John Bradshaw - Unwrap My Heart

December 22, 2024 | S1:E20222

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It Is Written with John Bradshaw | John Bradshaw - Unwrap My Heart | December 22, 2024

♪[dramatic theme music]♪
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>>john bradshaw: this is it is written.
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I'm john bradshaw. thanks for joining me.
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It was a day like no other.
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Exactly when it was we don't know.
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But we do know that 2,000 or so years ago
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On a middle eastern evening, "the desire of all nations,"
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As the prophet haggai called him,
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Was born in a stable in bethlehem,
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Just five miles from where jesus would eventually die.
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It was a day that had been anticipated by the human family
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Almost since the creation of the world.
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Following adam and eve's descent into sin,
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God promised them--and us--
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That a deliverer would come to the planet.
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Humanity by then was hopelessly and irretrievably lost.
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This wasn't a punitive action on the part of god.
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Sin had separated us from him, and it had introduced rebellion
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Into the minds of every human being that would ever live.
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If there was any doubt as to how serious this was,
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Adam and eve's own son murdered his brother.
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Humans were broken.
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But what god proposed was a way out of the mess
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We'd been plunged into.
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"you've sinned?" god was, in effect, asking the human family.
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"you have rebellion in your heart?
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You're on the wrong trajectory?"
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God was saying, "you're broken, but i'll fix you.
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"you're damaged, but i'll remake you.
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"you're unrighteous, but i'll give you the righteousness
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"of my very own son, so that through him
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"you can confidently live in that decaying world,
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Knowing that there is better ahead."
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[crunching footsteps on gravel]
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We're drawn to the christmas story for numerous reasons.
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The improbability of an unassuming young woman
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Being selected to be the mother of the messiah
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And then conducting herself with grace
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In the midst of what was, frankly, a scandal.
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We're drawn by the story of a baby being born in a stable
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And then placed in a feeding trough to sleep.
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There's something almost exciting about the whole idea,
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Although the reality of it all was a whole lot less appealing
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Than the hallmark version of the story.
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A husband and his new young bride were in a stable
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And not a hotel.
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They were far from family,
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And there's drama and tragedy in the story, too, isn't there?
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A megalomaniacal king ordering the death of all the baby boys
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In bethlehem.
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The wise men, who traveled from a distant country
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Following a star in order to find the messiah,
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At a time when virtually all of israel had gone to sleep
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On the prophecies.
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The bible says that when herod learned about the mission
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Of the wise men,
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"he was troubled, and all jerusalem with him."
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They had reason to be.
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Herod was known for brutality, for cruelty.
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And there's theology in the story.
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The wise men had read the messianic prophecy
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In the book of numbers, a prediction made by balaam,
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Of all people, about "a star."
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And then they'd studied the time prophecy in the book of daniel,
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Chapter 9.
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It told them right about when the messiah would be born.
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All they needed was the where, and the star showed them that.
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They came to the place where jesus would be born,
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And instead of finding a nation full of expectation and hope,
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They found...not much.
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As john wrote in john 1:11,
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"he came unto his own, and his own received him not."
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But we're really drawn to the christmas story
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By the wonder of it all.
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Mary brought into the world the one who had created the world.
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Her child would save the world.
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While jesus was entirely dependent on mary for life,
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Mary was entirely dependent on him for everlasting life.
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This wasn't just another birth.
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There may even have been other babies born
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In or near bethlehem that night.
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But this one was different.
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Mary delivered her deliverer.
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♪[scott michael bennett plays soft piano music]♪
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♪ mary, did you know ♪
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♪ that your baby boy will one day walk on water? ♪
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♪ mary, did you know that your baby boy ♪
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♪ would save our sons and daughters? ♪
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♪ did you know that your baby boy has come to make you new? ♪
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♪ oh, this child whom you've delivered, ♪
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♪ he will soon deliver you. ♪
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♪ oh, mary, did you know? ♪
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♪ mary, did you know that your baby boy ♪
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♪ would give sight to a blind man? ♪
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♪ mary, did you know that your baby boy ♪
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♪ would calm a storm with his hand? ♪
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♪ did you know that your baby boy ♪
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♪ has walked where angels trod? ♪
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♪ when you kiss your little baby, ♪
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♪ don't you know you've kissed the face of god? ♪
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♪ oh, mary, did you know? ♪
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♪ the blind will see, and the deaf will hear, ♪
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♪ and the dead will live again, the lame will leap, ♪
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♪ and the dumb will speak the praises of the lamb. ♪
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♪ oh, mary, did you know that your baby boy ♪
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♪ is lord of all creation? ♪
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♪ mary, did you know that your baby boy ♪
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♪ would one day rule the nations? ♪
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♪ did you know that your baby boy is heaven's perfect lamb? ♪
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♪ oh, this sleeping child you are holding
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Is the great i am. ♪
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♪ mary, did you know? ♪
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♪ mary, did you know? ♪♪
