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Dr. Robert Jeffress - The Names Above All Names

December 24, 2024 | S

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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Dr. Robert Jeffress - The Names Above All Names | December 24, 2024

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♪♪♪
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Male announcer: from the pulpit of the first baptist church
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Of dallas, texas, this is "pathway to victory"
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With dr. robert jeffress.
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Dr. robert jeffress: hi i'm robert jeffress,
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And welcome again to "pathway to victory."
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Think about some of the most popular names in politics, in
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Tech or entertainment, i'm sure a few come to mind.
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These individuals, due to their massive influence, tend
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To dominate the news cycle and often come up in conversation,
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But there's one name that rises above them all,
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And that is the name of our savior, jesus christ.
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My message is titled, "the name above all names"
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On today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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Announcer: the celebration of jesus's birth each christmas
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Marks the moment when god's radiant hope entered our world,
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And jesus calls us to share this light with others.
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You can help pierce the darkness with the light of god's word
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Through the pathway to victory light the darkness
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Matching challenge.
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Since 1996, "pathway to victory"
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Has been boldly sharing
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The gospel of jesus christ,
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And your gift,
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Doubled in impact,
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Will be used to proclaim
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God's truth here in america
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And around the world.
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♪♪♪
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Jeffress: christ is born.
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That's what we celebrate today, god in the flesh.
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I want you to think about what an amazing thing this is.
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If you ever doubt it happened, if you ever doubt
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What we're saying every sunday here, just think about this.
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Doesn't matter who you are, everybody
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On this planet acknowledges that christ is born.
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When you write down the year 2022, you're acknowledging it
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Has been 2022 years since what?
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Since the birth of jesus christ.
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He is the only human being whoever existed
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By which we calculate human history.
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Doesn't matter whether you're a baptist, catholic,
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Jew, atheist muslim, everybody acknowledges
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The birth of jesus christ by how we count history.
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Jesus christ is born.
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Who is this baby that was born in bethlehem 2000 years ago
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Where in the new testament, his name that's most frequently
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Used is the lord jesus christ.
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Lord, meaning translated from
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"kurios," meaning master, ruler, lord.
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Jesus, "yeshua," in hebrew, the deliverer, the savior.
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Christ "kristos," the anointed one, the messiah,
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The lord jesus christ is his new testament title.
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But in the old testament, in the prophecies, hundreds of them
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Prophesying that christ would come one day,
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There are a number of names that the messiah is known by.
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And for the few moments we have today, we're going to look
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At one of the most well-known prophecies of the 115
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Or so prophecies about the birth of jesus.
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It's a verse you know well.
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It's a verse that gives four names that describe who this
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Baby was and what he would do.
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And we find the passage in isaiah chapter 9 verse 6.
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I've called today's message, "the names above every name."
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Just a little bit of background.
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Isaiah wrote these words 700 years before jesus
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Would be born.
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And a little historical context for what is happening, judah,
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The southern kingdom of israel was being threatened
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By a coalition from the north of samaria and syria.
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They were threatening to invade judah and take judah captive
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And the people were frightened, they were distraught.
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And so god sent word through isaiah that israel would have
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A deliverer one day, not immediately but ultimately,
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A deliverer.
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And that's the promise that we find in isaiah 9:6.
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"for a child will be born to us."
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This messiah who would come, the deliverer would be born.
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Why did jesus have to be born?
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He didn't come into existence at bethlehem but he came
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Into human form in bethlehem.
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He had to be in human flesh because he was going to die.
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God the eternal spirit could never die but jesus came
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In human flesh so that he could die and be
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That offering for our sins.
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"for a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us."
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When jesus came even in that feeding trough in bethlehem,
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He was a son with all the rights of god himself.
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"and the government will rest on his shoulders."
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When he came the first time, jesus lived under the oppression
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Of the roman government just like every jew,
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Just like the rest of the world.
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But one day he will rule over government, he will rule
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In truth, and grace, and kindness, and justice.
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"the government will rest on his shoulders;
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And his name will be called."
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You can hear the strains of handel's messiah
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As you read that, "and his name will be called."
