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a Merry Christmas to all of you May the

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proclamation of the angels that first

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Christmas night

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teeth on Earth and Good Will towards men

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be fulfilled in you and in your family

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I wish you that you experience the best

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that God has this Christmas and the best

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that he has is the Lord Jesus Christ

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Let Jesus happen to you that's the

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reason for Christmas it is not all this

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uh you know bright lights and shopping

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and getting presents you know in some

0:40

countries that I go to for holidays

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during the Christmas season they really

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celebrate Christmas with lights and

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that's that's even the Christmas carols

0:49

but the purpose of Christmas

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has been forgotten

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for most people it's a time to make

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money it's a time to uh you know take

0:59

advantage of the season so that people

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will spend more

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but friend we need to remember that the

1:05

whole purpose of Christmas is that God

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is Loving You by sending his son Jesus

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Christ who came as a baby on that

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Christmas night

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so let's start off by reading from our

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Christmas uh portion of scripture from

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the Bible Luke Chapter 2 Verse 6 so it

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was that while they were there Joseph

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and Mary

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the days were completed for her to be

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delivered

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and she brought forth her first born son

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and wrapped him in swaddling clothes

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and laid him in a Manger because there

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was no room for them in the Inn

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now notice the Bible says that when the

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time came for Mary to give birth

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they were now in Bethlehem but they were

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actually dwelling North of Israel in

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Nazareth but because they were actually

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battle himites they belonged to

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Bethlehem because they are forefather is

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King David himself and both Mary and

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Joseph came from the Royal Line right

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through different Sons if you trace back

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their genealogy all the way to King

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David's Sons different sons that brought

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forth Joseph later on and brought forth

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Mary on the other side so actually they

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belong to the Royal Line and who would

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have thought that a decree from a

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gentile emperor

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during that time Augustus Caesar the the

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stepson of Julius Caesar that a decree

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from him that all the Roman world at

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that time would be texts will cause and

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and they need to go back to their native

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uh birthplace and to be taxed and a

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census is taken at that time for all the

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people living under the Roman rule and

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at that time Israel was under the Roman

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rule so who would have thought that a

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decree from a gentle unbeliever

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nonetheless he's an emperor but an

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unbeliever God can use even the

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governments of the world to carry out

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his plan we see that in this instance so

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Mary and Joseph found themselves in

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Bethlehem you know it's a time that most

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women in their final term would not want

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to travel but Mary was very Advanced now

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and but they had to go because of the

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Roman rule right and they had to be

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there in Bethlehem and the time came for

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her to be delivered and she brought

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forth her son

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her first born son the Bible says our

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lord Jesus isn't that beautiful that he

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was born at the right time the Bible

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says when the fullness of time was come

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God sent forth his son made of a woman

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made under the law to redeem them who

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were under the law that we might receive

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sonship adoption of sons there is one

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word in Greek sonship

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the Son of God became

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as the son of man that we the sons of

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man might become the sons of God

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hallelujah that's what Christmas is all

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about he wasn't born

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all right for the purpose of just being

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born in this into this world he was born

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to die there was the purpose that God

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had for his love plan for men ever since

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man's sin for the very first sin when

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Adam sinned he brought sin into humanity

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and sin has been transferred down to the

4:38

generations in the bloodstream but Jesus

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was born of a virgin and now it wasn't

4:44

too long ago we we understand

4:45

scientifically that that the the fetus

4:49

does not receive the mother's blood

4:52

to the placenta the fetus only receives

4:55

nourishment from the mother but not the

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blood

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not a single drop of the blood of the

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mother goes into the fetus

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this is amazing because if Mary's Blood

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Mary is sinful just like any other

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person all have sinned and come short of

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the glory of God she's a wonderful lady

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but nonetheless she has sin in the blood

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and she cannot transfer that into the

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baby she's carrying therefore

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the Bible says that Jesus was born of a

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virgin amen the father put Jesus in the

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virgin's womb Hallelujah and there he

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received the supply from the mother but

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not the blood the blood in Jesus veins

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in Emmanuel's veins is all from God the

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Father amen and that blood

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was in him to be shed at the cross why

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because the Bible says for the life of

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the flesh is in the blood

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and God has given the blood to make an

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atonement for your souls only the blood

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can wash away our sins and it cannot be

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sinful blood washing away sinful blood

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my blood cannot wash away your your

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sinful blood amen it must be the Royal

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sinless Blood

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of God himself incarnate in human flesh

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the reason he became a baby all right is

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because he had to take on human form to

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die on the cross to shed his blood so

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his death wasn't an accident it wasn't

