{"id":916,"date":"2023-01-08T22:00:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T22:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/225-james-robinson-the-births-of-jesus\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:43:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:43:53","slug":"225-james-robinson-the-births-of-jesus","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/225-james-robinson-the-births-of-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"225: James Robinson – Exhortation: The Birth(s) of Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening an exhortation by Brother James Robinson that we’ve titled “The Birth(s) of Jesus” that was given on December 25, 2022.<\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

Thank you for listening, God bless, and talk to you next week.<\/p>\n

Send talk suggestions or comments to: GoodChristadelphianTalks@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

For Show Notes, visit our website: Anchor.fm\/GCT<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to Goodra selfie and
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\nI’m Levi.
\nAnd I’m Chris, and I’m Brian. <\/p>\n

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\nThank you for joining us this
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\nOn this podcast, we select one
\ntaco week to help us get the <\/p>\n

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\nBible in our daily news feed.
\nWe post a new episode of the <\/p>\n

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\nstart of each week with a short
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\nYou’re about to listen to and
\nnow let’s talk more about this <\/p>\n

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\nweek’s talk.
\nHello and welcome back for this <\/p>\n

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\nweek.
\nWe’re listening to an excitation<\/p>\n

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\nthat was given by brother James
\nRobinson. <\/p>\n

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\nThis past Christmas at the
\nVerdugo Hills Looking at the <\/p>\n

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\nbirth of Jesus.
\nUnlike this being the kind of <\/p>\n

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\nprototypical, excitation for
\nChristmas talking about the <\/p>\n

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\nbirth of Jesus, though, James
\ndoes touch on sort of the <\/p>\n

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\ndiscussion about when Jesus
\nactually was born. <\/p>\n

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\nI found this to be a really
\ninteresting. <\/p>\n

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\nExcitation one James always
\nbrings a ton of energy and <\/p>\n

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\nexcitement, which you can hear
\nfrom the moment that he <\/p>\n

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\nintroduces his excitation, but
\nhe also has a really interesting<\/p>\n

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\nway of looking at this subject.
\nAnd kind of taking it at a <\/p>\n

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\ndifferent direction that I won’t
\nmention more because I don’t <\/p>\n

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\nwant to spoil it but I found it
\nto be a really interesting way <\/p>\n

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\nof looking at the birth of Jesus
\nand what that means both for the<\/p>\n

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\nbeginning of his life and then
\nlater on as there is different <\/p>\n

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\nstages and what that means to
\nus, this talk was a suggestion <\/p>\n

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\nthat was given to me, literally.
\nAs soon as brother James <\/p>\n

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\nfinished exhorting and meeting
\nwas over I’d somebody walk up <\/p>\n

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\nand said this one definitely
\nfeels like One that should go in<\/p>\n

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\nthe podcast.
\nSo thank you for the suggestion.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd as always, thank you to
\neveryone who sends in their <\/p>\n

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\nsuggestions, we greatly
\nappreciate that. <\/p>\n

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\nSo with that, I will turn this
\nover to brother, James Robinson <\/p>\n

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\nfor his extrication, entitled,
\nThe births of Jesus, good <\/p>\n

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\nmorning, brothers and sisters.
\nI bring with me the love and <\/p>\n

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\ngreetings of your brothers and
\nsisters at the San Francisco, <\/p>\n

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\nPeninsula, khaleja, some of
\nwhom, I’m sure you know, very <\/p>\n

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\nwell, some of whom you may not
\nhave seen much Lately due to a <\/p>\n

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\ncertain pandemic that has been
\nhappening, but I’d like to let <\/p>\n

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\nyou all know that not only are
\nwe available on Zoom every <\/p>\n

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\nSunday, but starting in the New
\nYear, we’re also going to be in <\/p>\n

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\nperson every Sunday at our Hall.
\nSo if you happen to be in the <\/p>\n

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\nSan Francisco Bay area on
\nSunday, please visit us, we’d <\/p>\n

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\nlove to see you.
\nAnyway, as I’m sure you’re all <\/p>\n

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\nvery aware today happens to be
\nthe 25th of December. <\/p>\n

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\nSo, Merry Christmas everyone and
\ncoincidentally, I thought <\/p>\n

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\ntoday’s excitation might be a
\ngood time to talk about the <\/p>\n

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\nbirth of Jesus.
\nAnd that’s why I asked our <\/p>\n

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\npresiding brother to make sure
\nthat Luke chapter one was read <\/p>\n

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\nthis morning, my apologies to
\nall of you. <\/p>\n

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\nWho really wanted to hear
\nRevelation perhaps talk to my <\/p>\n

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\ndad.
\nHe knows a lot about Revelation <\/p>\n

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\nto be happy to talk about it for
\nhours but we’re going to be <\/p>\n

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\nTalking a little bit more about
\nLuke 1 and Jesus birth. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, some of you may be
\nwondering, why would I want to <\/p>\n

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\ntalk about?
\nJesus birth on December 25th? <\/p>\n