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And then we have the four names that isaiah gives us
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For this messiah.
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Now, i wanted us to do something different today
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Because it's christmas day.
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Instead of my just talking about this and talking about this
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Need, i want this to be a worship experience for us.
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The bible says, we are to adore christ, "adore christ the lord,"
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As the hymn says.
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And so what i'd like to do is this, is we look at these four
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Names of the messiah who was born on christmas day.
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I'm gonna say a brief word about each of these names
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And how it applies to us, what it means to us,
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And then we're going to stand together, as a congregation
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And we're going to read some scripture i selected that
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Talks about this name and what it means to our lives.
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And then after we stand and read the scripture, we're gonna stay
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Standing and we're going to sing a hymn that relates
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To that particular name of jesus.
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And as we sing and as we read the scripture, i want us to do
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It with gusto, not just some liturgical ritual, we're gonna
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Feel like episcopalians already just up and down, but that's
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Okay we need the exercise.
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But when we read the scripture, let's read it like we mean it,
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It's the word of god.
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And when we sing these words, let's really think about what
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This means to us, what messiah has done for us.
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The first name that he is called is wonderful counselor.
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It's not wonderful, counselor, it is wonderful counselor.
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Just think about how great it would be to have your own
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Personal counselor that you could trust to always give you
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The right answer about every question you had.
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A counselor who knew your future and could tell you exactly
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What's ahead of you.
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A counselor who could help unravel the perplexities
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Of this life and your life, but could also guide you safely
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Into the next world and deliver you into heaven.
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Wouldn't it be great to have that kind of counselor, somebody
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Who was always right in whatever question you needed answered?
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That's jesus, that's the messiah.
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He is our wonderful counselor.
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Every word he speaks to us is true because it comes from god.
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He's called the living word of god and he's called the word
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The word of the living god.
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That word word means expression.
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The reason we can trust everything jesus says is
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Everything he says to us about our lives and our future comes
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From god himself.
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He is called the living word.
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And how do we have access to his words today?
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The living word has been deposited
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Into the written word of god.
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This book is jesus's words to us.
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It contains everything we need to know about life, about death,
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About heaven, and about hell.
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He is our wonderful counselor.
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Now let's read about the living word of god deposited
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In the written word of god.
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Let's stand together and honor the reading of god's word.
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And you read with me.
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Now together, "in the beginning was the word, and the word was
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With god, and the word was god.
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And the word became flesh, and dwelt among us;
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And we saw his glory, glory as of the only begotten
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From the father, full of grace and truth.
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I have treasured your word in my heart,
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So that i may not sin against you.
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Teach me, o lord, the way of your statutes,
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And i shall observe it to the end.
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Give me understanding, that i may observe your law
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And keep it with all my heart.
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Make me walk in the path of your commandments,
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For i delight in it.
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Open my eyes that i may behold wonderful things from your law."
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♪♪♪
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♪ guide me, o thou great jehovah, ♪
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♪ pilgrim through this barren land: ♪
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♪ i am weak, but thou art mighty; ♪
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♪ hold me with thy powerful hand: ♪
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♪ bread of heaven, bread of heaven, ♪
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♪ feed me till i want no more. ♪
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♪ feed me till i want no more. ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ when i tread the verge of jordan, ♪
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♪ bid my anxious fears subside; ♪
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♪ bear me through the swelling current; ♪
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♪ land me safe on canaan's side: ♪
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♪ songs of praises, songs of praises ♪
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♪ i will ever give to thee. ♪
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♪ i will ever give to thee. ♪♪
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Jeffress: that is jesus our wonderful counselor who will
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Lead us through this life and safely into the promised land.
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Now you may be seated.
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He shall be called wonderful counselor.
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He'll also be called the mighty god.
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Jesus didn't come into existence in bethlehem.
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He is god, he is existed eternally.
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Everything you see around you, everything in this galaxy,
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Everything in this universe, the planets,
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Everything have all been created by jesus.
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Colossians 1 says, "for in him and through him
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Were all things made."