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the murder of Jesus like some people

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call it no Jesus came to die in fact

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before the time you know no one could

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arrest him no one could stop him no one

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could uh stand in his way

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you know no one could kill him in fact

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in fact there was more than one instance

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where the people tried to kill him at

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one time in his hometown Nazareth they

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try to push him off the cliff the Bible

6:50

says he walked right to the midst of

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them

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another time they pick up rocks in those

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days the Jewish capital punishment is

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stoning and they threw up rocks to Stone

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him they claimed that he was Blasphemous

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but he walked right in the midst of them

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so death cannot touch him why because

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death came because of sin but because

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Jesus had no sin

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Hallelujah there's no sin in his blood

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there's no sin in him the Bible says he

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knew no sin he did no sin in him is no

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sin and yet he died on the cross like

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he's the worst sinner why no he's there

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in your place he's there in my place so

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that his blood can be shed to wash away

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our sins Hallelujah for God has given

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the blood to make an atonement for Souls

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amen and that's why when Jesus appeared

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at the age of 30 at the River Jordan

7:44

John the Baptist said Behold the Lamb of

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God who takes away

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I love that not cover is it the blood of

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uh the Lambs that were shed in the Old

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Testament

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would cover sins for another year

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it will cover sins for another year

8:03

but it is not the real payment until the

8:06

true Lamb of God came and John the

8:08

Baptist was used by God to point him out

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what a privilege Behold the Lamb of God

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who takes away this time is not covered

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people

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is taking away covert is the word atone

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atoning for sins but this time the blood

8:24

of Jesus Christ will take away sins

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Behold the Lamb of God who takes away

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the sin of the world Hallelujah and

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that's why he came in human flesh notice

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the Bible says that when he was born the

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mother wrapped him in swaddling clothes

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and laid him in a Manger now a lot of

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people have this idea that you know the

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Christmas scenes that we see the manger

8:49

you know with our Western perspective

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you know it's like a a barn you know

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wooden barn but actually it was more of

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a cave and uh he wasn't in a he wasn't

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born in a manger he was late in a Manger

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the manger is not the barn it's not the

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cave during Jesus time it is actually a

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uh uh raccoon kind of feeding trial cut

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from The Rock we have a picture here

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from Israel and uh this is ancient

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feeding trout this is the manger where

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Jesus was laid is a rocky Manger

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and uh they'll put uh you know hay and

9:28

dried uh grass there so that the animals

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can feed from the manger so the very

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fact that Jesus was laid here

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is a picture that he came to die

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because if you look at the picture of

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this manger this uh Stone manger you'll

9:47

see that if you visit the Tomb of Jesus

9:50

in Israel there you'll find it's emptied

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Hallelujah and notice the similarity

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amen is also like a Manger he was born

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and he was wrapped in swaddling cloths

10:02

and laid in a Manger that's where he was

10:04

laid and folks it's a picture that this

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baby has come to die this is the Lamb of

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God the true Lamb of God who will take

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away our sins you see friends All the

10:15

Troubles in your life all the depression

10:17

that you feel all the heartache the

10:19

feelings of you know anger and

10:22

resentment and and all this selfishness

10:25

that you see in the world is a result of

10:27

sin

10:28

and and sin brings forth that fear of

10:31

death so one of the reasons that Jesus

10:33

died is to

10:36

conquer death his death destroyed death

10:39

Hallelujah and he rose from the dead on

10:43

the third day Jesus conquered death for

10:45

you and me praise the Lord he didn't

10:47

have to conquer death for himself he had

10:49

no sin the Bible says the wages of sin

10:52

is death but the gift of God is eternal

10:55

life through Jesus Christ Our Lord and

10:58

one of the reasons the Bible says that

10:59

Jesus came in Flesh and Blood let me

11:02

read to you from Hebrews chapter 2 from

11:03

the Bible verse 14 in as much then as

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the children have partaken of flesh and

11:10

blood

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he himself likewise shed in the same

11:14

what does that mean that means he

11:17

himself took on Flesh and Blood like you

11:19

and I

11:20

that true death

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God cannot die but if God became a man

