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Passion with Louie Giglio | You | December 31, 2021
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- - It's true...
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- - It's true... that everyone of us...
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- that everyone of us... is waiting for God
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- is waiting for God to do something,
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- to do something, to show up in some way,
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- to show up in some way, to come through for us.
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- to come through for us. But it's equally true today...
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- But it's equally true today... that God is waiting for you.
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- that God is waiting for you. He's waiting for you to show up
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- He's waiting for you to show up and to step into all
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- and to step into all that He has promised you...
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- that He has promised you... for your life.
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- for your life. And this advent
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- And this advent could be powerful...
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- could be powerful... if we get on the same page
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- if we get on the same page with each other today
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- with each other today and we have that connection
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- and we have that connection that God is longing for.
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- that God is longing for. Grant kicked us off
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- Grant kicked us off with Zechariah,
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- with Zechariah, Ben came through with king Ahaz
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- Ben came through with king Ahaz and then Brad pointed us
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- and then Brad pointed us to king Herod.
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- to king Herod. And I wanna lift up
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- And I wanna lift up another character
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- another character from the Christmas story today.
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- from the Christmas story today. Not one of the usual characters,
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- Not one of the usual characters, not a shepherd
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- not a shepherd or the angels
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- or the angels or Mary or the Magi
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- or Mary or the Magi but I wanna lift up another
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- but I wanna lift up another character today
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- character today and we find him
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- and we find him in the genealogy of Jesus
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- in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew chapter one.
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- in Matthew chapter one. Brad alluded to it last week
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- Brad alluded to it last week but I want us to take
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- but I want us to take a little bit of a closer look.
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- a little bit of a closer look. This is obviously
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- This is obviously one of those sections
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- one of those sections of scripture that a lot of us
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- of scripture that a lot of us will pass over,
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- will pass over, but when Matthew wrote
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- but when Matthew wrote this Gospel he had a certain
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- this Gospel he had a certain audience in mind.
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- audience in mind. And for his audience
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- And for his audience with a Jewish mindset
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- with a Jewish mindset he knew that he needed
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- he knew that he needed to right away connect
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- to right away connect the story of the Messiah
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- the story of the Messiah to the promise of the Father
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- to the promise of the Father of their faith.
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- of their faith. And so, he knew
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- And so, he knew for the Jewish audience
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- for the Jewish audience the best way to do that
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- the best way to do that was to put
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- was to put the genealogy of Jesus
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- the genealogy of Jesus right up front
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- right up front so that people could see
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- so that people could see that there's a connection
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- that there's a connection between Abraham and Emmanuel.
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- between Abraham and Emmanuel. And so he gives us
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- And so he gives us three groupings
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- three groupings of 14 genealogy segments,
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- of 14 genealogy segments, and he puts them
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- and he puts them all together in a way,
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- all together in a way, condensing a little bit
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- condensing a little bit so the we don't have to
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- so the we don't have to get back to Chronicles
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- get back to Chronicles and go chapter, by chapter,
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- and go chapter, by chapter, by chapter and, you know,
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- by chapter and, you know, dig up the genealogy ourselves.
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- dig up the genealogy ourselves. He just puts it right here
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- He just puts it right here for us to see.
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- for us to see. And it begins with names
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- And it begins with names that we all remember:
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- that we all remember: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
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- Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. In the middle
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- In the middle there's David and Solomon.
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- there's David and Solomon. You know,
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- You know, these are like all stars
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- these are like all stars in the Jewish history books.
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- in the Jewish history books. But then he comes down,
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- But then he comes down, getting closer
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- getting closer to the birth of the savior,
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- to the birth of the savior, some names that we're not
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- some names that we're not as familiar with verse 15:
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- as familiar with verse 15: "Elihud the father of Eleazar,
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- "Elihud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan,
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- Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob,
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- Matthan the father of Jacob, and Jacob,"
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- and Jacob," here we are coming down now
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- here we are coming down now to the finish line,
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- to the finish line, "the father of Joseph,
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- "the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary."
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- the husband of Mary." So notice how
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- So notice how there has to be
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- there has to be a little bit of a process
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- a little bit of a process to embrace the incarnation.
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- to embrace the incarnation. Joseph not the father of Jesus,
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- Joseph not the father of Jesus, but the husband of Mary
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- but the husband of Mary "of whom was born Jesus,
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- "of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ."
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- who is called Christ." The last fully human person
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- The last fully human person in this whole lineage
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- in this whole lineage of Jesus is Joseph.
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- of Jesus is Joseph. Nobody talks a lot about Joseph,
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- Nobody talks a lot about Joseph, it's always Joseph and Mary,
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- it's always Joseph and Mary, or even in the genealogy Joseph
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- or even in the genealogy Joseph the one who was married
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- the one who was married to Mary, or with Mary.
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- to Mary, or with Mary. But Joseph is the last one
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- But Joseph is the last one in a long, long genealogy
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- in a long, long genealogy of the promise of what God
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- of the promise of what God had originally set in motion
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- had originally set in motion through Abraham.
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- through Abraham. And here we are coming down
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- And here we are coming down through the centuries
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- through the centuries and through the ages
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- and through the ages and Joseph finally
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- and Joseph finally is in the story
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- is in the story and God is already there,
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- and God is already there, when he gets there going,
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- when he gets there going, "I'm so glad you're here
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- "I'm so glad you're here because it's time
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- because it's time for Jesus to be born."
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- for Jesus to be born." In other words,
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- In other words, "I was waiting for you Joseph,
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- "I was waiting for you Joseph, the whole time.
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- the whole time. When I spoke to Abraham
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- When I spoke to Abraham I was already standing here
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- I was already standing here waiting for the angel
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- waiting for the angel to appear to Mary and Joseph.
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- to appear to Mary and Joseph. I was here waiting for you."
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- I was here waiting for you." And in the same way God
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- And in the same way God is waiting for you today.
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- is waiting for you today. He's been doing it
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- He's been doing it the whole time.
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- the whole time. I mean look at a few
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- I mean look at a few of these big moments
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- of these big moments in our story,
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- in our story, the shepherds
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- the shepherds were the first to arrive
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- were the first to arrive at the manger,
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- at the manger, but Jesus was already
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- but Jesus was already in the manger...
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- in the manger... waiting for them
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- waiting for them when they arrived.
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- when they arrived. Mary was the first one
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- Mary was the first one to the empty tomb,
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- to the empty tomb, but Jesus was already
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- but Jesus was already out of the empty tomb
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- out of the empty tomb waiting for Mary
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- waiting for Mary to arrive when the sun
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- to arrive when the sun came up in the garden.
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- came up in the garden. After the resurrection
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- After the resurrection some of the disciples went back
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- some of the disciples went back to their old way of life.
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- to their old way of life. And after a long
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- And after a long and frustrating night of fishing
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- and frustrating night of fishing where they caught nothing,
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- where they caught nothing, and the sun rose
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- and the sun rose Jesus was already on the beach
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- Jesus was already on the beach with a fire going and breakfast
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- with a fire going and breakfast being prepared
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- being prepared waiting for a moment with them.
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- waiting for a moment with them. A woman left home,
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- A woman left home, a five time
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- a five time strike out at marriage,
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- strike out at marriage, said goodbye to her boyfriend
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- said goodbye to her boyfriend that she was living with
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- that she was living with at the time and started
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- at the time and started to a well that she went to
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- to a well that she went to every single day,
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- every single day, but Jesus was already
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- but Jesus was already at that well
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- at that well and He was waiting
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- and He was waiting for that woman to speak to her
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- for that woman to speak to her the words that would change
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- the words that would change her life.
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- her life. He's waiting for you
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- He's waiting for you right now,
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- right now, and what is it that
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- and what is it that He's waiting to say to you?
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- He's waiting to say to you? What is it that He is waiting
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- What is it that He is waiting to show you?
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- to show you? Well let's break them down.
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- Well let's break them down. In the first one,
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- In the first one, the shepherds,
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- the shepherds, they got there.