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Jesus is the mighty god and the same power that flung
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This universe into existence, that same power is available
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To every follower of the lord jesus christ,
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He is our mighty god.
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Now we're going to read together about the power of that baby
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Who was born in bethlehem, the mighty god.
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Let's stand together beginning with psalm 19.
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"the heavens are telling of the glory of god;
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And their expanse is declaring the work of his hands.
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O lord, our lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth.
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You have displayed your splendor above the heavens!
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When i consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,
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The moon and the stars, which you have ordained,
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What is man that you have taken thought of him,
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And the son of man that you care for him?
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You make him to rule over the works of your hands;
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You have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen,
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And also the beast of the field, the birds of the heavens,
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And the fish of the sea.
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Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
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O lord, our lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!"
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♪♪♪
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♪ o lord, my god, ♪
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♪ when i in awesome wonder, ♪
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♪ consider all the worlds thy hands have made; ♪
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♪ i see the stars, i hear the rolling thunder, ♪
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♪ thy power throughout the universe displayed. ♪
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♪ then sings my soul, ♪
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♪ my savior god, to thee, ♪
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♪ how great thou art, ♪
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♪ how great thou art. ♪
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♪ then sings my soul, ♪
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♪ my savior god, to thee, ♪
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♪ how great thou art, ♪
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♪ how great thou art! ♪
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♪ and when i think that god, ♪
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♪ his son not sparing ♪
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♪ sent him to die, ♪
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♪ i scarce can take it in ♪
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♪ that on the cross, ♪
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♪ my burden gladly bearing ♪
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♪ he bled and died ♪
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♪ to take away my sin ♪
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♪ then sings my soul, ♪
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♪ my savior god, to thee, ♪
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♪ how great thou art, ♪
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♪ how great thou art. ♪
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♪ then sings my soul, ♪
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♪ my savior god, to thee, ♪
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♪ how great thou art, ♪
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♪ how great thou art! ♪
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Jeffress: and he shall be called: the mighty counselor,
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The mighty god."
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And thirdly, he's called the eternal father.
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What does isaiah mean by the eternal father?
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The word father denotes the relationship we have with god.
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Unlike human fathers who can change, their love
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Can come and go, their trustworthiness can come and go.
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Jesus never changes.
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He is eternal, "from everlasting to everlasting thou art god."
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We can depend upon him to always keep his word.
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We can know that "there is no shifting shadow in him,"
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As james says.
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"he's the same yesterday, today and forever."
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Let's read about god being our eternal father
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In the scriptures right now.
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The scriptures are gonna be found on the screen
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From psalm 90.
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Let's stand together and read
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About the faithfulness of our father.
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Now together, "lord, you have been our dwelling place
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In all generations.
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Before the mountains were born or you gave birth
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To the earth and the world.
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Even from everlasting to everlasting, you are god.
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You turn man back into dust and say,
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'return, o children of men.'
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Jesus christ is the same yesterday
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And today, and forever.
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I am the alpha and the omega, the first and the last,
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The beginning and the end.
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Make sure that your character is free from the love of money,
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Being content with what you have; for he himself has said,
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'i will never desert you, nor will i ever forsake you.'"
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♪♪♪
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♪ o god, our help in ages past, ♪
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♪ our hope for years to come, ♪
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♪ our shelter from the stormy blast, ♪
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♪ and our eternal home. ♪
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♪ before the hills in order stood, ♪
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♪ or earth received her frame, ♪
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♪ from everlasting thou art god, ♪
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♪ to endless years the same. ♪
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♪ o god, our help in ages past, ♪
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♪ our hope for years to come, ♪
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♪ be thou our guard while life shall last, ♪
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♪ and our eternal home! ♪♪
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Jeffress: you may be seated.
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"he shall be called the wonderful counselor,
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The mighty god, the eternal father," and finally,
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He will be called the prince of peace.
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Peace means the absence of trouble or turmoil.
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Remember the promise of the angel to the shepherds?
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"for i bring you good news of great joy that shall be
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To all the people."
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Then he promised this baby would bring, and the king james says,
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"peace, good will toward men."
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But you know what the real translation is?