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\nThe Bible doesn’t say Jesus was
\nborn on December 25th. <\/p>\n

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\nIn fact, it doesn’t say, wasn’t
\nborn on December 25th. <\/p>\n

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\nEither, it never says, when he
\nwas born, which is kind of <\/p>\n

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\nstrange because there’s only
\nreally one day in Jesus life <\/p>\n

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\nthat we know quite well.
\nAnd that day is not the day when<\/p>\n

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\nJesus died but the day it’s
\nsorry, not the day when Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nwas born.
\nBut the day That he died, which <\/p>\n

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\nhappens to be the 14th of Nisan,
\nwhich is really helpful. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you know, when the 14th of
\nNisan is now, the problem is, is<\/p>\n

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\nwe don’t have a Nissan in our
\ncalendar because our calendar is<\/p>\n

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\nnot based on the moon.
\nIt’s based on the Sun, but the <\/p>\n

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\nJews who were keeping track of
\ntime at the time that Jesus died<\/p>\n

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\nand used a lunar calendar, and
\nNissan is a lunar month. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so figuring out when exactly
\nthe 14th of Nisan is which <\/p>\n

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\nhappens to be the date first day
\nof Passover, which also happens <\/p>\n

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\nto be the day of Good Friday.
\nAnd Easter is something that we <\/p>\n

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\nfind in our solar calendar
\nvaries from year to year. <\/p>\n

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\nSo as I’m sure you all know
\nEaster. <\/p>\n

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\nSometimes happens in march,
\nsometimes happens in April, you <\/p>\n

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\ncan’t really track it down, but
\nit’s sometimes in the spring, <\/p>\n

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\nthat’s all because they’re
\ntrying to correspond the lunar <\/p>\n

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\ncalendar to a solar calendar,
\nbut if you’re clever, Or you can<\/p>\n

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\ngo.
\nWell, there was only one 14th of<\/p>\n

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\nNisan, that Jesus actually died
\non. <\/p>\n

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\nSo if we can figure out what the
\n14th of Nisan was on the Day on <\/p>\n

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\nthe year, when Jesus died, then
\nwe can figure out where in our <\/p>\n

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\nsolar calendar, corresponds to
\nthe lunar calendar, and figure <\/p>\n

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\nout Jesus death date, at least.
\nAnd if you’re very clever, and <\/p>\n

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\nI’m not so clever.
\nBut I have read that some things<\/p>\n

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\nby other people who put a lot
\nmore work into this. <\/p>\n

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\nApparently, they all sort of
\nconclude that the best evidence <\/p>\n

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\npoints to To it having been on
\nApril 3rd, 8033. <\/p>\n

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\nBut it turns out back in the
\n300s, they didn’t actually think<\/p>\n

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\nyou would died on April, 3rd
\n8333. <\/p>\n

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\nThey’re absolutely convinced he
\ndied on March 25th because March<\/p>\n

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\n25th was apparently the date of
\nthe creation of the world. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was the date, Abraham,
\noffered, Isaac, and a variety of<\/p>\n

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\nother things, it’s right, close
\nto the vernal equinox. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s when the days stop and
\nnights are the equal length. <\/p>\n

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\nAnyway, so they really liked
\nMarch 25th back in the 300s and <\/p>\n

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\nsince Jesus died On March 25th.
\nAnd everyone also knew back in <\/p>\n

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\nthe 300s that you were conceived
\non the same day that you died. <\/p>\n

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\nThen Jesus must have been
\nconceived on March 25th. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd since they also knew back in
\nthe 300s that you were always <\/p>\n

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\nborn exactly nine months after
\nyou were conceived. <\/p>\n

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\nThat means if we count nine
\nmonths from March 25th, we end <\/p>\n

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\nup with December 25th, and that
\nin case you’re wondering is as <\/p>\n

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\nfar as I can get the actual Why
\nJesus’s birthday is celebrated <\/p>\n

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\non December 25th?
\nBecause back in the 300s, they <\/p>\n

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\nmade a bunch of sort of leaps,
\nof logic and got ended up with <\/p>\n

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\nDecember 25th.
\nSo isn’t the only interesting <\/p>\n

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\nleap of logic.
\nThere are making back in the <\/p>\n

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\n300s.
\nThat’s also when the doctrine of<\/p>\n

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\nthe Trinity came up, but just in
\ncase, you’re wondering, that is <\/p>\n

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\nwhy December 25th is an
\nimportant date in her calendar <\/p>\n

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\nnow, but regardless of whether
\nJesus died on March 25th or <\/p>\n

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\nApril 3rd or some other date and
\nwe’re Carlos of whether he was <\/p>\n

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\nconceived on the same day that
\nhe died for some reason, we do <\/p>\n

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\nknow that nine months before
\nJesus was born, something <\/p>\n

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\nmiraculous did happen, and
\nthat’s what we read about in <\/p>\n

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\nLuke chapter 1.
\nWe don’t maybe know exactly when<\/p>\n

