Ed Young - Genealogy of Jesus

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The Winning Walk with Dr. Ed Young | Ed Young - Genealogy of Jesus | December 24, 2025

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Ed young: christmas is always such a special time of the year.
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It's a season filled with joy and beauty, with reminder
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Of god's deep love for you and for me.
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It's when god came down the stairs of heaven, surprise,
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With a baby in his arms, and the baby's name is emmanuel,
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Meaning god with us.
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The savior of the world came to us, not in power, splendor,
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But as a baby, born in a humble stable, and yet through him
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We find peace and the promise of everlasting life.
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That's what we're celebrating in christmas.
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That's what christmas is all about.
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It's a world filled with uncertainty.
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Jesus is your certainty and my certainty.
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It's a time when many feel anxious or alone.
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He is emmanuel, our god who is with us.
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Through your prayers and support of "the winning walk," you're
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Helping to share this life-changing message with
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People next door, across the united states,
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And around the world.
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You're bringing the light of christ into homes and hearts
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And lives.
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So, from all of us here at "the winning walk," i want to wish
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You and your loved ones a very blessed christmas.
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May you experience the joy of christ's birth in a fresh
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And powerful and invigorating way this new season.
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Have a blessed christmas, and thank you for being a vital part
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Of the "winning walk" family.
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Ed: now, the birth of jesus christ was as follows.
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When his mother mary had been betrothed to joseph,
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Before they came together,
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She was found to be with child by the holy spirit
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And joseph, her husband,
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Being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her,
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Planned to send her away secretly.
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But when he had considered this,
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Behold, an angel of the lord appeared to him
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In a dream saying, "joseph, son of david,
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Do not be afraid to take mary as your wife.
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For the child who has been conceived in her
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Is of the holy spirit.
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She will bear son, you shall call his name jesus
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For he will save his people from their sins."
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Now, all of this took place to fulfill what was spoken
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By the lord through the prophet.
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"behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a son
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And they shall call his name emmanuel
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Which translated means god with us.
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Throughout the celebration of christmas,
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I want you to proclaim your faith
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And that every time i say emmanuel,
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You will answer god with us.
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Emmanuel.
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- [congregation] god with us.
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- emanuel.
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- [congregation] god with us.
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- during this holy season of christmas,
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My favorite christmas carol
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And perhaps most of yours is "silent night,
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Holy night,
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All is calm, all is bright.
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Round yon virgin, mother and child."
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You know we have heard that so much,
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We forgotten the virgin part of christianity.
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Jesus was born not through a man
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But exclusively through mary, virgin mary,
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Who was conceived by the holy spirit.
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Notice that in genesis, god gave us man without a woman.
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In christmas, god gave us a man without a man.
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The virgin birth, we forget that, we sing it,
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We believe it, but can we verify it?
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One professor told me in seminary,
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"oh, it's just a biographical fact."
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How foolishly ignorant he was.
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Christmas,
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Easter.
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That's sort of the brackets of the life of jesus, isn't it?
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Christmas miracle,
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The virgin mary conceived, christmas miracle.
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Easter miracle, jesus who was crucified was resurrected.
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So it's a miracle of christmas
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And the miracle of easter
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Surrounds the life of jesus christ.
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So we come to christmas and we say,
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Oh, i believe by faith
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That mary was conceived by the holy spirit.
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But is there evidence?
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Is there historical evidence?
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Is there some verification of this?
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And the answer is absolutely
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And you never guess where you find it.
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If i were a wagering man, which i'm not,
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I would bet you that no one here
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Has heard a thorough going sermons on the genealogies,
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All the begets, begets, begets,
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You remember that part?
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Son of, father of, son of, father of, begets.
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We see these listings of names in the bible
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And we say, what is that all about?
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I want you to see that two of the prophecies
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Concerning jesus are clearly taught
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And fulfilled and understood
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As we look at all the genealogy
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That we find in matthew chapter one
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And in luke chapter three.
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So we see these listings,
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These family trees are so vital
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And so very, very important.
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Open your bibles, if you would, to book of matthew
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And you look at verse one all the way through verse 17
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And it's those begets,
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Son of, son of, father of, begets.
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What in the world is that all about?
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Why is this the opening chapter of the life of jesus?
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I can tell you why.
