.61,0:36:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those in Jerusalem
Dialogue: 0,0:36:49.54,0:36:50.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who he was speaking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:50.87,0:36:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was speaking about the Messiah.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:52.76,0:36:54.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For we saw His star when it rose
Dialogue: 0,0:36:54.35,0:36:56.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have come forth to worship Him."
Dialogue: 0,0:36:56.15,0:36:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, they came with an agenda.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:57.84,0:36:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That star was all about
Dialogue: 0,0:36:59.50,0:37:03.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to worship Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:03.73,0:37:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"When Herod the king heard this,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:05.27,0:37:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was troubled and all \NJerusalem with him.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:07.38,0:37:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They assembled the chief priests
Dialogue: 0,0:37:08.94,0:37:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and scribes and he inquired of them
Dialogue: 0,0:37:10.68,0:37:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the Christ was to be born."
Dialogue: 0,0:37:12.28,0:37:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They knew exactly Who this was.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:13.81,0:37:14.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:14.73,0:37:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And he said, 'Bethlehem.'"
Dialogue: 0,0:37:18.57,0:37:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,V. 7 "Herod summoned the wise men
Dialogue: 0,0:37:20.83,0:37:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and secretly ascertained from them
Dialogue: 0,0:37:22.66,0:37:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the time the star had appeared.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:24.14,0:37:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He sent them to Bethlehem saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:25.78,0:37:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Go and search diligently for the child,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:27.73,0:37:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when you have found Him,\Nbring me word that I too may
Dialogue: 0,0:37:29.98,0:37:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come and worship Him.'
Dialogue: 0,0:37:31.24,0:37:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After listening to the king
Dialogue: 0,0:37:32.68,0:37:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they went on their way."
Dialogue: 0,0:37:38.25,0:37:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what I find extremely interesting
Dialogue: 0,0:37:42.58,0:37:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:37:44.74,0:37:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They not only knew
Dialogue: 0,0:37:48.78,0:37:54.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and recognized the \Nsignificance of that star,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:54.13,0:37:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were the only ones who did.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:58.34,0:38:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, what do you mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:00.07,0:38:02.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean this:
Dialogue: 0,0:38:02.62,0:38:06.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You notice they went on the Bethlehem.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:06.23,0:38:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the Jews that were gathered together -
Dialogue: 0,0:38:08.82,0:38:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,none of them went.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:11.99,0:38:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,None of the Jewish leaders went.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:14.15,0:38:16.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,None of the political leaders went.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:16.13,0:38:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Herod didn't pack his horses
Dialogue: 0,0:38:18.46,0:38:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his gold and frankincense and myrrh.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:23.98,0:38:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They went on by themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:29.17,0:38:31.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, you have the Magi come
Dialogue: 0,0:38:31.53,0:38:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and explain the significance of the star.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:35.25,0:38:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They still didn't go.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:39.06,0:38:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The presence of the coming Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:38:40.70,0:38:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is proclaimed by this star.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:43.38,0:38:46.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who are the Magi?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:46.95,0:38:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not Jews.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:49.03,0:38:53.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're just foreigners.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:53.48,0:38:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A band of foreigners.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:55.23,0:38:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't know how many.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:56.64,0:38:59.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't say three.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:59.41,0:39:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't call them kings.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:00.90,0:39:03.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not "We Three Kings..."
Dialogue: 0,0:39:03.67,0:39:05.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the Magi.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:05.59,0:39:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Foreigners.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:07.43,0:39:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't it interesting?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:08.62,0:39:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, think with me here.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:10.06,0:39:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God gives us this picture
Dialogue: 0,0:39:11.97,0:39:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the coming of His \NSon into the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:15.16,0:39:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who are the only people
Dialogue: 0,0:39:18.86,0:39:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are on the same wavelength with God?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:22.88,0:39:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A band of foreigners.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:27.97,0:39:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God chooses people.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:29.83,0:39:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God puts His hand on people.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:32.20,0:39:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God opens certain people's eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:39:34.42,0:39:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not others.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:36.33,0:39:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what you see going on here.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:39.20,0:39:41.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, I just draw your attention
Dialogue: 0,0:39:41.05,0:39:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back to v. 9-10 again.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:42.77,0:39:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Listening to the king, they \Nwent on their way.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:45.36,0:39:46.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And behold the star,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:46.75,0:39:48.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they had seen when it rose
Dialogue: 0,0:39:48.53,0:39:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,went before them until it came to rest
Dialogue: 0,0:39:51.10,0:39:52.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the place where the child was.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:52.87,0:39:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they saw the star,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:54.12,0:39:56.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy."