11:26

man can die

11:28

right so here that true death he took on

11:32

flesh and blood so that true death he

11:35

might destroy him the devil who had the

11:39

power of death that is the devil

11:42

true death

11:44

he might destroy him that had the power

11:47

of death that is the devil and what is

11:51

the result

11:52

and release those who through fear of

11:55

death will all their lifetimes subject

11:59

to bondage

12:01

so the fear is that men have today the

12:03

overriding

12:04

fear is actually the fear of death you

12:07

know they can feel this virus and all

12:09

that it's not so much fearing the virus

12:12

it's actually fearing death that the

12:15

virus mainly too that's what men fears

12:18

there's really no fear of flying right

12:21

it's actually a fear of dying in a plane

12:25

crash that's what people are afraid of

12:27

it's the fear of death that is

12:28

overriding fear there's a mother of all

12:31

fears and that fear came in because of

12:34

Adam's sin and is transferred by Blood

12:36

through all the generations all have

12:39

sinned and come short of the glory of

12:41

God you know ever since the first Adam

12:43

sin the Bible says Man became Sinners we

12:47

sin because we are sinners we are born

12:50

Sinners it's in our blood and that's why

12:52

God's love plan God's rescue plan went

12:55

into action God was the first one to

12:57

prophesy the very first Prophecy in the

12:59

Bible was after Adam and Eve sin and God

13:02

spoke to the devil at that time the

13:05

devil possessed the snake and uh

13:07

deceived Adam and Eve to sin but God

13:10

said to the devil this is the penalty

13:12

and it's a prophecy and you do what God

13:14

said I'll put enmity between you and the

13:17

woman and between your seed and her seed

13:21

and we know that

13:23

the woman does not have seed

13:25

amen the man has the seat so here's the

13:28

prophecy of the Virgin birth already God

13:31

says I'll put enmity between your seed

13:34

Satan's seat and her seat

13:38

he shall bruise your head and you shall

13:41

bruise his heel but what Brews here is

13:43

the word Crush

13:45

in the Hebrew he will crush your head

13:48

and you will crush his heel what did

13:51

that happen at the cross at the cross

13:53

Jesus heal was crushed so to speak

13:57

and in so doing he crushed the devil's

14:01

head Hallelujah and he did it for you

14:04

and me we who are bound by sin fearing

14:09

death all our lives and this death here

14:11

if you think about the fearing death

14:13

here you think that these people that

14:16

God is talking about fear death

14:17

spiritual death and there is a spiritual

14:19

death after you die and you know that

14:22

the Bible talks about the second death

14:23

being thrown into the Lake of Fire in

14:26

hell all right that's the second death

14:28

do you think that these people are

14:30

afraid of the second death no this fear

14:32

of death is referring to physical death

14:33

so friend Jesus has conquered physical

14:37

death Hallelujah and by that amen by his

14:42

death he also delivered us from the

14:43

second death amen amen wondering how you

14:47

can live a life of peace and joy today

14:49

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14:51

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14:53

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14:55

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so this fear of death has brought man uh