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Because of all the prophecies
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That were put in place thousands of years before his birth,
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There are two taught here that are major indeed.
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You see, the jews were big on genealogies.
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A lot of people here are
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And the jews kept those genealogies
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Because they believed the messiah would come.
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Messiah was prophesied almost 90 times in the old testament.
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Many of the prophecies
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Are called major prophecies
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And two of them are here.
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And therefore when all the would-be messiahs would come,
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All the pretenders, i'm the messiah,
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I'm the promised one, i fulfill all those prophecies.
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They could just check that out
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And see if truly this person
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Who made such a claim
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Was indeed god who came down the steps of heaven
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With a baby in his arms.
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Was this person genuinely in reality,
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God wrapped up in human flesh?
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Was it really emmanuel?
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- [congregation] god with us.
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- how do we know that?
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So we go to the prophecy in matthew,
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Hope you have your bibles open,
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And notice it opens with abraham
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And it goes all the way down,
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All the way through, significant thing,
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It goes through david whose son here is solomon, remember?
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And it goes all the way down to jesus.
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Now notice something,
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The pivotal prophecy fulfilled here
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Is that the messiah would be
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In the lineage in the family tree of david.
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That was essential.
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That was vital.
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How would someone claim to be messiah
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And others would say
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This is indeed the promised one through thousand of years.
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It would have to go through the lineage of david.
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And we see this is given here in matthew.
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By the way, this is the lineage of jesus
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Through his surrogate father joseph.
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By the way, matthew and luke go at great extremes
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Explaining this was a virgin birth.
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I read a part of that here in our opening passage.
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And so we have in matthew,
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The lineage is traced from abraham,
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Isaac, jacob, through david,
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And through his royal son solomon.
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And it goes all the way down through to jesus.
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And that is the lineage of jesus
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Through his surrogate father joseph.
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And we'll see why that is important.
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Now flip over to luke chapter three.
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Guys, it's not hard, just turn right, a short right.
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Get to the third chapter, the 21st,
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The genealogy of jesus
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And this genealogy of jesus goes in the opposite direction.
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Now stay with me.
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I apologize for you having to think today
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Because this is vital and it's important
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And you'll see why in just a minute.
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He starts, verse 23, "when he began his ministry
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Jesus himself was about 30 years of age
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Being as supposed,"
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The "supposed" remember?
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"the son of joseph
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And the son of eli and the son,"
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He goes down all the way through the sons.
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And notice here in verse 31, do you see it?
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Nathan, the son of david,
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David's oldest son was named nathan.
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The oldest son always is the heir, right?
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It is through the oldest son
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That the lineage comes,
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That all the passage of genes come.
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It is through nathan.
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And so here it goes through nathan
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And then we see jesus is traced
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In the opposite direction all the way back
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To adam in the garden.
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So you see got one ascension here,
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Joseph is found in matthew and it goes through david
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But it goes through his royal son solomon
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Who had the crown, who had the throne.
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And then when it goes the opposite way,
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It begins with jesus and it goes also through david,
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But through nathan who was his oldest son
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Who had the legal right to the throne.
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And then it goes all the way down to adam.
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So you see here, the royal lineage of jesus
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And also you see the legal lineage of jesus
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Both going through david.
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Also you see,
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Well, another man i want to introduce you to
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Back in the lineage found in matthew,
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Look at it if you would, it's very, very important.
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Matthew chapter number one, look at verse 12.
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Jeconiah,
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Jeconiah is in the lineage there of joseph, jeconiah.
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You read in jeremiah 22,
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In 1 chronicles 3 that jeconiah was cursed by god
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And therefore god said none of his seven sons
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Would ever be in the lineage of the messiah.
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He was discounted and therefore it is in matthew,
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The lineage of joseph,
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Therefore jeconiah,
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Joseph could not been the biological father of jesus
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Because the curse of god was on his lineage.
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Another evidence proof of the virgin birth.
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Now if you're confused, i want to awaken you
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And i want you to look at this graph
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And i want you to see it again as we try to do it.
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Look at it.
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It's so important, you'll see it.
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Remember what we're doing.
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We're trying to demonstrate
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With historical evidence exactly who jesus was
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And his claim
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And the reality that he was indeed the messiah.
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We start with abraham, the left.
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You work up all the son of, son of, son of,
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You get to david.