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- they got there. They're always gonna be
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- They're always gonna be the first ones there.
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- the first ones there. They got the message,
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- They got the message, they set out in faith,
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- they set out in faith, they had expectation,
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- they had expectation, they believed
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- they believed that what the angel said
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- that what the angel said was true and would come to pass,
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- was true and would come to pass, so they went into Bethlehem.
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- so they went into Bethlehem. It says they found the baby
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- It says they found the baby just as the said it,
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- just as the said it, the baby was wrapped
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- the baby was wrapped in swaddling clothes
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- in swaddling clothes and was lying in a manger.
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- and was lying in a manger. And they said
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- And they said it was just like
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- it was just like the angel said,
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- the angel said, and we stepped out in faith,
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- and we stepped out in faith, we had expectation,
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- we had expectation, we believe,
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- we believe, and we went for it
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- and we went for it and He was waiting there
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- and He was waiting there at the end of it.
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- at the end of it. And He's saying, "Yes.
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- And He's saying, "Yes. And thank you for stepping
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- And thank you for stepping out in faith
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- out in faith and you'll always be known
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- and you'll always be known as the first people
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- as the first people who got here.
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- who got here. But let's just underscore
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- But let's just underscore the fact that when you got here
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- the fact that when you got here I had already made quite
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- I had already made quite a journey myself
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- a journey myself to come from Heaven to earth.
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- to come from Heaven to earth. And though I couldn't tell you
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- And though I couldn't tell you that cause I was a baby
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- that cause I was a baby that had just been born
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- that had just been born I was here already...
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- I was here already... waiting for you to arrive
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- waiting for you to arrive and to see this miracle
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- and to see this miracle that God had done."
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- that God had done." What is God trying
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- What is God trying to say to us in that?
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- to say to us in that? He's trying to say,
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- He's trying to say, "I am here.
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- "I am here. I'm here."
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- I'm here." You know, we get caught up
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- You know, we get caught up with there, like,
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- with there, like, "I've got this thing happening
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- "I've got this thing happening and God I'm already five days
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- and God I'm already five days ahead or nine days ahead
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- ahead or nine days ahead or this thing happened
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- or this thing happened and I'm stuck five months back
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- and I'm stuck five months back or five years back."
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- or five years back." And He's saying,
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- And He's saying, "Hey, the miracle of Christmas
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- "Hey, the miracle of Christmas and the miracle of advent
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- and the miracle of advent is that I'm actually here
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- is that I'm actually here and freedom is gonna come
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- and freedom is gonna come to your life.
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- to your life. Not when you're hoping
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- Not when you're hoping that I'll be there
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- that I'll be there or somehow hoping
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- or somehow hoping we could go back there.
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- we could go back there. The freedom is gonna come
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- The freedom is gonna come to your life
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- to your life when you realize God Almighty,
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- when you realize God Almighty, the God of the Heavens
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- the God of the Heavens and the earth is right here
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- and the earth is right here in the moment with you.
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- in the moment with you. And your eyes are open
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- And your eyes are open to see that Him being here
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- to see that Him being here is bigger than whatever
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- is bigger than whatever the moment that He's here in...
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- the moment that He's here in... with you.
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- with you. And if He's here
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- And if He's here and I know He's here,
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- and I know He's here, if He's in the dark
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- if He's in the dark as I'm stepping out
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- as I'm stepping out in the dark,
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- in the dark, if He's in the frustration,
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- if He's in the frustration, if I don't see
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- if I don't see how things are adding up,
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- how things are adding up, if He's in the win
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- if He's in the win and he's in the loss,
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- and he's in the loss, if He's in the joy
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- if He's in the joy and he's in the sorrow
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- and he's in the sorrow and if He's in the here
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- and if He's in the here and I can get from here to here
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- and I can get from here to here and He's in this here
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- and He's in this here too guess what,
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- too guess what, I get to all the places
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- I get to all the places I'm worried about
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- I'm worried about getting in life with Him
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- getting in life with Him being here the whole time.
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- being here the whole time. And what the enemy is doing
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- And what the enemy is doing for a lot of us is robbing us
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- for a lot of us is robbing us of the miracle
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- of the miracle of the presence of God
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- of the presence of God in the moment
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- in the moment by making us wonder if God
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- by making us wonder if God is gonna come through for us
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- is gonna come through for us in the moment ahead.
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- in the moment ahead. And the miracle
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- And the miracle is He's saying, "I'm here."
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- is He's saying, "I'm here." What is He saying to us
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- What is He saying to us at the garden tomb?
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- at the garden tomb? He's saying, "I am able.
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- He's saying, "I am able. I'm able.
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- I'm able. I'm here and I'm able."
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- I'm here and I'm able." So we start this genealogy
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- So we start this genealogy with Abraham
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- with Abraham but we end it with Emmanuel,
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- but we end it with Emmanuel, God is with us.
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- God is with us. And now fast we forward
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- And now fast we forward the cross and the empty tomb
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- the cross and the empty tomb and at the empty tomb
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- and at the empty tomb what is He saying standing
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- what is He saying standing in the garden waiting for Mary
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- in the garden waiting for Mary when she arrives?
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- when she arrives? He's saying, "Hey, I'm able.
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- He's saying, "Hey, I'm able. I can overcome.
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- I can overcome. I'm victorious.
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- I'm victorious. I'm a champion.
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- I'm a champion. I rise from the dead,
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- I rise from the dead, that's who you're dealing with.
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- that's who you're dealing with. You are with a God
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- You are with a God and a God is with you who...
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- and a God is with you who... is...able."
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- is...able." I looked back in this text
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- I looked back in this text and there's all
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- and there's all these twists and turns.
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- these twists and turns. Like one of us reading
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- Like one of us reading through the genealogy
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- through the genealogy we're just like,
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- we're just like, "Hurry up and get
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- "Hurry up and get to the birth of Jesus."
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- to the birth of Jesus." But a Jewish mindset
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- But a Jewish mindset absorbing this genealogy
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- absorbing this genealogy would see all the little twist
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- would see all the little twist and turns that Matthew
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- and turns that Matthew has included to allow them
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- has included to allow them to see the richness
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- to see the richness of the Gospel story.
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- of the Gospel story. For example in the first pair
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- For example in the first pair that we see,
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- that we see, the first group
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- the first group that we see in verse two;
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- that we see in verse two; Abraham was the father of Isaac,
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- Abraham was the father of Isaac, we all know this,
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- we all know this, it's Abraham
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- it's Abraham and Isaac and Jacob,
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- and Isaac and Jacob, these are the fathers
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- these are the fathers of the faith.
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- of the faith. But about Jacob, he says,
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- But about Jacob, he says, "Jacob wax the father
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- "Jacob wax the father of Judah and his brothers."
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- of Judah and his brothers." Now we don't get
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- Now we don't get and his brothers in here,
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- and his brothers in here, why did he put,
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- why did he put, 'and his brothers'
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- 'and his brothers' in when he talked about Jacob
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- in when he talked about Jacob and Judah?
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- and Judah? Because as we know the sons
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- Because as we know the sons and the brothers in this story
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- and the brothers in this story almost derailed
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- almost derailed the entire story.
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- the entire story. At the end of the day
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- At the end of the day these brothers throw Joseph
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- these brothers throw Joseph their brother in a pit,
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- their brother in a pit, they sell him out,
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- they sell him out, he gets locked up in a prison
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- he gets locked up in a prison eventually in a foreign country
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- eventually in a foreign country forgotten and is off
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- forgotten and is off the radar of everybody.
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- the radar of everybody. Except that God knows him
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- Except that God knows him and sees him
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- and sees him and God raises him up,
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- and God raises him up, make him second in command
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- make him second in command in the most powerful nation
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- in the most powerful nation on earth at the time.
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- on earth at the time. There's a season of great plenty
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- There's a season of great plenty and a season of great famine,
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- and a season of great famine, you all know this story.