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"peace with whom god is pleased."
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The only people who experience the peace of god are people
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Who are at peace with god.
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You can't have the peace of god without being at peace with god.
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You'll never be at peace with other people, you'll never be at
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Peace with your circumstances, you'll never be at peace
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With yourself until first of all, you are at peace with god
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And that's why christ came to offer reconciliation
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Between god and sinners.
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Let's read about the prince of peace and what he offers to each
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Of us first beginning in luke 2, let's stand and read together.
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"and suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude
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Of the heavenly host praising god and saying,
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'glory to god in the highest, and on earth,
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Peace among men with whom he is pleased.'
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Therefore, having been justified by faith,
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We have peace with god through our lord jesus christ.
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'peace i leave with you, my peace i give to you;
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Not as the world gives, do i give to you.
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Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.
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♪♪♪
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♪ hark! the herald angels sing ♪
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♪ "glory to the new-born king, ♪
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♪ peace on earth and mercy mild ♪
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♪ god and sinners reconciled." ♪
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♪ joyful all ye nations rise, ♪
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♪ join the triumph of the skies, ♪
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♪ with angelic host proclaim, ♪
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♪ christ is born in bethlehem. ♪
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♪ hark! the herald angels sing, ♪
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♪ glory to the new-born king. ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ when he shall come with trumpet sound, ♪
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♪ oh, may i then in him be found ♪
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♪ dressed in his righteousness alone, ♪
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♪ faultless to stand before the throne. ♪
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♪ on christ the solid rock i stand, ♪
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♪ all other ground is sinking sand ♪
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♪ all other ground is sinking sand. ♪♪
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Jeffress: when he shall come with trumpet sound,
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Oh may you then in him be found.
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That is my prayer for you this christmas.
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Well, i want to bring you an encouraging report that
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“pathway to victory” is enjoying a remarkable season of growth
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And influence for the gospel.
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For example, we just launched a new spanish ministry allowing us
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To minister to spanish speakers around the world.
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And we want to see this trend continue next year and beyond.
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Just as god commanded, "let there be light" at the dawn
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Of creation, we're called to shine his light
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In the darkest corners of our world, but
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We can't accomplish our mission without friends like you.
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And helping us shine the light of god's word
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In a world overshadowed by darkness.
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Now stay right there, i'll be back with more
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"pathway to victory" in just a moment.
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Who want to grow in their faith too.
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Jeffress: of all the ways god could have revealed himself
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To us, he chose to do it through the written word.
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And that's why it's so important for you and for me to set aside
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Regular time to read the word of god.
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Announcer: every season carries an uplifting theme.
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Begin the new year by exploring god's will for your life.
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In spring and summer, grow stronger in christ
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With insights from colossians.
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And in the fall and winter, embrace the father who loves you
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With inspirational readings based on the parable
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Of the prodigal son.
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When the day-to-day problems of life feel overwhelming, take
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A moment to anchor yourself in the calming truth of god's word
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With the brand new 2025 "pathway to victory" daily devotional.
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Giving resource, it empowers us to spread the hope filled
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Message of jesus christ as well.
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Thank you for supporting the ministry
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Of "pathway to victory."
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Jeffress: wonderful counselor, mighty god, everlasting father,
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The prince of peace; this is the savior
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Whose birth we celebrate at christmas.
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The name of jesus is truly above all other names.
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Well, in our troubled world many wonder if evil
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Is triumphing over good.
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But next time, we'll explore how jesus, the light of the world,
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Will ultimately overcome all darkness.
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Stay tuned for a preview of what's coming up next
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On "pathway to victory"
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Jeffress: you see,
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There's a real tension in the christmas story.
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The light of christ coming, people thought,
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Would erase forever the darkness.
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But it hasn't done that.
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Many of you right now
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Are still experiencing the darkness of this world.
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Is light the best representation of christ
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Considering the darkness we're experiencing now?
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Announcer: set your dvr and join us next time for the message,
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"when darkness overcomes the light,"
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Here on "pathway to victory."
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Dr. Robert Jeffress - The Names Above All Names

December 24, 2024 | S

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