Dialogue: 0,0:39:56.93,0:40:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, I do see election in this star.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:00.58,0:40:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? The star went before them.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:06.42,0:40:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It went before them.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:08.06,0:40:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, this star is leading them.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:12.28,0:40:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like the thing is alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:14.75,0:40:19.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a living God behind it.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:19.69,0:40:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it directs them: foreigners.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:24.22,0:40:26.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not the Jews. Not the Pharisees.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:26.13,0:40:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not the scribes. Not the priests.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:28.67,0:40:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not Herod. Not his entourage.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:31.06,0:40:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not the Romans.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:35.23,0:40:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some Magi from the East.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:39.19,0:40:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't that amazing?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:40.35,0:40:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's kind of like Jesus saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:41.90,0:40:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know there are many lepers;
Dialogue: 0,0:40:44.04,0:40:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are many widows.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:47.48,0:40:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Doesn't God have a way of
Dialogue: 0,0:40:48.92,0:40:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just choosing the insignificant.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:54.04,0:40:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He chooses those we \Noften would least expect.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:58.20,0:41:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you still floored by that?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:01.72,0:41:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God chose me.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:07.18,0:41:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's election.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:11.30,0:41:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the same way, brethren,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:13.98,0:41:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most are unaware.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:18.24,0:41:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most are unaware of \Nthe significance of things.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:22.82,0:41:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you recognize that that is true
Dialogue: 0,0:41:25.03,0:41:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on this morning that the world labels
Dialogue: 0,0:41:28.00,0:41:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Christmas Day?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:32.80,0:41:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody thinks what's significant?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:35.52,0:41:36.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The presents.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:36.61,0:41:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The family.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:37.97,0:41:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tree.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:39.38,0:41:42.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The lights.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:42.47,0:41:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many people are truly connected
Dialogue: 0,0:41:47.50,0:41:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with what's really \Nsignificant in this world?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:53.23,0:41:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe a little band of foreigners
Dialogue: 0,0:41:57.06,0:42:00.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that meet in this place?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:00.29,0:42:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're outsiders.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:03.25,0:42:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gentiles.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:07.15,0:42:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those who are far off.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:10.22,0:42:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most are unaware.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:12.27,0:42:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about even the night
Dialogue: 0,0:42:13.66,0:42:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when Jesus was born.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:15.79,0:42:17.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:17.49,0:42:19.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you recognize the time differential here.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:19.66,0:42:22.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ was born;
Dialogue: 0,0:42:22.14,0:42:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they laid Him in a manger.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:23.68,0:42:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It really doesn't even say \Nthat there was a stable.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:26.14,0:42:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The manger may have been under the stars.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:30.29,0:42:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The shepherds came.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:32.16,0:42:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was sometime later that the Magi
Dialogue: 0,0:42:35.49,0:42:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,arrived at the house
Dialogue: 0,0:42:39.32,0:42:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where Joseph had taken his family.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:42.64,0:42:44.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His family was from there.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:44.85,0:42:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It may have very well been family.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:47.14,0:42:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that night when Jesus was born,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:49.85,0:42:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you notice how unaware the world was?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:54.40,0:42:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just think about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:56.07,0:43:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People just go on with their lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:00.20,0:43:02.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was happening?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:02.41,0:43:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a registration.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:04.15,0:43:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, you think that stirred people up?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:05.98,0:43:07.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think that was something
Dialogue: 0,0:43:07.34,0:43:08.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were talking about?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:08.49,0:43:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think if we got conquered
Dialogue: 0,0:43:09.94,0:43:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a foreign power,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:11.30,0:43:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Romans - Caesar comes in
Dialogue: 0,0:43:13.15,0:43:14.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he sets up a registration
Dialogue: 0,0:43:14.67,0:43:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we have to all go register
Dialogue: 0,0:43:16.40,0:43:17.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pay our taxes.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:17.63,0:43:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're somebody like Joseph
Dialogue: 0,0:43:20.48,0:43:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you actually have to pack up
Dialogue: 0,0:43:22.10,0:43:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Nazareth and travel to Bethlehem
Dialogue: 0,0:43:24.34,0:43:26.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's where your family is from.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:26.38,0:43:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what was required.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:28.58,0:43:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can look at the secular history books.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:31.35,0:43:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had various \Nregistrations in these days.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:33.97,0:43:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they would make people go
Dialogue: 0,0:43:35.54,0:43:37.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to where their families were from.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:37.37,0:43:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they would go there
Dialogue: 0,0:43:38.58,0:43:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they would pay these taxes.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:40.40,0:43:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If an outsider like Caesar came in