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- you all know this story. And at the end of the day
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- And at the end of the day Joseph is raised up by God
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- Joseph is raised up by God at the right moment
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- at the right moment to be in charge of this nation,
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- to be in charge of this nation, to prepare them,
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- to prepare them, for the famine ahead,
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- for the famine ahead, which he does brilliantly.
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- which he does brilliantly. So that in the time
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- So that in the time of famine his family
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- of famine his family is at risk of dying
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- is at risk of dying and they come to Egypt for food
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- and they come to Egypt for food and he's able for provide future
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- and he's able for provide future for his own family,
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- for his own family, And what is his family?
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- And what is his family? His family is the hope
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- His family is the hope of the world.
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- of the world. Jacob speaks to all of his sons
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- Jacob speaks to all of his sons at the end of his life
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- at the end of his life as they're in Egypt
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- as they're in Egypt and he speaks over Ruben,
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- and he speaks over Ruben, the oldest,
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- the oldest, he goes all the way down
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- he goes all the way down to all of the brothers
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- to all of the brothers and when he gets to Judah,
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- and when he gets to Judah, the fourth born he speak
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- the fourth born he speak over him and he say,
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- over him and he say, "There is gonna be a sceptre
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- "There is gonna be a sceptre on you and a sword
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- on you and a sword between your feet
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- between your feet and you're gonna have an ark."
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- and you're gonna have an ark." Basically to summarize
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- Basically to summarize his prophesy over this son,
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- his prophesy over this son, that's going to bless
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- that's going to bless the nations.
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- the nations. In other words,
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- In other words, "Judah the promise of Abraham
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- "Judah the promise of Abraham is gonna come through you.
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- is gonna come through you. And that's only gonna be
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- And that's only gonna be possible because Gods is able."
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- possible because Gods is able." He took what look like
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- He took what look like a train wreck and somehow
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- a train wreck and somehow He bought good out of it.
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- He bought good out of it. He took what looked like
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- He took what looked like it was gonna destroy
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- it was gonna destroy the promise
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- the promise and He actually preserved
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- and He actually preserved the promise.
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- the promise. He took what was meant for evil
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- He took what was meant for evil and He used it for good.
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- and He used it for good. Why?
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- Why? Because God Is Able.
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- Because God Is Able. And that's the message
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- And that's the message of advent.
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- of advent. "I want you to see
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- "I want you to see that I'm waiting here for you."
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- that I'm waiting here for you." And the God waiting here
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- And the God waiting here for you is sufficient
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- for you is sufficient to get you through
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- to get you through whatever it is
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- whatever it is you're up against,
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- you're up against, whatever it is
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- whatever it is you're dealing with.
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- you're dealing with. "Whatever mountain
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- "Whatever mountain you're facing I am both here
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- you're facing I am both here and I am able."
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- and I am able." This is advent,
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- This is advent, this is the God
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- this is the God that's waiting for us.
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- that's waiting for us. And what about the breakfast
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- And what about the breakfast on the beach?
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- on the beach? Amazing.
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- Amazing. What was the message?
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- What was the message? The message was so powerful
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- The message was so powerful and strong.
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- and strong. Peter and a few
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- Peter and a few of the disciple,
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- of the disciple, after the resurrection,
- 00:12:36.070 --> 00:12:37.172
- after the resurrection, they knew Jesus
- 00:12:37.238 --> 00:12:38.039
- they knew Jesus was alive but they said,
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- was alive but they said, "We don't know how this
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- "We don't know how this is all gonna play out,"
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- is all gonna play out," And so they went back
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- And so they went back to their old life.
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- to their old life. They just said,
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- They just said, "You know what,
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- "You know what, that's what I know
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- that's what I know and that's easier for me."
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- and that's easier for me." And they went back to Galilee
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- And they went back to Galilee and went back out their nets.
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- and went back out their nets. They'd fished all night,
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- They'd fished all night, hadn't caught a thing,
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- hadn't caught a thing, frustrated, now it's just
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- frustrated, now it's just about sun up and Jesus
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- about sun up and Jesus is already on the shore
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- is already on the shore right where they happen to be
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- right where they happen to be with a fire going.
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- with a fire going. And He yells out
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- And He yells out in the fog of the morning,
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- in the fog of the morning, "Throw the net
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- "Throw the net on the other side."
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- on the other side." For whatever reason
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- For whatever reason one of the disciples recognizes
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- one of the disciples recognizes the voice and says, "Okay."
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- the voice and says, "Okay." They try it and they catch
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- They try it and they catch a hundred and fifty-three fish
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- a hundred and fifty-three fish in one catch.
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- in one catch. And the disciple
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- And the disciple recognizes the voice,
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- recognizes the voice, he says, "I know
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- he says, "I know how that is coming through
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- how that is coming through the fog, that's the Lord."
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- the fog, that's the Lord." And that's all Peter needs,
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- And that's all Peter needs, he gets up jumps off
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- he gets up jumps off the side of the boat
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- the side of the boat swims to shore
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- swims to shore and is the first one to shore.
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- and is the first one to shore. So he was the first one
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- So he was the first one to the beach,
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- to the beach, but Jesus was already
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- but Jesus was already on the beach waiting for him
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- on the beach waiting for him when he got there.
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- when he got there. And I don't know about you,
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- And I don't know about you, but I'm thinking in Peter's mind
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- but I'm thinking in Peter's mind once he had a second
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- once he had a second to kinds add it all up
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- to kinds add it all up he wasn't sure exactly
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- he wasn't sure exactly how that was gonna go down.
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- how that was gonna go down. Because Peter had fail miserably
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- Because Peter had fail miserably in the crucial moment.
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- in the crucial moment. And maybe some of you
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- And maybe some of you are saying, "Man, this is not
- 00:14:03.291 --> 00:14:04.125
- are saying, "Man, this is not good news for me, Louie.
- 00:14:04.192 --> 00:14:05.226
- good news for me, Louie. For you to tell me
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- For you to tell me God's waiting for me
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- God's waiting for me is kinda what I'm dreading.
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- is kinda what I'm dreading. That's not really
- 00:14:11.666 --> 00:14:12.267
- That's not really the Christmas message
- 00:14:12.333 --> 00:14:13.167
- the Christmas message I was hoping for."
- 00:14:13.234 --> 00:14:15.737
- I was hoping for." I don't know about you,
- 00:14:15.803 --> 00:14:16.371
- I don't know about you, but I'm so glad I grew up
- 00:14:16.437 --> 00:14:17.472
- but I'm so glad I grew up in an era before Ring doorbells
- 00:14:17.538 --> 00:14:20.375
- in an era before Ring doorbells and before find my phone
- 00:14:20.441 --> 00:14:23.011
- and before find my phone and other apps that parents
- 00:14:23.077 --> 00:14:25.146
- and other apps that parents use to track their kids.
- 00:14:25.213 --> 00:14:27.615
- use to track their kids. I grew up in a,
- 00:14:27.682 --> 00:14:28.750
- I grew up in a, you got a very slim chance
- 00:14:28.816 --> 00:14:30.084
- you got a very slim chance of making this work out era.
- 00:14:30.151 --> 00:14:33.254
- of making this work out era. And when I would be
- 00:14:33.321 --> 00:14:34.122
- And when I would be out pass my curfew -
- 00:14:34.188 --> 00:14:36.124
- out pass my curfew - I don't know if anyone else
- 00:14:36.190 --> 00:14:37.091
- I don't know if anyone else has ever done this,
- 00:14:37.158 --> 00:14:37.825
- has ever done this, probably not.
- 00:14:37.892 --> 00:14:38.459
- probably not. But I'd be coming home
- 00:14:38.526 --> 00:14:40.328
- But I'd be coming home and I would know my dad -
- 00:14:40.395 --> 00:14:42.830
- and I would know my dad - I know exactly
- 00:14:42.897 --> 00:14:43.464
- I know exactly where he'd be sitting
- 00:14:43.531 --> 00:14:44.365
- where he'd be sitting in the den,
- 00:14:44.432 --> 00:14:45.900
- in the den, watching that door.