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\nit happened.
\nBut we do know that something <\/p>\n

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\nmiraculous happened and it’s
\nsomething that actually confused<\/p>\n

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\nme for a long time because on
\nUsually January for well and do <\/p>\n

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\nwe read Luke chapter 1, whenever
\nwe read Luke chapter 1 in our <\/p>\n

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\ndaily readings planner, I would
\nbe reading along and then we get<\/p>\n

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\nto this part where Jesus where
\nMary asked a very important <\/p>\n

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\nquestion.
\nThe angel comes along and he <\/p>\n

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\ntells her that verse 31 here.
\nBehold, you will conceive in <\/p>\n

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\nyour womb and bear a son and you
\nshall call his name, Jesus, and <\/p>\n

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\nthen Mary goes, um, wait a
\nsecond verse 34. <\/p>\n

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\nHow will this be?
\nSince I am a virgin seems like a<\/p>\n

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\nfairly reasonable.
\nNo question to ask and by the <\/p>\n

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\nway, if anyone ever tells you
\ndon’t question God Mary here is <\/p>\n

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\nquestioning what God is doing
\nand it works out well for her. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s okay to ask questions once
\nsay that there’s no such thing <\/p>\n

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\nas a stupid question.
\nBut this was a good question. <\/p>\n

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\nShe was asking, how is this
\ngoing to work? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then the angel responds and
\ngives an answer verse 35 and the<\/p>\n

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\nangel answered her.
\nThe holy spirit will come upon <\/p>\n

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\nyou and the power of the most
\nhigh will overshadow you. <\/p>\n

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\nTherefore, the child to be born
\nwill be called Called. <\/p>\n

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\nHoly the son of God.
\nAnd I will admit, when I was a <\/p>\n

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\nkid, I read this and I was
\nreally disappointed. <\/p>\n

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\nI wanted details and all I get
\nis this stuff about the Holy <\/p>\n

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\nSpirit.
\nOvershadowing her, what does <\/p>\n

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\nthat even mean?
\nHow is that produce a child <\/p>\n

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\nseemed like?
\nThis was part of the whole <\/p>\n

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\nconspiracy.
\nNot to give enough details about<\/p>\n

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\nhow babies were made, which I
\nhad already noticed at that time<\/p>\n

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\nperiod.
\nAnyway, the other thing that’s <\/p>\n

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\nsort of bothered me here, was
\nthat It says he’s going to <\/p>\n

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\nbehold the Son of God but it’s
\nthe holy spirit that overshadows<\/p>\n

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\nher, shouldn’t that mean that
\nhe’s called like the son of the <\/p>\n

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\nHoly Spirit, what’s going on
\nhere? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat’s this connection between
\nthe Holy Spirit and God, how <\/p>\n

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\ndoes this work?
\nWhy do we get what seems to be a<\/p>\n

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\nrather vague explanation of
\nwhat’s going on? <\/p>\n

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\nThose were the sort of thoughts
\nI’ve been thinking about for a <\/p>\n

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\nnumber of years, and
\nfortunately, I have found when <\/p>\n

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\nyou sort of have something stuck
\nin the back of your head and <\/p>\n

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\nyou’re thinking about it,
\nthinking about it, thinking <\/p>\n

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\nabout, Bout it.
\nSometimes you come up with <\/p>\n

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\nbetter answers over time and
\nthat’s one of the things I’d <\/p>\n

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\nlike to share with you this
\nmorning because I do think that <\/p>\n

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\nthe angel gives a good answer
\nwhen you understand the language<\/p>\n

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\nthat he’s using the things he’s
\ntalking about and the key to <\/p>\n

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\nunderstanding this I think is
\nunderstanding what the holy <\/p>\n

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\nspirit is.
\nWhich I’ll be honest, is <\/p>\n

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\nsomething that has been
\nconfusing Christians for <\/p>\n

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\nthousands of years.
\nSo let’s talk about the Holy <\/p>\n

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\nSpirit.
\nIn some ways, it should be <\/p>\n

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\nobvious from the name.
\nIt’s Holy Spirit and you <\/p>\n

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\nprobably already know what holy
\nmeans. <\/p>\n

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\nIt means separate different.
\nThe Holy Bible is a separate <\/p>\n

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\nbook.
\nWhen God calls us to be holy, he<\/p>\n

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\ncalls us to be different from
\neveryone else, special peculiar <\/p>\n

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\nmaybe, so that’s wholly.
\nIf it’s wholly, it stands out <\/p>\n

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\nfrom the crowd.
\nSo clearly a holy spirit is a <\/p>\n

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\nspirit.
\nThat’s different from all the <\/p>\n

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\nother Spirits as a spirit that
\nstands out from the crowd, but <\/p>\n

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\nthen we get to the harder part.
\nWhat is this spirit? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that one might be something
\nthat you didn’t get such a great<\/p>\n

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\nanswer on in Sunday school.
\nI know, I didn’t. <\/p>\n