Dialogue: 0,0:43:43.70,0:43:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and took over your country,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:45.53,0:43:46.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then taxed you.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:46.89,0:43:48.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now made you travel -
Dialogue: 0,0:43:48.46,0:43:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pack up your family and travel,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:50.10,0:43:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now it's affecting you monetarily,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:52.04,0:43:53.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only in the tax you pay,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:53.48,0:43:55.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in the fact you can't stay and work
Dialogue: 0,0:43:55.37,0:43:57.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the farm and work your home.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:57.91,0:44:00.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to leave your business.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:00.32,0:44:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joseph would leave
Dialogue: 0,0:44:01.37,0:44:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if he was a carpenter in those early days
Dialogue: 0,0:44:03.96,0:44:05.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he would have to leave that trade.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:05.69,0:44:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now there's no income.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:07.04,0:44:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he has to travel
Dialogue: 0,0:44:08.21,0:44:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pay the traveling expenses.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:10.40,0:44:12.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what it was like in the inn?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:12.45,0:44:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody was complaining.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:13.70,0:44:16.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody was talking about\Nwhat this was doing to them financially.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:16.43,0:44:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know how it is in our world?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:17.76,0:44:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody's talking about \Nthe new president.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:19.63,0:44:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would have been talking
Dialogue: 0,0:44:21.55,0:44:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about Caesar, taxes, finances.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:27.80,0:44:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What it does to their whole
Dialogue: 0,0:44:29.68,0:44:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,financial outlook.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:31.21,0:44:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what people talk about today.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:33.00,0:44:34.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what people are concerned about.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:34.81,0:44:37.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what they would have \Nbeen concerned about back then.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:37.15,0:44:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The inn was full.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:38.07,0:44:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why was the inn full?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:38.96,0:44:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because everybody was \Ntraveling in those days.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:41.01,0:44:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were trying to get home.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:42.77,0:44:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trying to get home for the registration.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:45.97,0:44:47.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Caesar's taxing us.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:47.74,0:44:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all an inconvenience.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:49.19,0:44:50.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, here's the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:50.79,0:44:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can imagine them packed in there -
Dialogue: 0,0:44:52.64,0:44:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tight quarters.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:53.50,0:44:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are we going to do to eat?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:55.28,0:44:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here we are. We're all packed in.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:56.94,0:44:58.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody's traveling.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:58.03,0:44:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got to find food.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:59.56,0:45:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got to find our meals.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:01.28,0:45:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got to provide for the family.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:03.09,0:45:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah, this tax! How much is the tax?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:06.42,0:45:08.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's too high! It's \Nalways too high, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:08.57,0:45:10.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody complains about taxes
Dialogue: 0,0:45:10.11,0:45:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being too high.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:10.94,0:45:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would have complained.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:12.25,0:45:14.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you think they were somehow sanctified
Dialogue: 0,0:45:14.29,0:45:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back in those days?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:15.28,0:45:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they were entirely different?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:16.90,0:45:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they all were back there
Dialogue: 0,0:45:18.64,0:45:22.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this imaginary manger scene
Dialogue: 0,0:45:22.37,0:45:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a placarded on star
Dialogue: 0,0:45:24.34,0:45:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the front of it?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:25.40,0:45:27.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all had halos over their heads?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:27.29,0:45:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And everybody was out there saying
Dialogue: 0,0:45:28.72,0:45:30.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oh, this is the greatest \Nthing in the world?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:30.83,0:45:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, that's not what happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:32.34,0:45:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you had was some unobtrusive,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:37.97,0:45:47.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,insignificant couple came in there.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:47.58,0:45:50.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This young girl's back there.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:50.71,0:45:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't even say in a stable.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:52.26,0:45:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe she was.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:53.02,0:45:54.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, if you're Joseph,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:54.25,0:45:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would have tried \Nto find a protected area
Dialogue: 0,0:45:56.62,0:45:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since there was no room.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:57.95,0:46:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's giving birth.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:01.55,0:46:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just insignificant.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:03.74,0:46:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The crowds are in the inn.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:05.28,0:46:06.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody's out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:06.52,0:46:08.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody cares.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:08.33,0:46:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, until the shepherds got there,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:13.77,0:46:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it doesn't even say \Nthere were animals there.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:16.67,0:46:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A manger is what animals eat out of,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:18.39,0:46:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we don't even know that.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:19.75,0:46:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's an inn,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:20.62,0:46:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people were traveling,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:21.78,0:46:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can be sure there were...