- 00:14:45.967 --> 00:14:47.402
- watching that door. And there's no way
- 00:14:47.468 --> 00:14:48.002
- And there's no way around it, right.
- 00:14:48.069 --> 00:14:48.803
- around it, right. You've tried the window thing
- 00:14:48.870 --> 00:14:50.305
- You've tried the window thing before but that ultimately
- 00:14:50.371 --> 00:14:51.539
- before but that ultimately breaks down.
- 00:14:51.606 --> 00:14:52.206
- breaks down. And so I had mastered
- 00:14:52.273 --> 00:14:54.309
- And so I had mastered like a lot of us in that era,
- 00:14:54.375 --> 00:14:56.911
- like a lot of us in that era, the art of turning the doorknob
- 00:14:56.978 --> 00:14:59.280
- the art of turning the doorknob on our apartment door
- 00:14:59.347 --> 00:15:01.382
- on our apartment door like a pro.
- 00:15:01.449 --> 00:15:04.118
- like a pro. Like I could break
- 00:15:04.185 --> 00:15:04.786
- Like I could break into a vault somewhere.
- 00:15:04.852 --> 00:15:05.820
- into a vault somewhere. I mean, I could turn
- 00:15:05.887 --> 00:15:06.955
- I mean, I could turn that thing so gently,
- 00:15:07.021 --> 00:15:08.723
- that thing so gently, and for whatever reason my dad,
- 00:15:08.790 --> 00:15:10.191
- and for whatever reason my dad, we didn't lock
- 00:15:10.258 --> 00:15:10.825
- we didn't lock their door back then and so.
- 00:15:10.892 --> 00:15:12.060
- their door back then and so. You know it's just like
- 00:15:12.126 --> 00:15:13.795
- You know it's just like very, very slowly and then
- 00:15:13.861 --> 00:15:15.296
- very, very slowly and then you could get the door open
- 00:15:15.363 --> 00:15:16.030
- you could get the door open about 4 inches just enough
- 00:15:16.097 --> 00:15:17.532
- about 4 inches just enough to see, like, what's this
- 00:15:17.598 --> 00:15:18.833
- to see, like, what's this gonna be like and it's like,
- 00:15:18.900 --> 00:15:20.068
- gonna be like and it's like, "Oh, hallelujah."
- 00:15:20.134 --> 00:15:20.935
- "Oh, hallelujah." My dad has fallen sound asleep
- 00:15:21.002 --> 00:15:23.771
- My dad has fallen sound asleep waiting for me.
- 00:15:23.838 --> 00:15:25.340
- waiting for me. Anybody ever been
- 00:15:25.406 --> 00:15:26.341
- Anybody ever been in this boat before?
- 00:15:26.407 --> 00:15:27.442
- in this boat before? And I mean, you are a -
- 00:15:27.508 --> 00:15:28.576
- And I mean, you are a - Like my bedroom,
- 00:15:28.643 --> 00:15:28.977
- Like my bedroom, we lived in a very small
- 00:15:29.043 --> 00:15:29.844
- we lived in a very small apartment, it was
- 00:15:29.911 --> 00:15:30.545
- apartment, it was just right there.
- 00:15:30.611 --> 00:15:31.079
- just right there. And I mean, you were in that
- 00:15:31.145 --> 00:15:32.447
- And I mean, you were in that thing and you were closing
- 00:15:32.513 --> 00:15:33.414
- thing and you were closing that door
- 00:15:33.481 --> 00:15:34.015
- that door and you were turning that knob
- 00:15:34.082 --> 00:15:35.383
- and you were turning that knob and you were just down
- 00:15:35.450 --> 00:15:36.050
- and you were just down the hall in there's dad
- 00:15:36.117 --> 00:15:37.251
- the hall in there's dad in there with the lights on
- 00:15:37.318 --> 00:15:38.152
- in there with the lights on sound asleep
- 00:15:38.219 --> 00:15:39.354
- sound asleep and you're in your room.
- 00:15:39.420 --> 00:15:40.221
- and you're in your room. And now you're in
- 00:15:40.288 --> 00:15:40.888
- And now you're in the gray area, right?
- 00:15:40.955 --> 00:15:41.589
- the gray area, right? Because it's no ring doorbell,
- 00:15:41.656 --> 00:15:43.224
- Because it's no ring doorbell, there's no documentation,
- 00:15:43.291 --> 00:15:44.859
- there's no documentation, there's no app,
- 00:15:44.926 --> 00:15:48.129
- there's no app, it's just his word
- 00:15:48.196 --> 00:15:49.497
- it's just his word against mine.
- 00:15:49.564 --> 00:15:50.231
- against mine. [laughter]
- 00:15:50.298 --> 00:15:52.433
- [laughter] "What time did
- 00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:53.234
- "What time did you come home last night?
- 00:15:53.301 --> 00:15:53.968
- you come home last night? 'I don't know, I didn't notice
- 00:15:54.035 --> 00:15:54.836
- 'I don't know, I didn't notice when I came in dad.
- 00:15:54.902 --> 00:15:56.037
- when I came in dad. I think it was, I don't know
- 00:15:56.104 --> 00:15:57.038
- I think it was, I don't know right around curfew, I think.
- 00:15:57.105 --> 00:15:59.207
- right around curfew, I think. What time did you fall asleep?
- 00:15:59.273 --> 00:16:03.077
- What time did you fall asleep? [laughter]
- 00:16:03.144 --> 00:16:04.879
- It was one minute
- 00:16:06.681 --> 00:16:07.315
- It was one minute after that.'"
- 00:16:07.382 --> 00:16:08.383
- after that.'" [laughter]
- 00:16:08.449 --> 00:16:11.386
- [laughter] But man, there were sometimes
- 00:16:11.452 --> 00:16:12.220
- But man, there were sometimes when my dad didn't fall asleep.
- 00:16:12.286 --> 00:16:14.422
- when my dad didn't fall asleep. Did you ever have
- 00:16:14.489 --> 00:16:14.989
- Did you ever have one of those?
- 00:16:15.056 --> 00:16:16.090
- one of those? Phew.
- 00:16:16.157 --> 00:16:16.657
- Phew. They were always
- 00:16:16.724 --> 00:16:17.125
- They were always very short conversations.
- 00:16:17.191 --> 00:16:19.127
- very short conversations. "I'll take the keys,
- 00:16:19.193 --> 00:16:20.962
- "I'll take the keys, you're grounded,
- 00:16:21.029 --> 00:16:22.563
- you're grounded, you're not gonna do this,
- 00:16:22.630 --> 00:16:23.331
- you're not gonna do this, you're not gonna do that
- 00:16:23.398 --> 00:16:24.265
- you're not gonna do that and we'll talk more about
- 00:16:24.332 --> 00:16:25.833
- and we'll talk more about this tomorrow."
- 00:16:25.900 --> 00:16:26.467
- this tomorrow." Was like, "Awesome.
- 00:16:26.534 --> 00:16:28.236
- Was like, "Awesome. Gonna be a good night."
- 00:16:28.302 --> 00:16:30.238
- Gonna be a good night." Put that up on a greater level
- 00:16:30.304 --> 00:16:33.508
- Put that up on a greater level and I'm wondering
- 00:16:33.574 --> 00:16:33.975
- and I'm wondering if there's anybody
- 00:16:34.042 --> 00:16:34.509
- if there's anybody in the gathering
- 00:16:34.575 --> 00:16:35.410
- in the gathering and you're like, "Man,
- 00:16:35.476 --> 00:16:37.812
- and you're like, "Man, it is not great news
- 00:16:37.879 --> 00:16:38.579
- it is not great news to me Louie that
- 00:16:38.646 --> 00:16:39.147
- to me Louie that God is waiting for me."
- 00:16:39.213 --> 00:16:46.020
- God is waiting for me." So Peter gets on shore,
- 00:16:46.087 --> 00:16:48.523
- So Peter gets on shore, and what was the point?