15:13

Into Slavery to bond into bondage a true

15:17

fear of death all their lifetime they

15:19

are afraid of doing certain things

15:20

because of the fear of death

15:21

and it transcends culture and race it

15:24

transcends the the nations of the world

15:27

it doesn't really matter which country

15:28

you're from you know it doesn't really

15:30

matter who you are or what kind of

15:32

background you come from everyone has

15:34

this fear of death they might have uh

15:37

you know sort of like ignore it or sort

15:40

of suppress it but it's always there the

15:43

shadow of it is always there and they

15:45

make decisions because of the fear of

15:47

death and the Bible says it causes you

15:50

to be in subjection it causes you to be

15:52

in slavery all your life so Jesus came

15:55

amen took on Flesh and Blood that's the

15:59

story of Christmas amen that he might

16:01

die on the cross

16:03

to deliver you to release you

16:06

amen and by by dying on the cross he

16:09

destroyed the devil who had the power of

16:12

death so let's ask ourselves the

16:14

question how did the power of death come

16:17

to the devil

16:18

did he originally have the power of

16:20

death no

16:22

death came because of sin you see God's

16:25

God's dream for man is that men will

16:27

never die man will be perpetually Young

16:30

healthy peaceful

16:33

amen come praise the Lord enjoying his

16:37

blessings enjoying the highest life that

16:41

he has for us amen and join with that

16:44

woman that God gave him in the Garden of

16:46

Eden and from then populating the entire

16:49

Earth God made man as the highest

16:51

creation praise the Lord just slightly

16:54

below the Angels the Bible says but God

16:56

made man to rule this Earth

16:59

but God gave men a choice

17:01

and God said I'm going to give you every

17:04

blessing and even all the trees of the

17:07

field for you to enjoy from amen you can

17:11

eat from any tree that you want but only

17:13

one tree to show that you honor me but

17:16

that tree was planted by God you see if

17:19

everything was good

17:20

wearing lies the free choice

17:23

if God says I give you free choice but

17:25

you get but then God surrounds you with

17:27

only good all right there's no way of

17:30

demonstrating your love for God your

17:33

honor of him you're worshiping him

17:34

there's no way of expressing that but if

17:37

God allows among the multitudinals of

17:39

good there is in your life amen

17:42

surrounded with all the good blessings

17:43

of God and God put one thing down there

17:46

which is not evil by itself because the

17:48

Bible says God saw everything that he

17:50

had made including the tree of knowledge

17:52

of Good and Evil and God saw everything

17:54

and God said it was good

17:56

but it's not good for man because God

17:58

said don't eat from this one tree to

18:00

show that you honor me to show that you

18:02

obey me to show that you respect me you

18:05

recognize amen my sovereignty

18:07

amen but Man became proud men men

18:10

believe that by taking this tree right

18:12

I'll become wise the devil came and and

18:15

you know the snake talk all right and uh

18:18

convinced them that God is holding back

18:20

on them if they look around them the the

18:22

proof is dead the evidence be God is

18:23

giving them everything what has the

18:25

devil given done

18:26

and yet today man is believing the devil

18:29

you see even Among Us Believers you know

18:32

people tend to believe that the devil uh

18:36

can can tame and Destroy easily compared

18:40

to God's willingness to bless and to

18:44

heal

18:45

we have a hard time believing this but

18:47

we have an easy time believing the devil

18:49

can do that something is wrong friend

18:51

something is really wrong people have a

18:52

problem sometimes uh believing that God

18:55

is hearing them when they pray but then

18:57

they believe that if they say something

18:59

you know the devil will take advantage

19:01

of it you know and and they are

19:02

conscious of that you see friend the

19:05

Bible tells us very clearly that God so

19:07

loved the world that he gave his only

19:10

big often son and love always gives and

19:13

the greatest gift that God gave us is

19:15

his son so during this Christmas time

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amen as we remember our lord Jesus we

19:22

think of that babe lying in the manger

19:25

and we remember that the purpose for him

19:28

in coming to this earth is to die for

19:32

our sins why because God loved you

19:35

God loved me in fact the Bible I love

19:38

that little word that speaks of

19:40

intensity

19:42

Jesus himself spoke these words John 3

19:45

16 for God so loved the world

19:48

soul

19:49

that speaks of intensity God so loved

19:51

you that he gave his only begotten son

19:54

that whoever believes in him if you

19:56

believe in him you will not perish

19:59

but you have

20:01

everlasting life

20:03

Hallelujah

20:05

praise the Lord but ever since Adam's

20:07

sin Adam believed the devil talked

20:10

compared to God talk amen and

20:13

obeyed the devil instead of God

20:16

you see God said the day that you sin

20:20

in the Hebrew it says like this dying

20:22

you shall die you die spiritually cut

20:25

off from God and then you will die in

20:28

the future physically

20:30

dying you shall die so that's how death

20:33

came in the Bible says the wages of sin

20:35

is death but I thank God it goes on to

20:37

say but the gift of God is eternal life

20:40

through Jesus Christ Our Lord amen

20:44

praise the Lord so God never meant for

20:46

man to die God's purpose is never for

20:49

men to grow old have gray hairs amen be

20:52

bowed down his body be subject to

20:55

sickness and disease and and you know

20:57

become decrepit and finally die God

21:01

considers death and disease all as an

21:04

enemy the Bible says clearly The Last

21:06

Enemy will be put under Jesus feet is

21:09

death Hallelujah physical death Jesus

21:12

has conquered death already and we are

21:14

looking forward for his coming and he is

21:16

coming back folks praise the Lord all

21:18

the signs that Jesus talked about amen

21:20

it's not being fulfilled one of them is

21:22

pestilences and we have never seen a

21:24

pestilence like this in modern times

21:26

like we are saying in these two years

21:28

right so folks is being fulfilled and

21:32

and weather change and all that you know

21:34

regardless of why we talk about climate

21:36

change and what we believe about it the

21:37

Bible says it's a sign it's a sign that

21:40

all these things are happening these

21:41

signs are not from God but God is saying

21:44

the whole earth is travailing and the

21:46

devil is working harder in these last

21:48

days because the devil know his time is

21:51

short

21:53

and the Bible says all these are signs

21:54

that Jesus is coming back when Jesus

21:56

comes back friend you will receive a

21:58

brand new body if you believe on him you

22:01

believe what he did at the cross you

22:03

believe that his blood cleanses you from

22:05

every sin when Jesus comes again you

22:07

receive a brand new body amen a body

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that's Incorruptible a body that's not

22:12

subject to sin or to disease or to death

22:15

ever again praise the Lord

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