Dialogue: 0,0:46:23.24,0:46:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The carts; it was probably relatively
Dialogue: 0,0:46:25.52,0:46:26.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,packed back there.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:26.97,0:46:29.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you may have had people back there.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:29.21,0:46:31.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're Joseph, you're going to try
Dialogue: 0,0:46:31.09,0:46:33.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get her in as protected and quiet
Dialogue: 0,0:46:33.100,0:46:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a back corner.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:35.07,0:46:36.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine, ladies?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:36.41,0:46:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're required to travel
Dialogue: 0,0:46:38.68,0:46:41.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at nine months pregnancy?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:41.11,0:46:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're at an inn and there's no room?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:44.02,0:46:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back on the straw with you,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:46.32,0:46:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the most amazing things
Dialogue: 0,0:46:48.24,0:46:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is happening in all of human history.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:52.77,0:46:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the world is just disconnected.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:56.10,0:46:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The momentus thing imaginable
Dialogue: 0,0:46:58.41,0:46:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is happening back there.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:59.97,0:47:01.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it's a stable. Wherever.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:01.43,0:47:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So quiet.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:02.91,0:47:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So ordinary.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:04.40,0:47:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No fanfare.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:05.92,0:47:08.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone caught up in \Nthe events of the day.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:08.39,0:47:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one took notice.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:09.51,0:47:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody's giving any concern to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:12.50,0:47:13.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No account.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:13.39,0:47:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some girl back there on the straw -
Dialogue: 0,0:47:15.19,0:47:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's having a baby.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:16.24,0:47:18.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They lay it in probably some rough,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:18.49,0:47:21.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wooden animal trough.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:21.37,0:47:23.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the shepherds came to town,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:23.21,0:47:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's what they were looking for.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:26.10,0:47:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Find a baby in the trough.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:30.78,0:47:32.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Salvation.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:32.79,0:47:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you recognize?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:34.24,0:47:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Salvation has come.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:36.71,0:47:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The One Who has been long awaited.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:39.32,0:47:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All human history is \Npointing to this child.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:42.24,0:47:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He's come.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:44.02,0:47:46.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And nobody knows it!
Dialogue: 0,0:47:46.65,0:47:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The shepherds wouldn't have known it.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:48.78,0:47:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No fanfare.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:50.68,0:47:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Miracle of the greatest magnitude
Dialogue: 0,0:47:52.51,0:47:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is taking place.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:53.72,0:47:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God and man joined together in this child.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:56.54,0:47:58.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most unique Person ever.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:58.91,0:48:00.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to sing that song:
Dialogue: 0,0:48:00.35,0:48:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hail! The Incarnate Deity!"