- 00:16:48.589 --> 00:16:49.490
- and what was the point? What was the message?
- 00:16:49.557 --> 00:16:50.191
- What was the message? It wasn't just that I'm here,
- 00:16:50.258 --> 00:16:51.793
- It wasn't just that I'm here, it wasn't just that I'm able.
- 00:16:51.859 --> 00:16:54.896
- it wasn't just that I'm able. The message was,
- 00:16:54.962 --> 00:16:56.597
- The message was, "I forgive you."
- 00:16:56.664 --> 00:16:59.834
- "I forgive you." And the God that's waiting her
- 00:16:59.901 --> 00:17:01.569
- And the God that's waiting her for you today,
- 00:17:01.636 --> 00:17:02.570
- for you today, that's the message
- 00:17:02.637 --> 00:17:03.104
- that's the message He has for you.
- 00:17:03.171 --> 00:17:04.772
- He has for you. Oh, it's not,
- 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:05.239
- Oh, it's not, we're gonna brush over things
- 00:17:05.306 --> 00:17:06.941
- we're gonna brush over things like they never happened,
- 00:17:07.008 --> 00:17:07.575
- like they never happened, it's not there
- 00:17:07.642 --> 00:17:08.376
- it's not there are no consequences
- 00:17:08.443 --> 00:17:09.043
- are no consequences to our decisions,
- 00:17:09.110 --> 00:17:10.178
- to our decisions, it's just that "I forgive you."
- 00:17:10.244 --> 00:17:13.414
- it's just that "I forgive you." They had the breakfast
- 00:17:13.481 --> 00:17:14.649
- They had the breakfast and He pulled Peter aside
- 00:17:14.715 --> 00:17:16.184
- and He pulled Peter aside and He said, "Peter,
- 00:17:16.250 --> 00:17:17.585
- and He said, "Peter, do you love me?"
- 00:17:17.652 --> 00:17:20.188
- do you love me?" And he said, "Yes, I do.
- 00:17:20.254 --> 00:17:21.956
- And he said, "Yes, I do. Thank you for giving me
- 00:17:22.023 --> 00:17:22.890
- Thank you for giving me a chance to say that."
- 00:17:22.957 --> 00:17:24.292
- a chance to say that." And He said,
- 00:17:24.358 --> 00:17:25.093
- And He said, "Then feed my sheep."
- 00:17:25.159 --> 00:17:26.260
- "Then feed my sheep." Basically, "Build my church,
- 00:17:26.327 --> 00:17:27.395
- Basically, "Build my church, do what I called you to do."
- 00:17:27.462 --> 00:17:28.596
- do what I called you to do." Get back in the purpose
- 00:17:28.663 --> 00:17:29.564
- Get back in the purpose that I have over your life."
- 00:17:29.630 --> 00:17:30.598
- that I have over your life." He asked him a second time,
- 00:17:30.665 --> 00:17:31.499
- He asked him a second time, He asked him a third time,
- 00:17:31.566 --> 00:17:32.967
- He asked him a third time, He's just making the point
- 00:17:33.034 --> 00:17:33.968
- He's just making the point as big as He can.
- 00:17:34.035 --> 00:17:34.902
- as big as He can. "You denied me.
- 00:17:34.969 --> 00:17:35.870
- "You denied me. You denied me.
- 00:17:35.937 --> 00:17:36.437
- You denied me. You denied me.
- 00:17:36.504 --> 00:17:37.238
- You denied me. I'm asking you
- 00:17:37.305 --> 00:17:37.972
- I'm asking you and I'm calling you.
- 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:38.973
- and I'm calling you. I'm asking you
- 00:17:39.040 --> 00:17:39.474
- I'm asking you and I'm calling you.
- 00:17:39.540 --> 00:17:40.441
- and I'm calling you. I'm inviting you
- 00:17:40.508 --> 00:17:41.075
- I'm inviting you and I'm calling you.
- 00:17:41.142 --> 00:17:42.143
- and I'm calling you. I am basically reinstation
- 00:17:42.210 --> 00:17:43.578
- I am basically reinstation you today.
- 00:17:43.644 --> 00:17:44.312
- you today. And so I'm telling you
- 00:17:44.378 --> 00:17:45.580
- And so I'm telling you that I forgive you
- 00:17:45.646 --> 00:17:46.147
- that I forgive you and I'm also telling you
- 00:17:46.214 --> 00:17:48.116
- and I'm also telling you that I love you -
- 00:17:48.182 --> 00:17:50.284
- that I love you - P.s. I love you.
- 00:17:50.351 --> 00:17:51.619
- P.s. I love you. [Chuckling]
- 00:17:51.686 --> 00:17:52.086
- [Chuckling] And P.s.s.
- 00:17:52.153 --> 00:17:53.087
- And P.s.s. I still have a purpose
- 00:17:53.154 --> 00:17:54.188
- I still have a purpose and a calling on your life.
- 00:17:54.255 --> 00:17:55.389
- and a calling on your life. You still have a part
- 00:17:55.456 --> 00:17:56.491
- You still have a part to play in... my...
- 00:17:56.557 --> 00:17:58.659
- to play in... my... Kingdom story."
- 00:17:58.726 --> 00:18:01.395
- Kingdom story." The first person
- 00:18:01.462 --> 00:18:02.230
- The first person in this lineage
- 00:18:02.296 --> 00:18:03.197
- in this lineage is Abraham, his name -
- 00:18:03.264 --> 00:18:05.733
- is Abraham, his name - Names mean everything
- 00:18:05.800 --> 00:18:06.334
- Names mean everything in stories like these.
- 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:10.204
- in stories like these. His name means
- 00:18:10.271 --> 00:18:11.339
- His name means exalted father
- 00:18:11.405 --> 00:18:13.341
- exalted father or father of a multitude.
- 00:18:13.407 --> 00:18:16.144
- or father of a multitude. The bedrock of it is
- 00:18:16.210 --> 00:18:18.045
- The bedrock of it is name means father.
- 00:18:18.112 --> 00:18:19.614
- name means father. So we start with father,
- 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:20.715
- So we start with father, we end with Jesus.
- 00:18:20.781 --> 00:18:22.517
- we end with Jesus. That beautiful.
- 00:18:22.583 --> 00:18:24.719
- That beautiful. We see the handy work
- 00:18:24.785 --> 00:18:26.587
- We see the handy work of the Spirit of God
- 00:18:26.654 --> 00:18:27.722
- of the Spirit of God all throughout,
- 00:18:27.788 --> 00:18:29.357
- all throughout, working and weaving
- 00:18:29.423 --> 00:18:30.224
- working and weaving through highs
- 00:18:30.291 --> 00:18:31.159
- through highs and lows and twists
- 00:18:31.225 --> 00:18:31.926
- and lows and twists and turns and failure
- 00:18:31.993 --> 00:18:33.861
- and turns and failure to bring about
- 00:18:33.928 --> 00:18:34.962
- to bring about His purposes and plans.
- 00:18:35.029 --> 00:18:36.964
- His purposes and plans. And we even see this strange
- 00:18:37.031 --> 00:18:39.534
- And we even see this strange little way that Matthew
- 00:18:39.600 --> 00:18:41.936
- little way that Matthew includes the fact
- 00:18:42.003 --> 00:18:43.004
- includes the fact that the Gospel
- 00:18:43.070 --> 00:18:43.604
- that the Gospel is for everybody
- 00:18:43.671 --> 00:18:45.173
- is for everybody when he says,
- 00:18:45.239 --> 00:18:46.040
- when he says, "David was the father
- 00:18:46.107 --> 00:18:47.808
- "David was the father of Solomon whose mother
- 00:18:47.875 --> 00:18:50.545
- of Solomon whose mother had been Uriah's wife."