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\nSo sometimes you can turn to
\nother things like a dictionary. <\/p>\n

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\nSo if you look up in Merriam
\nWebster’s Dictionary, what a <\/p>\n

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\nspirited, you’ll find one of the
\ndefinitions is that it is a <\/p>\n

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\nusually volatile organic
\nsolvents such as an alcohol. <\/p>\n

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\nS Stir or hydrocarbon which may
\nor may not be helpful but I <\/p>\n

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\nactually do find it as helpful
\nbecause if you think of a spirit<\/p>\n

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\nas an alcoholic beverage, which
\nyou may have heard of before, <\/p>\n

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\nthe reason we call things like
\nwhiskey or vodka or things like <\/p>\n

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\nthat Spirits.
\nIs because when people drink <\/p>\n

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\nthese things, it’s like some
\ndifferent thing has entered into<\/p>\n

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\nthem.
\nI’m not sure if you’ve had the <\/p>\n

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\nsort of unfortunate privilege of
\nseeing someone who is very drunk<\/p>\n

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\nbut they behave differently.
\nIt’s like something has caused <\/p>\n

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\nthem to even though they might
\nlook about the same, their face <\/p>\n

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\nmight get a little bit red, but
\nthe things that come out of <\/p>\n

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\ntheir mouth or not quite the
\nsame sort of things, the way <\/p>\n

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\ntheir body behaves might be a
\nlittle awkward and you can often<\/p>\n

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\nsmell something very strong
\ncoming off their breath. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this is why we call certain
\ndrinks Spirits, because when you<\/p>\n

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\ndrink them it’s like you have
\ntaken this other sort of thing <\/p>\n

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\ninto you that started
\ncontrolling you and made you act<\/p>\n

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\ndifferently.
\nAnd that is the essence of what <\/p>\n

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\na spirit is.
\nA spirit is something that <\/p>\n

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\nchanges the way you behave.
\nIt’s not something you can <\/p>\n

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\nnecessarily see take but it’s in
\nyour body and it changes. <\/p>\n

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\nThe what you do, there are a
\nnumber of places in the Bible <\/p>\n

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\nthat talk about Unclean,
\nspirits. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when we read about these
\nunclean spirits that are in <\/p>\n

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\npeople, they cause symptoms,
\nlike, say causing people to lose<\/p>\n

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\ncontrol over their bodily
\nfunctions and fall over randomly<\/p>\n

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\nsomething that we might call
\nnow, say epilepsy, or these <\/p>\n

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\nunclean spirits would cause
\npeople to vary between times of <\/p>\n

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\nextreme activity and extreme
\nlethargy. <\/p>\n

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\nSomething we might Now call
\nbipolar disorder or sometimes <\/p>\n

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\nthese unclean spirits would be
\nin someone and it would be like <\/p>\n

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\nthere were multiple beings
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\nto them.
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\nvoice or another, something that
\nnowadays we might call multiple <\/p>\n

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\npersonality disorder.
\nAnd they didn’t really know how <\/p>\n

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\nto describe these things where
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\nbody.
\nBut something weird was going on<\/p>\n

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\nabout the way that body was
\nbehaving. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so they would describe it as
\na spirit. <\/p>\n

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\nThat there is some sort of
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\nthat had come along and
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\nafter they had managed to hit
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\nAnd so you You have this concept
\nof spirit and it’s a little bit <\/p>\n

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\ndifficult to understand.
\nBecause what you’re actually <\/p>\n

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\nseeing here is difficult to
\nunderstand and I just wish back <\/p>\n

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\nthen that they’d had the concept
\nof computers. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause as a computer engineer,
\nI happen to think there is a <\/p>\n

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\nmuch better analogy for how a
\nspirit works. <\/p>\n

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\nAs you see with the computer,
\nyou have the hardware, which is <\/p>\n

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\nlike your actual box or maybe
\nyour motherboard and your <\/p>\n

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\ncomputer chip on it and then you
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\nit.
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\nsomething that’s terribly
\nvisible. <\/p>\n

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\nBut you put it into that
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\nstarts doing something.
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\nI’m sure you’ve all noticed you
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\nsoftware running at the same
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\nthat this one is popping up.
\nAll your trying to use the other<\/p>\n

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\none and you have this one
\noperating system. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s working to try and
\ncontrol these pieces software <\/p>\n

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\nand make sure this one stays in
\nplace. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this one works at the same
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\nAnd this one’s only allows us to
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\ntime and is controlling all
\nthese things. <\/p>\n

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\nYes.
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\ndecent explanation for the sort
\nof concept that they’re trying <\/p>\n

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\nto get across with spirit in the
\nBible. <\/p>\n

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\nSpirit is sort of like software,
\nrunning on a person’s body. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so you have one sort of
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\ntelling you to do this.
\nAnd another spirit is telling <\/p>\n

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\nyou to do that in the person’s
\noperating system, the being that<\/p>\n

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\nthey are sort of controlling it
\nand making sure that everything <\/p>\n