Dialogue: 0,0:48:02.72,0:48:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But who's there to hail Him?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:05.72,0:48:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just quiet.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:08.88,0:48:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody in the inn -
Dialogue: 0,0:48:09.97,0:48:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taxes and everything filling their minds.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:14.44,0:48:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who's there to hail Him?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:16.03,0:48:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you who.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:18.03,0:48:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some lowly shepherds.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:23.61,0:48:27.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then days, may have even been weeks,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:27.79,0:48:30.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just some time before Joseph
Dialogue: 0,0:48:30.61,0:48:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fled to Egypt with his family;
Dialogue: 0,0:48:37.53,0:48:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was before Herod sent
Dialogue: 0,0:48:38.96,0:48:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had all those children killed
Dialogue: 0,0:48:40.72,0:48:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Bethlehem.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:44.63,0:48:47.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some foreigners.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:47.23,0:48:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see how God works?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:51.26,0:48:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It wasn't the Jewish elite.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:53.86,0:48:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, think of all the people
Dialogue: 0,0:48:56.26,0:49:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of power and money
Dialogue: 0,0:49:00.84,0:49:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and high rank in this world
Dialogue: 0,0:49:04.15,0:49:08.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God has passed over
Dialogue: 0,0:49:08.27,0:49:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you might know
Dialogue: 0,0:49:12.44,0:49:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the significance of all these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:16.41,0:49:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's given you eyes to see.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:19.62,0:49:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why didn't everybody else follow the star?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:21.81,0:49:23.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe they couldn't see it.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:23.47,0:49:25.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe they did; they just didn't know
Dialogue: 0,0:49:25.35,0:49:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the significance of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:28.04,0:49:29.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:29.13,0:49:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That star guided the Magi.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:31.57,0:49:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It led them.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:33.46,0:49:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No indication it led anybody else.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:36.08,0:49:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's electing love.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:38.25,0:49:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He just draws these people to His Son.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:42.98,0:49:48.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world like some great, flowing river;
Dialogue: 0,0:49:48.79,0:49:51.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the course of this world.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:51.33,0:49:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we were -
Dialogue: 0,0:49:52.64,0:49:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,following the course of this world.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:54.58,0:49:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Following the prince of \Nthe power of the air.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:57.16,0:50:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By and large, that's what this season is.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:00.69,0:50:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just a mass of humanity
Dialogue: 0,0:50:02.65,0:50:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this river;
Dialogue: 0,0:50:03.71,0:50:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's just being swept along.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:05.86,0:50:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody's just flowing with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:11.56,0:50:15.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unaware of what really is significant.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:15.87,0:50:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like they were 2,000 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:20.10,0:50:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Football games and Christmas trees
Dialogue: 0,0:50:22.43,0:50:24.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lights and all of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:24.85,0:50:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you this:
Dialogue: 0,0:50:26.00,0:50:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There really was a star shining
Dialogue: 0,0:50:27.51,0:50:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back in the sky in that day.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:31.42,0:50:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a guide at that time to Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:35.50,0:50:37.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, we have the star.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:37.61,0:50:38.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have the light.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:38.47,0:50:40.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the Gospel light.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:40.15,0:50:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It beckons men.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:42.33,0:50:43.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But isn't it interesting,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:43.67,0:50:47.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's so much like it was then.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:47.58,0:50:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get these people far off.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:51.45,0:50:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how they're described in Ephesians.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:57.03,0:51:01.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those who are far off.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:01.45,0:51:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We come near.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:05.05,0:51:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We draw near.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:10.76,0:51:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those who are far off \Nhave been brought near
Dialogue: 0,0:51:13.40,0:51:16.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the blood of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:16.81,0:51:20.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Same thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:20.29,0:51:21.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't it amazing?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:21.37,0:51:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God gives some people eyes to see.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:25.87,0:51:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's some in here.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:28.38,0:51:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just go out the doors.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:30.90,0:51:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll just be swept away.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:33.51,0:51:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just swept away with all of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:37.60,0:51:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You really don't have eyes to see.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:41.77,0:51:43.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you have eyes to see,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:43.19,0:51:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have ears to hear -
Dialogue: 0,0:51:44.46,0:51:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if God is just \Ngiving them to you
Dialogue: 0,0:51:46.12,0:51:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:47.02,0:51:48.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to recognize this:
Dialogue: 0,0:51:48.73,0:51:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are all facts.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:50.16,0:51:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is history.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:51.45,0:51:53.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God the Son broke into time
Dialogue: 0,0:51:53.85,0:51:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2,000 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:55.52,0:51:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what He did was He came
Dialogue: 0,0:51:57.90,0:52:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He did not stay a baby.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:00.09,0:52:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He grew up.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:01.42,0:52:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when He grew up,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:02.50,0:52:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was a day the Spirit of God
Dialogue: 0,0:52:04.50,0:52:05.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,descended on Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:05.65,0:52:07.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was baptized in those waters of Jordan.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:07.85,0:52:10.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That Spirit came, filled Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:10.46,0:52:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a voice from Heaven,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:12.47,0:52:14.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the Majesty on High:
Dialogue: 0,0:52:14.27,0:52:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is My beloved Son."