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>>john bradshaw: thanks for joining me on it is written.
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There have been some remarkable,
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Some truly beautiful christmas songs composed.
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"silent night! holy night!"
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"joy to the world, the lord is come!"
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"o come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant!
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O come ye, o come ye to bethlehem!"
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No other season, no other holiday,
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No other nothing has songs as beautiful and powerful.
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But oddly enough,
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There's a christmas song we've never heard,
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And it's the most famous one of all.
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We know the words,
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But wouldn't it be something to hear the music?
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The bible puts it like this in luke chapter 2:
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"and there were in the same country shepherds
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"abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
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"and, lo, the angel of the lord came upon them,
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"and the glory of the lord shone round about them:
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"and they were sore afraid.
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"and the angel said unto them,
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"'fear not: for, behold, i bring you good tidings of great joy,
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"'which shall be to all people. for unto you is born this day
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"'in the city of david a saviour,
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"'which is christ the lord.
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"'and this shall be a sign unto you;
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"'ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes,
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Lying in a manger.'"
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We don't know much about these shepherds,
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But we do know that they had to have been faithful.
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They were entrusted with the responsibility and the privilege
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That not even the theologians in jerusalem were granted.
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God didn't go to the academically qualified;
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He went to the spiritually qualified.
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And these shepherds were evidently people of real faith.
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The angel shared with them "good tidings of great joy."
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Now, that word "great," it's the greek word "megas."
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It's where we get the word "mega," very large, huge--
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Like tokyo is a megacity.
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In terms of measurement,
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"mega" can be used to mean a factor of one million.
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Megahertz is one million hertz,
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A measurement of radio frequency.
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So you get the idea.
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This was good news of mega-joy,
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And it was shared with shepherds.
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That day "cristos kyrios" had been born--
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No less a person than christ the lord.
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They're watching their sheep on what would otherwise be
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A predictably low-key evening, and the messiah had been born!
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See, you and i have lived our entire lives
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Knowing that the messiah has been born.
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We look forward to his return.
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But that's not what everyone has done since creation.
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We live in the assurance that the messiah has come,
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But for 4,000 years people looked forward
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To his first advent, and he still hadn't shown up.
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Isaiah had written about it:
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"therefore the lord himself [shall] give you a sign:
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"behold, [a] virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
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And shall call his name immanuel."
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But isaiah, by now, had been dead for hundreds of years,
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Long before the messiah came to israel.
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But now, here they were, just another night in bethlehem,
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And the shepherds were being told by angels
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Of this incredible event.
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The savior had come.
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The deliverer was here, no more waiting.
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And the angels sang!
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Luke 2:13,
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"and suddenly there was 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 peace,
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Goodwill toward men!'"
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You never heard a song like that.
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The birth of the messiah was so significant,
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So life-changing, so earth-shattering
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That angels couldn't keep quiet.
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The angels sang.
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Now, whether you're a singer or not,
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I hope the story of the savior's birth gives you a reason
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To sing, a reason to experience mega-joy.
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[the emmanuel quartet] ♪ hark! the herald angels sing, ♪
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♪ "glory to the newborn 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; join the triumph of the skies; ♪
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♪ with angelic host proclaim, "christ is born in bethlehem!" ♪
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♪ silent night! holy night! ♪
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♪ all is calm, all is bright. ♪
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♪ oh, 'round yon virgin mother and child. ♪
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♪ holy infant so tender and mild, ♪
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♪ oh, sleep in heavenly peace, ♪
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♪ sleep in heavenly peace. ♪
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♪ oh, let earth receive her king. ♪
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♪ let every heart prepare him room, ♪
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♪ and heaven and nature sing, and heaven and nature, ♪
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♪ and heaven and nature sing, and heaven and nature sing, ♪
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♪ and heaven, and heaven and nature sing. ♪
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♪ angels we have heard, angels we have heard on high, ♪
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♪ sweetly singing o'er the plains, ♪
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♪ and the mountains in reply echoing their joyous strains. ♪
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♪ gloria ♪
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♪ in excelsis deo. ♪
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♪ gloria ♪
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♪ in excelsis deo. ♪
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♪ hark! the herald angels sing, ♪
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♪ "glory to the newborn king!" ♪
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♪ angels we have heard on high. ♪
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♪ angels we have heard. ♪
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♪ ooo. ♪♪
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>>john bradshaw: thanks for joining me on it is written.
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It's a fascinating old thing in a way,
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Every year, christmas gifts.
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What are you going to get this year?
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Clothing? electronics? money?
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Somehow, in many cases, one's christmas joy
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Is connected to what appears under a tree,
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Which, at best, is a little suspect.
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However, it's true that the birth of jesus