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\nstays in place and we know that
\nwith a computer it’s important <\/p>\n

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\nin To all the right software on
\nit, you get a new computer, you <\/p>\n

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\ngo and install Chrome, you try
\nto make Edge, stop popping up, <\/p>\n

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\nyou get rid of that, antivirus,
\nthat came with it for free. <\/p>\n

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\nThat actually is not free and
\ntrying to make you get this <\/p>\n

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\nexpensive subscription.
\nYou have to make sure you have <\/p>\n

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\nthe right software on your
\ncomputer and back in the day, <\/p>\n

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\nthis meant, you know, pulling
\nout the floppy disks or the CDs <\/p>\n

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\nnow, you just downloaded off the
\ninternet, but it’s the same <\/p>\n

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\nidea.
\nWe want to make sure we have the<\/p>\n

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\nright software running on our
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\nSo, Runs properly.
\nAnd that’s actually a fairly <\/p>\n

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\ngood analogy for what happens
\nwhen parents are raising their <\/p>\n

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\nchildren.
\nThey’re trying to put the right <\/p>\n

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\nspirit wear into their kids, so
\nthat that kid kicks in the right<\/p>\n

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\nway in Acts in the right way and
\nit might be rather difficult to <\/p>\n

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\ninstall the please and thank-you
\nfunctionality, take quite a bit <\/p>\n

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\nof effort, some of these things
\ncome. <\/p>\n

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\nYou might have some preloads on
\nthe device that aren’t things, <\/p>\n

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\nyou quite want and kind of have
\nto be uninstalled as best. <\/p>\n

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\nCan but the same thing sort of
\ngoes with human beings. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’ve got these multiple sort of
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\ndirection or another and we’re
\ntrying to keep them under <\/p>\n

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\ncontrol and it would be a lot
\neasier. <\/p>\n

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\nIf like in sort of the Matrix
\nmovies, you just plug something <\/p>\n

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\nin and download all the good
\nfunctionality and all of a <\/p>\n

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\nsudden, your kid is a prodigy
\nand can speak many languages and<\/p>\n

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\ndo karate moves, but it doesn’t
\nwork that way. <\/p>\n

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\nInstead installing spirit wear
\non human beings tends to take a <\/p>\n

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\nlot.
\nA lot of practice effort and <\/p>\n

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\nwords.
\nAnd as I’m sure you all know <\/p>\n

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\nwords are powerful.
\nThings Words Can Build You Up. <\/p>\n

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\nWords can break you down.
\nStart a fire in your heart or <\/p>\n

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\nput it out.
\nAnd all those things could be <\/p>\n

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\ndescribed in the same way.
\nThey use spirits. <\/p>\n

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\nOf course, words can build up
\nyour spirit or break your spirit<\/p>\n

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\nor revive your spirit, or take
\naway your spirit. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen you hear words, it changes
\nthe way you think and act. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so the way we tend to
\ninstall things on our Owen, <\/p>\n

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\nHardware.
\nHere, is we listen to words and <\/p>\n

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\nyou might have somebody teach
\nyou things through words and you<\/p>\n

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\ncan hear them and that changes
\nthe way you think. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s why as we as
\nchristadelphians make, such a <\/p>\n

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\nbig deal about reading the
\nBible, God’s word coming here on<\/p>\n

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\nSunday, so we can listen to
\nGod’s word because we want to <\/p>\n

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\ninstall into ourselves.
\nSoftware spirit wear something <\/p>\n

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\nthat helps us to do Godly things
\nrather than just what’s already <\/p>\n

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\npre-installed on our Hardware to
\nkind of just be selfish and do <\/p>\n

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\nour own thing or perhaps listen
\nto some of the prideful apps <\/p>\n

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\nthat the world wants you to
\ninstall all the time. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so thank you for coming and
\nlistening to God’s word this <\/p>\n

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\nmorning.
\nWe’re making sure that we all <\/p>\n

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\nare software running properly.
\nNow, again, I’m a computer <\/p>\n

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\nengineer, sorry for this getting
\nquite geeky, but I’d wanted to <\/p>\n

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\nJust mention that it’s also kind
\nof cool that computers all run <\/p>\n

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\non Words as well and not just
\nbeen programming languages which<\/p>\n

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\nare all written in words.
\nBut if you’ve ever heard like <\/p>\n

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\n8-bit computer or 64-bit
\ncomputer, that’s because that, <\/p>\n

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\nword size. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd every time a computer reads,
\nsomething, it reads A word after<\/p>\n

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\nword, after word 64-bit
\ncomputers read longer words at a<\/p>\n

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\ntime, but everything runs on
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\nimportant not just for the geeky
\ncomputer analogy, but also, As <\/p>\n

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\nthe Holy Spirit tends to come
\nthrough words. <\/p>\n

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\nThis way that the Holy Spirit
\nseems to work is it comes into <\/p>\n

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\npeople and it changes say the
\nway they act the way they think,<\/p>\n