Dialogue: 0,0:52:16.14,0:52:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He went forth, and He faced the devil.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:18.29,0:52:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He conquered.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:19.49,0:52:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He went forth.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:20.60,0:52:21.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He did miracles.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:21.88,0:52:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He showed the people
Dialogue: 0,0:52:23.32,0:52:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He could raise the dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:24.81,0:52:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He showed the people
Dialogue: 0,0:52:26.10,0:52:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He could heal our diseases.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:27.58,0:52:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He showed people
Dialogue: 0,0:52:29.19,0:52:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was minded to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:30.92,0:52:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If You will, You can make me clean."
Dialogue: 0,0:52:33.67,0:52:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He said, "I will."
Dialogue: 0,0:52:35.24,0:52:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you have eyes to see
Dialogue: 0,0:52:37.36,0:52:38.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ears to hear,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:38.56,0:52:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've been given a Messiah
Dialogue: 0,0:52:40.47,0:52:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who is willing that we should be saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:42.63,0:52:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And reaches out His hand
Dialogue: 0,0:52:44.74,0:52:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and beckons sinners,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:46.10,0:52:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Come unto Me, all you that labor
Dialogue: 0,0:52:47.84,0:52:48.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are heavy laden."
Dialogue: 0,0:52:48.99,0:52:50.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is historical fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:50.61,0:52:51.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not fiction.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:51.100,0:52:54.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll guarantee, it lines up perfectly
Dialogue: 0,0:52:54.29,0:52:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the historical fact of your sin
Dialogue: 0,0:52:56.67,0:52:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your guilt
Dialogue: 0,0:52:57.90,0:52:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the reality that you and I know
Dialogue: 0,0:52:59.74,0:53:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you must die.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:02.56,0:53:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He came to suffer in our place.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:04.74,0:53:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He came to taste death
Dialogue: 0,0:53:06.26,0:53:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on behalf of all men.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:08.22,0:53:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what Scripture says.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:09.46,0:53:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is real.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:10.53,0:53:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not like the Grinch.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:11.81,0:53:13.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not like Santa Claus.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:13.57,0:53:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not all this garbage.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:15.35,0:53:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This isn't some stable
Dialogue: 0,0:53:17.88,0:53:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a placarded star on the front of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:21.50,0:53:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're talking about reality.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:53:23.12,0:53:24.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're talking about a star in the sky
Dialogue: 0,0:53:24.100,0:53:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that actually led men to the Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:28.56,0:53:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they fell down
Dialogue: 0,0:53:29.87,0:53:31.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they worshiped Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:31.53,0:53:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what He calls us to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:33.84,0:53:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come unto Me.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:36.31,0:53:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And bow down to Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:38.84,0:53:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what they did.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:40.24,0:53:42.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, those Magi, in glory
Dialogue: 0,0:53:42.21,0:53:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when so many of the Jews -
Dialogue: 0,0:53:43.46,0:53:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Jesus said it -
Dialogue: 0,0:53:44.40,0:53:45.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so many are going to come
Dialogue: 0,0:53:45.66,0:53:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from East - they came from the East;
Dialogue: 0,0:53:47.14,0:53:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from the West.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:48.07,0:53:49.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're going to sit down
Dialogue: 0,0:53:49.81,0:53:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Abraham and with Isaac
Dialogue: 0,0:53:51.20,0:53:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with Jacob
Dialogue: 0,0:53:52.10,0:53:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Kingdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:53.23,0:53:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But so many,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:54.33,0:53:55.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so many that were privileged,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:55.99,0:53:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so many that had rank,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:58.22,0:53:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so many that had light,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:59.94,0:54:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so many are not going to be there.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:04.98,0:54:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they just assume.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:06.86,0:54:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They just assume.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:08.69,0:54:10.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in faith, if we go to Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:10.81,0:54:12.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we fall down before Him
Dialogue: 0,0:54:12.90,0:54:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we worship -
Dialogue: 0,0:54:14.28,0:54:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oh, those Magi, there was great joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:17.48,0:54:18.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're a sinner
Dialogue: 0,0:54:18.62,0:54:20.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you come to recognize that a Savior
Dialogue: 0,0:54:20.55,0:54:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been sent Who became sin for us
Dialogue: 0,0:54:23.00,0:54:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we might become the \Nrighteousness of God in Him;
Dialogue: 0,0:54:25.53,0:54:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He came and He conquered