- 00:18:50.611 --> 00:18:54.515
- had been Uriah's wife." In other words, Matthew says,
- 00:18:54.582 --> 00:18:56.184
- In other words, Matthew says, "I'm not even going to mention
- 00:18:56.250 --> 00:18:58.085
- "I'm not even going to mention Bathsheba by name
- 00:18:58.152 --> 00:18:58.786
- Bathsheba by name because by not mentioning
- 00:18:58.853 --> 00:19:00.421
- because by not mentioning her by name,
- 00:19:00.488 --> 00:19:01.255
- her by name, in saying that Solomon's mother
- 00:19:01.322 --> 00:19:04.692
- in saying that Solomon's mother was Uriah's wife
- 00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:06.494
- was Uriah's wife I can include in the story
- 00:19:06.561 --> 00:19:08.863
- I can include in the story that we're not glossing over
- 00:19:08.930 --> 00:19:11.566
- that we're not glossing over anything today,
- 00:19:11.632 --> 00:19:12.667
- anything today, we're just highlighting
- 00:19:12.733 --> 00:19:14.435
- we're just highlighting the power of grace today.
- 00:19:14.502 --> 00:19:16.037
- the power of grace today. We're not just glazing over
- 00:19:16.103 --> 00:19:18.172
- We're not just glazing over the failure of men,
- 00:19:18.239 --> 00:19:19.307
- the failure of men, we're highlighting
- 00:19:19.373 --> 00:19:20.608
- we're highlighting the saving power
- 00:19:20.675 --> 00:19:22.376
- the saving power of Almighty God.
- 00:19:22.443 --> 00:19:24.412
- of Almighty God. That right in the middle
- 00:19:24.478 --> 00:19:25.680
- That right in the middle of the story are people
- 00:19:25.746 --> 00:19:28.182
- of the story are people who took wrong turns
- 00:19:28.249 --> 00:19:29.917
- who took wrong turns and blew things up
- 00:19:29.984 --> 00:19:32.587
- and blew things up and yet God sustained
- 00:19:32.653 --> 00:19:34.088
- and yet God sustained through the story
- 00:19:34.155 --> 00:19:35.590
- through the story His purpose
- 00:19:35.656 --> 00:19:36.490
- His purpose and His plan to bring
- 00:19:36.557 --> 00:19:38.292
- and His plan to bring a savior into the world...
- 00:19:38.359 --> 00:19:43.030
- a savior into the world... that He could forgive us.
- 00:19:43.097 --> 00:19:46.834
- that He could forgive us. Father, the exalted father,
- 00:19:46.901 --> 00:19:48.869
- Father, the exalted father, the father of a multitude.
- 00:19:48.936 --> 00:19:51.205
- the father of a multitude. It made me remember the son
- 00:19:51.272 --> 00:19:52.740
- It made me remember the son who had jacked
- 00:19:52.807 --> 00:19:53.808
- who had jacked his whole life up,
- 00:19:53.874 --> 00:19:54.809
- his whole life up, all of these
- 00:19:54.875 --> 00:19:55.343
- all of these are highlight stories.
- 00:19:55.409 --> 00:19:57.311
- are highlight stories. And when he was at the bottom
- 00:19:57.378 --> 00:19:59.213
- And when he was at the bottom of the bottom and said,
- 00:19:59.280 --> 00:20:00.781
- of the bottom and said, "I'm gonna go back
- 00:20:00.848 --> 00:20:01.849
- "I'm gonna go back and apologies to my dad
- 00:20:01.916 --> 00:20:03.317
- and apologies to my dad and try to get a job
- 00:20:03.384 --> 00:20:04.318
- and try to get a job like the servants have."
- 00:20:04.385 --> 00:20:06.787
- like the servants have." He's on his way home,
- 00:20:06.854 --> 00:20:07.722
- He's on his way home, but what he doesn't know
- 00:20:07.788 --> 00:20:08.889
- but what he doesn't know is that he's coming home
- 00:20:08.956 --> 00:20:11.192
- is that he's coming home with some anticipation
- 00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:12.393
- with some anticipation and expectation,
- 00:20:12.460 --> 00:20:13.894
- and expectation, but when he gets there
- 00:20:13.961 --> 00:20:15.463
- but when he gets there the father is already
- 00:20:15.529 --> 00:20:18.199
- the father is already waiting for the son.
- 00:20:18.266 --> 00:20:27.341
- waiting for the son. And again, "I can't erase
- 00:20:27.408 --> 00:20:28.909
- And again, "I can't erase the fact that you blew
- 00:20:28.976 --> 00:20:30.444
- the fact that you blew all of our money,
- 00:20:30.511 --> 00:20:31.345
- all of our money, and I can't erase the fact
- 00:20:31.412 --> 00:20:32.747
- and I can't erase the fact the you disgraced
- 00:20:32.813 --> 00:20:34.315
- the you disgraced our representation.
- 00:20:34.382 --> 00:20:35.316
- our representation. I can't change
- 00:20:35.383 --> 00:20:36.250
- I can't change the circumstance
- 00:20:36.317 --> 00:20:37.285
- the circumstance but I can tell you
- 00:20:37.351 --> 00:20:39.387
- but I can tell you that I love.
- 00:20:39.453 --> 00:20:42.523
- that I love. And I can extend grace to you.
- 00:20:42.590 --> 00:20:45.593
- And I can extend grace to you. And I'm gonna put a robe on you
- 00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:47.128
- And I'm gonna put a robe on you and shoe on you
- 00:20:47.194 --> 00:20:47.762
- and shoe on you and a ring on your finger,
- 00:20:47.828 --> 00:20:48.596
- and a ring on your finger, and we're having a party
- 00:20:48.663 --> 00:20:49.497
- and we're having a party at our house tonight,
- 00:20:49.563 --> 00:20:50.865
- at our house tonight, because my son was lost
- 00:20:50.931 --> 00:20:52.667
- because my son was lost but now he's found,
- 00:20:52.733 --> 00:20:53.834
- but now he's found, he was dead
- 00:20:53.901 --> 00:20:54.702
- he was dead but now he is alive again."
- 00:20:54.769 --> 00:20:58.973
- but now he is alive again." God is waiting for you,
- 00:20:59.040 --> 00:21:01.709
- God is waiting for you, not to crush you
- 00:21:01.776 --> 00:21:03.511
- not to crush you but to tell you
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- but to tell you that He crushed His son for you
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- that He crushed His son for you so that He could forgive you.
- 00:21:09.483 --> 00:21:11.819
- so that He could forgive you. And say, "P.s.
- 00:21:11.886 --> 00:21:14.488
- And say, "P.s. I love you.
- 00:21:14.555 --> 00:21:15.890
- I love you. And P.s.s there's still
- 00:21:15.956 --> 00:21:19.026
- And P.s.s there's still a purpose and calling
- 00:21:19.093 --> 00:21:20.161
- a purpose and calling on your life."
- 00:21:20.227 --> 00:21:21.462
- on your life." Some of you are thinking today,
- 00:21:21.529 --> 00:21:22.563
- Some of you are thinking today, "I blew my chance."
- 00:21:22.630 --> 00:21:24.265
- "I blew my chance." No, you did not blow
- 00:21:24.332 --> 00:21:25.266
- No, you did not blow your chance,
- 00:21:25.333 --> 00:21:25.800
- your chance, not with our God.
- 00:21:25.866 --> 00:21:27.935
- not with our God. Not with this God
- 00:21:28.002 --> 00:21:28.903
- Not with this God that's waiting for you.
- 00:21:28.969 --> 00:21:29.970
- that's waiting for you. There is still an opportunity
- 00:21:30.037 --> 00:21:31.839
- There is still an opportunity for you to be used
- 00:21:31.906 --> 00:21:33.207
- for you to be used in the story of God.
- 00:21:33.274 --> 00:21:35.843
- in the story of God. And then we end
- 00:21:35.910 --> 00:21:36.577
- And then we end with this woman, you know,
- 00:21:36.644 --> 00:21:40.181
- with this woman, you know, she's a picture of all of us.