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\nthe what they can do and if we
\nhave a holy spirit then it <\/p>\n

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\nactivates the body to do things.
\nIt wouldn’t normally, or <\/p>\n

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\ncouldn’t normally.
\nDo we some of the most obvious <\/p>\n

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\nexamples of this are the Holy
\nSpirit. <\/p>\n

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\nWould come on someone and then
\nthey could predict the future. <\/p>\n

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\nYou Not normally do that.
\nAnd so clearly, this is a <\/p>\n

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\ndifferent spirit that has come
\non. <\/p>\n

330
\n00:18:44,800 –> 00:18:47,600
\nSomeone and is causing the words
\nthat come out of their mouth to <\/p>\n

331
\n00:18:47,600 –> 00:18:50,500
\nbe something that wouldn’t
\nnormally come from. <\/p>\n

332
\n00:18:50,500 –> 00:18:53,400
\nJust what you might hear from
\nyour parents or what you might <\/p>\n

333
\n00:18:53,400 –> 00:18:55,500
\ndetermine on your own.
\nThis is a holy spirit. <\/p>\n

334
\n00:18:55,500 –> 00:18:58,800
\nThis is a special piece of
\nsoftware that is unlocking <\/p>\n

335
\n00:18:58,800 –> 00:19:00,800
\ncapabilities.
\nYou wouldn’t normally expect <\/p>\n

336
\n00:19:00,800 –> 00:19:03,800
\nfrom the hardware.
\nAnd in Mary’s case, what we have<\/p>\n

337
\n00:19:03,800 –> 00:19:06,900
\nhere is the holy spirit comes on
\nher and she’s able to have a <\/p>\n

338
\n00:19:06,900 –> 00:19:11,100
\nchild.
\nEven though she Hasn’t gotten <\/p>\n

339
\n00:19:11,100 –> 00:19:13,100
\nmarried yet.
\nNormally, you need a husband, <\/p>\n

340
\n00:19:13,100 –> 00:19:15,300
\nbut the Holy Spirit has come
\nupon her. <\/p>\n

341
\n00:19:15,300 –> 00:19:18,400
\nThis has activated Mary in such
\na way that. <\/p>\n

342
\n00:19:18,400 –> 00:19:22,600
\nWell, the child to be born will
\nbe called, holy the Son of God. <\/p>\n

343
\n00:19:23,100 –> 00:19:24,400
\nAnd that actually does make
\nsense. <\/p>\n

344
\n00:19:24,500 –> 00:19:25,900
\nThat’s the way God’s spirit
\nworks. <\/p>\n

345
\n00:19:25,900 –> 00:19:28,700
\nIt comes into people, and it
\nchanges the way they acted <\/p>\n

346
\n00:19:28,700 –> 00:19:31,000
\nchanges what is possible with
\ntheir bodies. <\/p>\n

347
\n00:19:32,000 –> 00:19:36,500
\nBut it’s probably worth noting
\nthat while Jesus Christ was born<\/p>\n

348
\n00:19:36,500 –> 00:19:40,000
\nby the power of the Holy Spirit.
\nThe Holy Spirit actually came on<\/p>\n

349
\n00:19:40,000 –> 00:19:44,700
\nMary, it didn’t come on.
\nJesus at this time, we know that<\/p>\n

350
\n00:19:44,700 –> 00:19:47,300
\nJesus did not have the Holy
\nSpirit from the womb because we <\/p>\n

351
\n00:19:47,300 –> 00:19:51,000
\nknow when Jesus got the Holy
\nSpirit and it wasn’t until 30 <\/p>\n

352
\n00:19:51,000 –> 00:19:53,800
\nyears later and Luke chapter 3
\nverse 21. <\/p>\n

353
\n00:19:53,800 –> 00:19:56,000
\nWe find out when Jesus gets the
\nHoly Spirit. <\/p>\n

354
\n00:19:56,600 –> 00:19:59,800
\nLuke 3 verse 21 just a few
\nverses over. <\/p>\n

355
\n00:20:01,700 –> 00:20:04,300
\nLuke 3 verse 21.
\nNow, all the people were <\/p>\n

356
\n00:20:04,300 –> 00:20:07,700
\nbaptized and when Jesus also had
\nbeen baptized and was praying, <\/p>\n

357
\n00:20:07,800 –> 00:20:09,800
\nthe heavens were opened and the
\nHoly Spirit. <\/p>\n

358
\n00:20:09,800 –> 00:20:13,600
\nDescended on him in bodily form.
\nLike a dove and a voice Came <\/p>\n

359
\n00:20:13,600 –> 00:20:16,300
\nFrom Heaven.
\nYou are my beloved Son with you.<\/p>\n

360
\n00:20:16,300 –> 00:20:17,600
\nI am.
\nWell pleased. <\/p>\n

361
\n00:20:17,900 –> 00:20:20,200
\nAnd I think that’s an
\ninteresting concept to note <\/p>\n