Dialogue: 0,0:54:27.66,0:54:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He faced death,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:29.32,0:54:33.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He faced the consequences of sin
Dialogue: 0,0:54:33.03,0:54:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on that cross.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:34.22,0:54:35.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He faced the wrath of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:35.85,0:54:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He faced a broken law.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:37.79,0:54:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He conquered that we might be set free
Dialogue: 0,0:54:41.20,0:54:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that we might have life.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:42.90,0:54:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, they jumped with exceeding joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:44.92,0:54:46.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:46.05,0:54:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you actually look at that star
Dialogue: 0,0:54:49.02,0:54:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on top of a Christmas tree,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:50.49,0:54:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or taped onto the manger scene,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:53.58,0:54:55.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you really recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:54:55.51,0:54:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least the significance of the reality
Dialogue: 0,0:54:59.24,0:55:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behind that,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:00.48,0:55:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would jump out of your shoes.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:03.10,0:55:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they saw that star
Dialogue: 0,0:55:05.25,0:55:07.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was leading them to Bethlehem -
Dialogue: 0,0:55:07.19,0:55:08.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see, they'd heard
Dialogue: 0,0:55:08.45,0:55:10.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the prophecies were being fulfilled.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:10.71,0:55:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A virgin (Isaiah 7) coming to pass.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:13.76,0:55:16.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Micah 5: One who is from old,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:16.59,0:55:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even from everlasting;
Dialogue: 0,0:55:18.00,0:55:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is going to be born
Dialogue: 0,0:55:19.70,0:55:23.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Bethlehem Ephrathah.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:23.75,0:55:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These things are coming to pass.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:25.33,0:55:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're exceedingly joyful.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:28.20,0:55:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:30.58,0:55:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:33.46,0:55:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And though we cannot see Him
Dialogue: 0,0:55:35.53,0:55:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they could see Him \Nwith the physical eye,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:37.96,0:55:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet we can hear His words.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:39.82,0:55:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they beckon to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:41.64,0:55:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They call us like the star of old
Dialogue: 0,0:55:43.64,0:55:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called those men.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:45.06,0:55:47.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come. Come.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:47.61,0:55:49.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That star just guided -
Dialogue: 0,0:55:49.99,0:55:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come, come.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:51.62,0:55:54.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And who had eyes to see?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:54.01,0:55:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,None but the Magi.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:56.57,0:55:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they came.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:58.12,0:56:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It didn't matter that \Nthey were foreigners.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:00.36,0:56:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They came.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:01.40,0:56:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, weren't they magicians?
Dialogue: 0,0:56:03.01,0:56:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't that a cult?
Dialogue: 0,0:56:03.95,0:56:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever you want to make of it -
Dialogue: 0,0:56:05.66,0:56:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they came!
Dialogue: 0,0:56:07.92,0:56:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come!
Dialogue: 0,0:56:09.30,0:56:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you will find Him
Dialogue: 0,0:56:11.64,0:56:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Savior to the uttermost.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:16.34,0:56:18.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A star.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:18.80,0:56:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you really recognize,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:21.10,0:56:23.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's just a star.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:23.33,0:56:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, it's a star that just proclaims
Dialogue: 0,0:56:27.52,0:56:34.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thunderously: Man need not be damned
Dialogue: 0,0:56:34.47,0:56:38.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any longer for his sins.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:38.87,0:56:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is good news.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:43.93,0:56:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't want to lose that truth
Dialogue: 0,0:56:45.98,0:56:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this season or any other season.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:49.08,0:56:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So much deception,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:50.36,0:56:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that is not deception.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:53.72,0:56:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the truth. That is the fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:58.46,0:57:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is a fact that this same baby,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:00.54,0:57:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when He grew up,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:01.86,0:57:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He went to the cross.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:05.02,0:57:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:06.86,0:57:08.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He died on that cross.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:08.51,0:57:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:10.06,0:57:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may say it's incredible.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:11.82,0:57:13.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's unbelievable.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:13.84,0:57:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can it happen
Dialogue: 0,0:57:16.63,0:57:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He'd die and three days later,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:18.50,0:57:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He'd raise from the dead?