- 00:21:40.247 --> 00:21:41.849
- she's a picture of all of us. We're all searching,
- 00:21:41.916 --> 00:21:43.918
- We're all searching, we all are longing,
- 00:21:43.984 --> 00:21:46.120
- we all are longing, we're all trying to figure out,
- 00:21:46.187 --> 00:21:48.522
- we're all trying to figure out, "What can I cram inside my heart
- 00:21:48.589 --> 00:21:52.426
- "What can I cram inside my heart that's gonna do it for me?
- 00:21:52.493 --> 00:21:55.062
- that's gonna do it for me? Is it winning?
- 00:21:55.129 --> 00:21:56.797
- Is it winning? Is it revenge?
- 00:21:56.864 --> 00:22:01.869
- Is it revenge? Is it an experience?
- 00:22:01.936 --> 00:22:03.504
- Is it an experience? Is it pleasure?
- 00:22:03.571 --> 00:22:04.739
- Is it pleasure? Is it more money?
- 00:22:04.805 --> 00:22:08.442
- Is it more money? What can I get...
- 00:22:08.509 --> 00:22:11.479
- What can I get... that if I can get enough
- 00:22:11.545 --> 00:22:12.613
- that if I can get enough of it can sleep at night,
- 00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:14.949
- of it can sleep at night, I can come to peace with myself,
- 00:22:15.015 --> 00:22:17.451
- I can come to peace with myself, I can feel like I found
- 00:22:17.518 --> 00:22:18.953
- I can feel like I found something called
- 00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:19.754
- something called significance in my life?"
- 00:22:19.820 --> 00:22:22.490
- significance in my life?" And this woman thought like
- 00:22:22.556 --> 00:22:23.758
- And this woman thought like a lot of us do,
- 00:22:23.824 --> 00:22:24.759
- a lot of us do, that was gonna be
- 00:22:24.825 --> 00:22:25.760
- that was gonna be in a relationship, right?
- 00:22:25.826 --> 00:22:27.294
- in a relationship, right? So it was that guy
- 00:22:27.361 --> 00:22:28.195
- So it was that guy and then it was that guy,
- 00:22:28.262 --> 00:22:29.163
- and then it was that guy, and then it was that guy,
- 00:22:29.230 --> 00:22:30.131
- and then it was that guy, and then it was another guy,
- 00:22:30.197 --> 00:22:31.499
- and then it was another guy, and another guy,
- 00:22:31.565 --> 00:22:32.433
- and another guy, and it wasn't any of those guys
- 00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.901
- and it wasn't any of those guys and she's still searching,
- 00:22:33.968 --> 00:22:37.037
- and she's still searching, she's still looking.
- 00:22:37.104 --> 00:22:40.674
- she's still looking. All the bruises
- 00:22:40.741 --> 00:22:42.042
- All the bruises and battered past,
- 00:22:42.109 --> 00:22:44.044
- and battered past, she's still looking.
- 00:22:44.111 --> 00:22:45.980
- she's still looking. And she sets out
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- And she sets out like she would do
- 00:22:47.181 --> 00:22:49.183
- like she would do to Jacob's well.
- 00:22:49.250 --> 00:22:51.619
- to Jacob's well. Because Jesus maybe just wanted
- 00:22:51.685 --> 00:22:53.354
- Because Jesus maybe just wanted to get a little bit
- 00:22:53.421 --> 00:22:54.054
- to get a little bit of the genealogy
- 00:22:54.121 --> 00:22:56.524
- of the genealogy in this encounter
- 00:22:56.590 --> 00:22:57.124
- in this encounter He had with her that day.
- 00:22:57.191 --> 00:22:59.727
- He had with her that day. And that day
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- And that day she came looking for
- 00:23:00.294 --> 00:23:02.997
- she came looking for what she physically needed
- 00:23:03.063 --> 00:23:05.733
- what she physically needed and Jesus was already waiting
- 00:23:05.800 --> 00:23:08.402
- and Jesus was already waiting for her after
- 00:23:08.469 --> 00:23:09.537
- for her after taking a circuitous detour...
- 00:23:09.603 --> 00:23:14.708
- taking a circuitous detour... that no Jew would make...
- 00:23:14.775 --> 00:23:18.145
- that no Jew would make... so the He could be waiting
- 00:23:18.212 --> 00:23:20.347
- so the He could be waiting for her at the well.
- 00:23:20.414 --> 00:23:24.685
- for her at the well. And what's the message?
- 00:23:24.752 --> 00:23:25.286
- And what's the message? It's not just that,
- 00:23:25.352 --> 00:23:26.420
- It's not just that, "I'm here,
- 00:23:26.487 --> 00:23:27.154
- "I'm here, it's not just that I'm able,
- 00:23:27.221 --> 00:23:28.355
- it's not just that I'm able, it's not just that
- 00:23:28.422 --> 00:23:29.056
- it's not just that I forgive you, P.s.
- 00:23:29.123 --> 00:23:30.458
- I forgive you, P.s. I love you,
- 00:23:30.524 --> 00:23:30.858
- I love you, p.s.s there's a calling
- 00:23:30.925 --> 00:23:32.593
- p.s.s there's a calling and a purpose on your life."
- 00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.928
- and a purpose on your life." Although those were true too.
- 00:23:33.994 --> 00:23:36.297
- Although those were true too. He's message to her
- 00:23:36.363 --> 00:23:36.931
- He's message to her that day was,
- 00:23:36.997 --> 00:23:39.533
- that day was, "I can give you more
- 00:23:39.600 --> 00:23:42.069
- "I can give you more and I am
- 00:23:42.136 --> 00:23:43.671
- and I am what you're looking for."
- 00:23:43.737 --> 00:23:48.676
- what you're looking for." We started with the father,
- 00:23:48.742 --> 00:23:49.410
- We started with the father, Abraham, exalted father.
- 00:23:49.477 --> 00:23:52.046
- Abraham, exalted father. Our last person
- 00:23:52.112 --> 00:23:53.681
- Our last person in the genealogy
- 00:23:53.747 --> 00:23:55.082
- in the genealogy before Jesus is born is Joseph.
- 00:23:55.149 --> 00:23:59.053
- before Jesus is born is Joseph. So what does that name mean?
- 00:23:59.119 --> 00:24:02.790
- So what does that name mean? That name means "He will add."
- 00:24:02.857 --> 00:24:13.701
- That name means "He will add." "Oh, there have been
- 00:24:13.767 --> 00:24:15.302
- "Oh, there have been three groups of 14 generations
- 00:24:15.369 --> 00:24:17.571
- three groups of 14 generations of miracles...
- 00:24:17.638 --> 00:24:21.976
- of miracles... but I still
- 00:24:22.042 --> 00:24:22.610
- but I still have something to add.
- 00:24:22.676 --> 00:24:25.379
- have something to add. And the something
- 00:24:25.446 --> 00:24:26.080
- And the something to add is a someone
- 00:24:26.146 --> 00:24:27.181
- to add is a someone and the someone
- 00:24:27.248 --> 00:24:28.015
- and the someone is who you're looking for."
- 00:24:28.082 --> 00:24:29.216
- is who you're looking for." And I'm just tell you today,
- 00:24:29.283 --> 00:24:31.452
- And I'm just tell you today, if the job didn't do it
- 00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:33.821
- if the job didn't do it or the jobs didn't do it,
- 00:24:33.888 --> 00:24:35.289
- or the jobs didn't do it, of the parties didn't do it,
- 00:24:35.356 --> 00:24:36.557
- of the parties didn't do it, if the pleasure didn't do it,
- 00:24:36.624 --> 00:24:39.226
- if the pleasure didn't do it, if the money hasn't done it,
- 00:24:39.293 --> 00:24:40.694
- if the money hasn't done it, if the success hasn't done it,
- 00:24:40.761 --> 00:24:42.263
- if the success hasn't done it, if the revenge didn't do it,
- 00:24:42.329 --> 00:24:43.797
- if the revenge didn't do it, if the anger didn't do it,
- 00:24:43.864 --> 00:24:44.865
- if the anger didn't do it, if the drugs didn't do it,
- 00:24:44.932 --> 00:24:46.133
- if the drugs didn't do it, if running the show yourself
- 00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:49.003
- if running the show yourself hasn't done it...