362
\n00:20:20,300 –> 00:20:24,100
\nabout the birth of Jesus.
\nJesus was born through the power<\/p>\n

363
\n00:20:24,100 –> 00:20:27,400
\nof the Holy Spirit, but that was
\nthe power working on his mother <\/p>\n

364
\n00:20:27,400 –> 00:20:30,100
\nMary.
\nAnd what made Jesus, who he was,<\/p>\n

365
\n00:20:30,100 –> 00:20:33,100
\nwas not having necessarily the
\nwhole Spirit inside him. <\/p>\n

366
\n00:20:33,100 –> 00:20:34,900
\nAt that point, that didn’t come
\nlater. <\/p>\n

367
\n00:20:35,000 –> 00:20:37,800
\nIt was the Holy Spirit, working
\non him, through the people <\/p>\n

368
\n00:20:37,800 –> 00:20:41,200
\naround him through his mother
\nand I’m sure through his father <\/p>\n

369
\n00:20:41,200 –> 00:20:44,700
\nand I’m sure through the people
\naround him helping to mold Jesus<\/p>\n

370
\n00:20:44,700 –> 00:20:48,700
\ninto who he was.
\nWe know, Jesus was not quite <\/p>\n

371
\n00:20:48,700 –> 00:20:51,200
\nnormal.
\nBefore this point, we have a fun<\/p>\n

372
\n00:20:51,200 –> 00:20:55,800
\nlittle incident where he at 12
\nyears old is in the temple. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:20:56,400 –> 00:20:59,400
\nListening to the rabbi’s asking
\nthem questions and sort of <\/p>\n

374
\n00:20:59,600 –> 00:21:01,400
\nmanaging to survive on his own
\nfor three. <\/p>\n

375
\n00:21:01,500 –> 00:21:04,600
\nDays while his parents run off,
\nthinking that everything was <\/p>\n

376
\n00:21:04,600 –> 00:21:07,900
\nfine and then hurry on back,
\nbecause how can a 12 year old be<\/p>\n

377
\n00:21:07,900 –> 00:21:11,200
\nokay in Jerusalem and somehow,
\nJesus is not even worried, <\/p>\n

378
\n00:21:11,200 –> 00:21:13,000
\ndidn’t, you know, I’d be in my
\nfather’s house. <\/p>\n

379
\n00:21:13,000 –> 00:21:17,300
\nSo he wasn’t quite what we would
\nexpect from a normal boy at that<\/p>\n

380
\n00:21:17,300 –> 00:21:20,500
\npoint, but it wasn’t the holy
\nspirit inside him, that was <\/p>\n

381
\n00:21:20,500 –> 00:21:22,400
\ndoing that.
\nThat would come later, clearly. <\/p>\n

382
\n00:21:22,400 –> 00:21:25,700
\nIt was the Holy Spirit that had
\nworked on him working through <\/p>\n

383
\n00:21:25,700 –> 00:21:28,300
\nother people.
\nAnd I think this is important to<\/p>\n

384
\n00:21:28,300 –> 00:21:31,900
\nrealize about the Holy Spirit,
\nthe holy spirit is not Earlier <\/p>\n

385
\n00:21:31,900 –> 00:21:35,100
\nmind control thing that comes
\ninto people and makes them just <\/p>\n

386
\n00:21:35,100 –> 00:21:37,900
\ndo what the Holy Spirit wants.
\nIt’s a spirit among other <\/p>\n

387
\n00:21:37,900 –> 00:21:41,300
\nspirits and the operating system
\nof person has to figure out <\/p>\n

388
\n00:21:41,300 –> 00:21:44,600
\nwhere to allocate and how to
\ncontrol it, we get a very sort <\/p>\n

389
\n00:21:44,600 –> 00:21:47,700
\nof clear.
\nExample, this in First <\/p>\n

390
\n00:21:47,700 –> 00:21:51,100
\nCorinthians 14, where Paul is
\ntalking about how you had to <\/p>\n

391
\n00:21:51,100 –> 00:21:55,200
\nhave different people in their
\nEcclesia prophesy and he’s like,<\/p>\n

392
\n00:21:55,200 –> 00:21:57,800
\nno, no don’t all talk at the
\nsame time. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:21:58,400 –> 00:22:01,400
\nIt says in First Corinthians 14,
\nstarting at verse 30. <\/p>\n

394
\n00:22:01,500 –> 00:22:04,000
\nIf a revelation is made to
\nanother sitting there, let the <\/p>\n

395
\n00:22:04,000 –> 00:22:07,300
\nfirst be silent for you can all
\nprophesy one by one. <\/p>\n

396
\n00:22:07,300 –> 00:22:09,800
\nSo that all may learn and be
\nencouraged and the spirits of <\/p>\n

397
\n00:22:09,808 –> 00:22:12,300
\nthe prophets are subject to
\nprophets. <\/p>\n

398
\n00:22:12,300 –> 00:22:14,300
\nFor God is not a god of
\nconfusion, but of peace. <\/p>\n