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He had solomon who was on the throne
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Though he was not the eldest, remember.
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This is a royal line of jesus
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And it goes all the way up to jesus.
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And you have here in matthew, you have 17 verses
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Over 2000 years and you have generations 14,
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14, 14 that go all the way to jesus.
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That is the royal line that verifies
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That jesus was indeed the anointed one, the messiah.
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And then the other way,
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This is the lineage of mary, it start with jesus.
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It goes through david, nathan, and this is the legal line.
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This is how they would look at the way the heir,
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The inheritance would be passed down
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And he traces it all the way back to adam.
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You see it?
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Matthew, joseph, royal line,
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Luke marriage legal line,
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And see that guy jeconiah
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I told you about in the 12th verse,
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This proves that joseph
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Could not have been the biological father of jesus.
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He was a surrogate adopted father of jesus
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And therefore you see through him
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It is no way in jewish understanding
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Or in historical understanding
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That any way joseph could been
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The biological father of jesus.
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So we see another evidence of the virgin birth,
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Are you sorta with me now?
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- [congregation] yes.
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- so very, very important.
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Jesus was the messiah.
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We see it through the royal line of his surrogate father
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And through the legal line of his virgin mother
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And how magnificently that comes together.
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The reality of the virgin birth,
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The reality that he absolutely was in the lineage of david.
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In fact, the line runs out,
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The family runs out at the end of jesus.
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That's the end. that's all of it.
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So there could never be a pretender ever before or after
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That this indeed was someone else who was the messiah,
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The son of the living god.
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How beautiful that is
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As we seek to understand the fabulous truth of god's word
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As we understand the sacred significance of christmas.
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Now, absolutely, those are wise hands together
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For the lord and what he's revealed to us.
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Skeptics get blown away when you present this argument.
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Years ago i was in the basement
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Of hebrew university in jerusalem
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And they had all the jewish scholars and rabbis there
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And a few of us sort of unwashed evangelical christians.
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And we debated about this point.
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And when you get to this point,
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They just throw up their hands
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And they say, well, "when jesus comes,
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They believe it'll be his first coming
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And you believe it's his second coming.
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And we could say we believe his first coming
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Because we see prophecy in the old testament
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And we see it uniquely
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And perfectly fulfilled in jesus christ."
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You can't debate that
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Intellectually, ladies and gentlemen.
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(congregation applauding)
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Now, so jesus came what to do?
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We've already heard in the scripture read,
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He was given names there in isaiah.
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Isaiah clearly said he's been born of a virgin.
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Isaiah 7:14.
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You know why i remember that verse?
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My home 714 first avenue,
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That's where i was born, laurel, mississippi.
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So i remember 7:14 isaiah
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That is a prophet that said jesus would be virgin born
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And he's given a name.
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A child should be born.
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What's his name? wonderful?
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What a name.
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Counselor, mighty god,
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Everlasting father, prince of shalom, prince of peace.
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Jesus came in this world to bring shalom.
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Now in english translation, shalom means peace.
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But if you look at the hebrew word, shalom,
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It has many, many, many layers to it.
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It means that which is broken
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Has been brought back together.
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It means that which is lost has been restored.
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That means that which has been taken away,
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There has been restitution
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And you've heard somebody say,
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You know i lost this money
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But somebody came along and made me whole.
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Have you heard that expression?
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That's the word shalom in hebrew, god makes us whole
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When we're broken, we see that there when joseph brothers,
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He was prime minister of egypt
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And they came to him and they didn't recognize him
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And he asked, is my father shalom?
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He asked three times,
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Is my father shalom, is my father shalom?
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He was asking about his father's health.
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He was asking about his father's mental capacity.
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He was asking about his father's prosperity.
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And so when you use hebrew, the word shalom,
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It means bringing everything together
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To make a life that is complete,
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A life that has been scattered
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Or broken or confused or bruised.
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Shalom.
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Jesus came to bring shalom,
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The high priestly prayer in john chapter 17.
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Jesus is leaving his legacy.
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He's writing his last will
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In a prayer to the heavenly father and he says,
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"peace i leave with you and peace i give to you."
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I want to get real personal,
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Real personal right here this christmas
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With everybody here,
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Is any brokenness in your life?
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Is any confusion in your life?
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Is there any pain in your life?
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Is there a problem?