Dialogue: 0,0:57:21.07,0:57:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you this:
Dialogue: 0,0:57:22.74,0:57:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is supernatural.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:24.01,0:57:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is amazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:25.77,0:57:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is miraculous.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:27.24,0:57:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If He didn't come out of that grave,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:29.19,0:57:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are yet in our sins.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:30.96,0:57:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He did come out of the grave.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:32.46,0:57:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you don't want to stick
Dialogue: 0,0:57:34.78,0:57:38.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Christmas perpetually brings us back
Dialogue: 0,0:57:38.56,0:57:40.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the manger;
Dialogue: 0,0:57:40.41,0:57:42.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brings us back to the Incarnation;
Dialogue: 0,0:57:42.30,0:57:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it brings us back to the baby.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:44.12,0:57:45.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you this:
Dialogue: 0,0:57:45.65,0:57:47.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the deceptions in this world
Dialogue: 0,0:57:47.61,0:57:48.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is Christ as an infant,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:48.99,0:57:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they love to perpetually keep Him
Dialogue: 0,0:57:51.06,0:57:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a harmless, little infant.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:53.56,0:57:55.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But He is not that.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:55.94,0:57:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to see the rest of the story.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:58.36,0:58:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when He came out of that grave,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:00.43,0:58:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't linger around \Nhere for too long.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:01.92,0:58:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Forty days.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:03.07,0:58:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Enough time to let it be known
Dialogue: 0,0:58:04.54,0:58:06.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to His followers that He actually
Dialogue: 0,0:58:06.28,0:58:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was risen from the dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:07.42,0:58:08.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they needed to know that
Dialogue: 0,0:58:08.83,0:58:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they were going \Nto be His mouthpieces.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:10.73,0:58:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were going to be His witnesses.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:12.03,0:58:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were going to go forth\Nand tell what happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:13.98,0:58:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after forty days,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:15.21,0:58:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He went up and He sits crowned.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:17.77,0:58:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He is King.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:19.36,0:58:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He is going to judge all of mankind.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:22.82,0:58:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must all stand before
Dialogue: 0,0:58:24.84,0:58:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the judgment seat of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:26.40,0:58:29.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The day is at hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:29.13,0:58:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do not think of Him as \Na little baby anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:31.54,0:58:32.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is not.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:32.53,0:58:33.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Little babies are harmless.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:33.91,0:58:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not One Who is harmless.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:36.27,0:58:37.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the God-man.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:37.81,0:58:39.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is crowned.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:39.11,0:58:40.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is enthroned.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:40.75,0:58:42.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is Lord of Lords.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:42.14,0:58:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you must answer to Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:44.11,0:58:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now, He beckons you
Dialogue: 0,0:58:45.56,0:58:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come to Him
Dialogue: 0,0:58:46.74,0:58:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He'll save you if you do.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:48.30,0:58:49.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He is no lightweight Savior.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:49.99,0:58:51.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is powerful to the uttermost.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:51.89,0:58:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is strong to save.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:54.62,0:58:55.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'll tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:55.75,0:58:57.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you ignore Him and will not
Dialogue: 0,0:58:57.29,0:58:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fall down and worship Him like the Magi,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:59.27,0:59:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is strong to condemn.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:00.52,0:59:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He is strong to judge.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:02.36,0:59:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He will.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:05.16,0:59:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He will.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:08.44,0:59:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is coming.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:11.88,0:59:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is coming.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:16.38,0:59:19.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:19.11,0:59:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even so,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:22.40,0:59:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord Jesus, come.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:29.81,0:59:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amen.