- 00:24:49.069 --> 00:24:49.637
- hasn't done it... God's waiting for you today.
- 00:24:49.703 --> 00:24:55.276
- God's waiting for you today. He took a circuitous detour.
- 00:24:55.342 --> 00:24:57.411
- He took a circuitous detour. And for some of you,
- 00:24:57.478 --> 00:24:58.812
- And for some of you, you're not normally in church
- 00:24:58.879 --> 00:25:00.514
- you're not normally in church and you certainly thought
- 00:25:00.581 --> 00:25:01.549
- and you certainly thought if you did get in church
- 00:25:01.615 --> 00:25:02.783
- if you did get in church there wouldn't be God
- 00:25:02.850 --> 00:25:04.251
- there wouldn't be God waiting for you
- 00:25:04.318 --> 00:25:06.120
- waiting for you because you're not His type
- 00:25:06.186 --> 00:25:08.989
- because you're not His type and you're not His kind.
- 00:25:09.056 --> 00:25:10.925
- and you're not His kind. And yet right in this moment
- 00:25:10.991 --> 00:25:11.926
- And yet right in this moment He is speaking to you
- 00:25:11.992 --> 00:25:13.193
- He is speaking to you as clearly
- 00:25:13.260 --> 00:25:13.761
- as clearly as if He were standing
- 00:25:13.827 --> 00:25:15.296
- as if He were standing in the room
- 00:25:15.362 --> 00:25:16.263
- in the room physically speaking to you
- 00:25:16.330 --> 00:25:18.098
- physically speaking to you in an audible voice.
- 00:25:18.165 --> 00:25:19.400
- in an audible voice. And you are realizing today
- 00:25:19.466 --> 00:25:21.201
- And you are realizing today is the day that God is saying,
- 00:25:21.268 --> 00:25:23.304
- is the day that God is saying, "You are not only
- 00:25:23.370 --> 00:25:24.238
- "You are not only what I have been waiting for,
- 00:25:24.305 --> 00:25:26.240
- what I have been waiting for, but it's not a thing
- 00:25:26.307 --> 00:25:27.608
- but it's not a thing it is a person,
- 00:25:27.675 --> 00:25:29.143
- it is a person, I've been waiting for my maker
- 00:25:29.209 --> 00:25:31.312
- I've been waiting for my maker and waiting for my creator,
- 00:25:31.378 --> 00:25:33.147
- and waiting for my creator, I've been needing a savior
- 00:25:33.213 --> 00:25:35.649
- I've been needing a savior and needing a redeemer.
- 00:25:35.716 --> 00:25:36.884
- and needing a redeemer. I need Emmanuel,
- 00:25:36.951 --> 00:25:39.553
- I need Emmanuel, God with us.
- 00:25:39.620 --> 00:25:40.421
- God with us. I need Jesus the one
- 00:25:40.487 --> 00:25:42.389
- I need Jesus the one who saves us from our sins."
- 00:25:42.456 --> 00:25:45.693
- who saves us from our sins." And maybe for some of you
- 00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.827
- And maybe for some of you that's gonna be a first time
- 00:25:46.894 --> 00:25:48.128
- that's gonna be a first time step today, but maybe
- 00:25:48.195 --> 00:25:49.263
- step today, but maybe for somebody else it's like,
- 00:25:49.330 --> 00:25:50.464
- for somebody else it's like, "Hey, I been digging
- 00:25:50.531 --> 00:25:51.932
- "Hey, I been digging a hole over here
- 00:25:51.999 --> 00:25:52.866
- a hole over here and it has never satisfied.
- 00:25:52.933 --> 00:25:55.736
- and it has never satisfied. But I, you know,
- 00:25:55.803 --> 00:25:57.171
- But I, you know, for whatever reason
- 00:25:57.237 --> 00:25:58.005
- for whatever reason I'm like Peter
- 00:25:58.072 --> 00:25:59.106
- I'm like Peter and the other guys,
- 00:25:59.173 --> 00:25:59.707
- and the other guys, I found it easier to go back
- 00:25:59.773 --> 00:26:01.175
- I found it easier to go back to what I knew
- 00:26:01.241 --> 00:26:02.343
- to what I knew than to hang in there
- 00:26:02.409 --> 00:26:03.177
- than to hang in there with God in a season of waiting.
- 00:26:03.243 --> 00:26:05.112
- with God in a season of waiting. I found it easier to go back
- 00:26:05.179 --> 00:26:06.614
- I found it easier to go back to my old life than to step
- 00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:09.183
- to my old life than to step into the unknown with God
- 00:26:09.249 --> 00:26:11.018
- into the unknown with God who had already come out
- 00:26:11.085 --> 00:26:12.419
- who had already come out of the grave."
- 00:26:12.486 --> 00:26:13.787
- of the grave." And some of you
- 00:26:13.854 --> 00:26:14.421
- And some of you just need to turn around today
- 00:26:14.488 --> 00:26:16.457
- just need to turn around today and realize
- 00:26:16.523 --> 00:26:16.991
- and realize that He's right there.
- 00:26:17.057 --> 00:26:19.994
- that He's right there. What you need...
- 00:26:20.060 --> 00:26:22.162
- What you need... is a He
- 00:26:22.229 --> 00:26:23.764
- is a He and He's right there...
- 00:26:23.831 --> 00:26:27.067
- and He's right there... right now.
- 00:26:27.134 --> 00:26:28.402
- right now. And He's not standing there
- 00:26:28.469 --> 00:26:29.236
- And He's not standing there saying, "I'll take that
- 00:26:29.303 --> 00:26:30.437
- saying, "I'll take that and I'll take that,
- 00:26:30.504 --> 00:26:31.505
- and I'll take that, and I'll take that,
- 00:26:31.572 --> 00:26:32.106
- and I'll take that, and I'll take that.
- 00:26:32.172 --> 00:26:32.940
- and I'll take that. I'm gonna take your enjoyment,
- 00:26:33.007 --> 00:26:34.408
- I'm gonna take your enjoyment, I'm gonna take your career,
- 00:26:34.475 --> 00:26:36.143
- I'm gonna take your career, I'm gonna take your control,
- 00:26:36.210 --> 00:26:38.445
- I'm gonna take your control, I'm gonna take your dream,
- 00:26:38.512 --> 00:26:40.414
- I'm gonna take your dream, I'm gonna take all the things
- 00:26:40.481 --> 00:26:41.315
- I'm gonna take all the things that you expected me to take
- 00:26:41.382 --> 00:26:43.350
- that you expected me to take when I got here."
- 00:26:43.417 --> 00:26:44.184
- when I got here." He said, "No, I didn't come
- 00:26:44.251 --> 00:26:45.219
- He said, "No, I didn't come to take from you.
- 00:26:45.285 --> 00:26:46.253
- to take from you. I came to let you know
- 00:26:46.320 --> 00:26:47.588
- I came to let you know that the one who would hold
- 00:26:47.655 --> 00:26:49.556
- that the one who would hold the baby Jesus at the manger,
- 00:26:49.623 --> 00:26:51.225
- the baby Jesus at the manger, his name is called
- 00:26:51.291 --> 00:26:53.727
- his name is called "He will add."
- 00:26:53.794 --> 00:26:55.763
- "He will add." I came to give you
- 00:26:55.829 --> 00:26:57.598
- I came to give you what you've been looking for,
- 00:26:57.665 --> 00:26:59.099
- what you've been looking for, to give you what you truly need,
- 00:26:59.166 --> 00:27:01.735
- to give you what you truly need, to give you what nobody else
- 00:27:01.802 --> 00:27:03.937
- to give you what nobody else has been able to give you
- 00:27:04.004 --> 00:27:06.006
- has been able to give you in your life.
- 00:27:06.073 --> 00:27:08.175
- in your life. I am...
- 00:27:08.242 --> 00:27:11.345
- I am... who you're looking for."
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