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It could be marriage, it could be in singleness,
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It could be in a moral area, it could be an omission.
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It could be in getting priorities mixed up.
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Business challenge. i don't know.
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Is there any kind of confusion
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Or things that are scattered that you're worried about
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And confused about and you don't know what to do about?
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Let me tell you something.
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This isn't just a preachment.
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Jesus comes to bring us together
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And to make us whole and to give us supernatural shalom.
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Do you have shalom today?
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Whatever the circumstances,
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Whatever the medical reports, do you have shalom?
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If not, the problem would be with me and with you.
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If i do not have shalom,
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He said, "i leave it with you and i give it to you."
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A gift you have to receive, don't you?
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We have to receive his shalom.
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And he comes together and he heals, he gives peace.
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And all of a sudden we realize
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That this thing of christmas, a baby changes everything,
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And that baby came to give shalom
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And forgiveness and new life and wholeness.
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Wholeness.
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Wouldn't it be great if we all left
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And said, i'm a whole person today,
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I'm not scattered any longer.
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I'm whole. i'm complete.
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That's what happens
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When we receive the gift of his peace.
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The resurrected jesus met with his apostles
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For the first time and he said, "peace i give to you."
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Isn't that tremendous?
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I think he would stand up here right now before all of us
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And he would say, "peace i give to you"
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But you have to receive it
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And let his holy spirit do that work in your life.
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Do we doubt that he's messiah, virgin born,
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The son of david?
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You can't debate it,
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But don't doubt also
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He's a prince of peace for everybody here.
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He's just offering it, offering it, a gift.
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Just receive it and watch the glory of his peace
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Flow in the darkest, dampest place
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In which you find yourself.
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God uses ordinary people.
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Have you noticed that?
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He does the biggest and brightest and best
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Are the most promising.
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He calls people like you, like me.
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Why?
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Because when we trust jesus and learn from him,
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We experience something amazing
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And we're changed and made brand new.
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When ordinary people do extraordinary things
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They can't say, "you know i did it."
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It has to be of god.
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We're no longer bound by sin but free, forgiven,
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And at peace with god and men.
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We can experience this true peace this christmas.
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It all begins by saying this simple prayer with me.
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It's not my prayer.
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It's your prayer
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Spoken sincerely to our heavenly father.
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It would be terrific.
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It would be terrific in your life as you would say,
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You know it was on christmas day
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That the holy spirit convicted me of my sin
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And i confessed all known sin to the lord
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And i turned away from all that trash,
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And i asked jesus christ not only to save me, to salvage me,
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But to restore me to the purpose what for which i was made.
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He became lord of my life.
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Would you like to pray that prayer right now this christmas?
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It would be a christmas that is in this world
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But is literally out of this world.
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As the holy spirit leads,
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Would you pray these words after me?
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Dear heavenly father, thank you for loving me.
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That's right.
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And thank you for sending your son jesus
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Into the world who demonstrated how much you love us.
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I believe that he lived a perfect life.
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That's right, pray it.
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He died for me.
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And right now i turn away
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From all known trash, sin in my life.
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And right now i ask jesus christ to come into my life,
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To save me from this sin
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And to become lord of my life from this day forward.
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Lord, thank you for making me a part of your family.
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I'm thrilled this christmas as never before.
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That's right.
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In jesus name.
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Amen.
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Listen, if you prayed that simple prayer with me
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You became a member of the family of god.
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You're part of the kingdom of god.
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I can't think of a better way to truly celebrate
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Christmas day when god visits this planet in human flesh.
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Not a better way to celebrate than what you've just done.
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You've asked jesus christ to run your life.
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You've run it long enough.
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You've asked him to run your life.
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He comes in and his spirit gives us the power
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To live a life that will last now and last forever.
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Now please take a moment.
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Call the number on your screen.
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We want to rejoice and celebrate christmas with you
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In that life changing decision that you just made.
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Just call us.
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You also have some materials we'd like to send to you
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To help you begin your winning walk
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This holy christmas season, new life.
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And from my family to yours,
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I want to wish you a very, very first time in god's family,
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Officially, very, very blessed christmas.
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This christmas always will be distinctive in your life
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As you prayed that prayer
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And christ gave you a brand-new beginning.
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(bright guitar music)
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Ed Young - Genealogy of Jesus

December 24, 2025 | 29:0

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