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And the giving of gifts are inextricably linked.
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Matthew 2:11 says,
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"and when they"-- that's the wise men--
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"were come into the house, they saw the young child
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"with mary his mother, and fell down and worshipped him:
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"and when they had opened their treasures,
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"they presented unto him gifts;
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Gold, and frankincense, and myrrh."
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So gift-giving and christmas are closely associated,
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But at that first nativity, the gifts were being given to god,
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To the christ child.
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And the truth is, he still looks to us for our gifts.
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You can give your spouse or your parents or your kids
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Something impressive this christmas,
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But what are you giving god?
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And, no, he doesn't need a new tie or tools
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Or exercise equipment.
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But there is something he wants, something he really wants.
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In proverbs 23:26, god says,
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"my son, give me your heart."
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In revelation 3:20, jesus says,
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"behold, i stand at the door and knock.
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"if anyone hears my voice and opens the door,
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I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with me."
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What god asks you for is your heart.
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If he has that, then he has everything.
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God is the giver;
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He gave jesus for us so we can live forever.
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He gives us the holy spirit.
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"if you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts
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"to your children, how much more will your heavenly father
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Give the holy spirit to those who ask him!"
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Jesus is preparing a mansion for you in heaven right now.
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He's one day soon coming back to this world to give you eternity.
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If you want it, you'll live in a world without sin or pain
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Or sickness or death,
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In a place where the streets are paved with gold,
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And until then you'll live in the assurance
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That life is yours, that christ is yours,
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And that the god of heaven loves you with an everlasting love.
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God has given us so much, everything.
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"it is of the lord's mercies that we are not consumed,
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"because his compassions fail not.
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They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness."
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That faithful god, full of love and grace towards you,
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Is hoping you won't forget him in your christmas giving
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This year and that you'll give him the best possible gift
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And allow him to unwrap your heart.
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♪ [roy treiyer plays piano softly] ♪
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[claudia ramirez] ♪ o holy night! ♪
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♪ the stars are brightly shining; ♪
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♪ it is the night of our dear savior's birth. ♪
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♪[roy continues to play "o holy night"]♪
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♪ long lay the world in sin and error pining, ♪
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♪ till he appeared and the soul felt its worth. ♪
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♪ a thrill of hope-- the weary world rejoices, ♪
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♪ for yonder breaks a new and glorious morn! ♪
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♪ fall on your knees! ♪
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♪ o hear the angel voices! ♪
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♪ o night divine, ♪
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♪ o night when christ was born! ♪
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♪ o night divine, ♪
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♪ o night, o night divine! ♪
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♪[roy continues playing song on piano]♪
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♪[roy plays piano transition to "we three kings"]♪
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♪ born a king on bethlehem's plain, ♪
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♪ gold i bring to crown him again, ♪
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♪ king forever, ceasing never, over us all to reign. ♪
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♪ oh, star of wonder, star of night, ♪
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♪ star with royal beauty bright, westward leading, ♪
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♪ still proceeding, guide us to thy perfect light. ♪
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♪[roy plays piano transition back to "o holy night"]♪
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♪ truly he taught us to love one another; ♪
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♪ his law is love, and his gospel is peace. ♪
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♪ chains shall he break, for the slave is our brother, ♪
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♪ and in his name all oppression shall cease. ♪
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♪ sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we; ♪
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♪ let all within us praise his holy name. ♪
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♪ christ is the lord! ♪
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♪ o praise his name forever! ♪
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♪ his power and glory ♪
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♪ evermore proclaim! ♪
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♪ his power and glory ♪
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♪ evermore proclaim! ♪
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♪[piano key change]♪
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♪ fall on your knees! ♪
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♪ o hear the angel voices! ♪
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♪ o night divine! ♪
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♪ o night when christ was born; ♪
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♪ o night divine! ♪
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♪ o night, ♪
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♪ o night divine, ♪
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♪ divine! ♪♪
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>>john bradshaw: let's pray together now.
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Our father in heaven, i'm reminded that in the bible,
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It says, "what shall i render unto the lord
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For all his benefits towards me?"
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You have done so much.
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You ask so little.
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Lord, take our heart, for we cannot give it.
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Keep it as your very own because we cannot keep it for you.
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We look forward to the day when jesus comes back,
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But until then we accept the gift of your son jesus.
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Friend, would you do that now?
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And we ask you to accept the little we have,
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Accept our heart,
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And make it yours forever.
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We pray in jesus' name,
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Amen.
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From all of us here at it is written,
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Have a blessed christmas and a wonderful new year.
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I'm looking forward to seeing you again next time.
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Until then, remember:
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"it is written, 'man shall not live by bread alone,
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But by every word that proceeds from the mouth of god.'"
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♪[dramatic theme music]♪
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John Bradshaw - Unwrap My Heart

December 22, 2024 | S1:E20222

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