399
\n00:22:14,300 –> 00:22:18,100
\nAnd so he’s saying, yes, you the
\nHoly Spirit might be coming on <\/p>\n

400
\n00:22:18,100 –> 00:22:19,500
\nyou.
\nAnd you might be prophesying but<\/p>\n

401
\n00:22:19,500 –> 00:22:24,700
\nyou know, you you are in control
\nof your own body, you can wait <\/p>\n

402
\n00:22:24,700 –> 00:22:28,800
\nand let them finish before you
\nstart talking, do you think is <\/p>\n

403
\n00:22:28,800 –> 00:22:32,100
\nimportant to realize?
\nHoly spirit is Is clearly <\/p>\n

404
\n00:22:32,100 –> 00:22:34,400
\nsomething like a piece of
\nsoftware that is running, but <\/p>\n

405
\n00:22:34,400 –> 00:22:37,000
\nyou can still control alt delete
\nan end processor. <\/p>\n

406
\n00:22:37,400 –> 00:22:40,300
\nMake it wait a little bit for
\nthe next one to come on. <\/p>\n

407
\n00:22:40,700 –> 00:22:43,700
\nIt was still under the control
\nof the person who is in the <\/p>\n

408
\n00:22:43,700 –> 00:22:46,200
\nbody.
\nWhat made Jesus Jesus up to the <\/p>\n

409
\n00:22:46,200 –> 00:22:48,700
\npoint up to the point.
\nWhen he gained the Holy Spirit, <\/p>\n

410
\n00:22:48,700 –> 00:22:51,500
\nwas the action of the Holy
\nSpirit on those around him and <\/p>\n

411
\n00:22:51,500 –> 00:22:55,000
\nnot within him and it wasn’t
\nuntil he was born a second time,<\/p>\n

412
\n00:22:55,000 –> 00:22:56,700
\nbecause of course, that’s what
\nbaptism is. <\/p>\n

413
\n00:22:56,800 –> 00:23:00,200
\nIt’s also a birth that he
\nreceived the Holy Spirit <\/p>\n

414
\n00:23:00,200 –> 00:23:03,100
\nhimself.
\nAnd, unfortunately, we don’t <\/p>\n

415
\n00:23:03,100 –> 00:23:04,900
\nknow the date.
\nWhen Jesus was born that time, <\/p>\n

416
\n00:23:04,900 –> 00:23:09,600
\neither learning the Jesus was
\nnot just born once, this was a <\/p>\n

417
\n00:23:09,600 –> 00:23:11,800
\nsecond birth, and we don’t know
\nthe date for that either. <\/p>\n

418
\n00:23:11,800 –> 00:23:15,000
\nIt probably wasn’t December 25th
\nthough, unless they were having <\/p>\n

419
\n00:23:15,000 –> 00:23:20,400
\nweather like we’re having on
\nDecember 25th, but we’ve already<\/p>\n

420
\n00:23:20,400 –> 00:23:22,800
\ntalked about two times when
\nJesus was born, there’s actually<\/p>\n

421
\n00:23:22,800 –> 00:23:26,900
\na third time when Jesus was born
\nas well, and we do have the date<\/p>\n

422
\n00:23:26,900 –> 00:23:30,300
\nfor that one.
\nAt least because we know when <\/p>\n

423
\n00:23:30,300 –> 00:23:33,300
\nJesus died.
\nRemember the 14th of Nisan. <\/p>\n

424
\n00:23:33,600 –> 00:23:37,200
\nSo if we know when Jesus died,
\nthen we know three days later he<\/p>\n

425
\n00:23:37,200 –> 00:23:39,700
\nrose from the dead.
\nAnd that’s an example of a birth<\/p>\n

426
\n00:23:39,700 –> 00:23:43,600
\nas well.
\nA birth not from his mother or a<\/p>\n

427
\n00:23:43,600 –> 00:23:47,100
\nbirth from the water baptism,
\nbut a birth into eternal life. <\/p>\n

428
\n00:23:47,300 –> 00:23:50,500
\nAnd so that must have happened
\non the 17th of Nissan, which <\/p>\n

429
\n00:23:50,500 –> 00:23:52,500
\naccording to our best experts
\nwould be April. <\/p>\n

430
\n00:23:52,500 –> 00:23:58,800
\nSo April 6th, a t-33 And so that
\nactually is in some ways the <\/p>\n

431
\n00:23:58,800 –> 00:24:01,900
\nmost important of Jesus births
\nbecause that was the one where <\/p>\n

432
\n00:24:01,900 –> 00:24:05,100
\nhe was glorified.
\nThat was the one where all of <\/p>\n

433
\n00:24:05,100 –> 00:24:08,100
\nthe expectation of what Jesus
\nwas going to do was finally <\/p>\n

434
\n00:24:08,100 –> 00:24:11,100
\nfulfilled.
\nAnd so this morning when I said <\/p>\n

435
\n00:24:11,100 –> 00:24:13,700
\nI wanted to talk about Jesus’s
\nbirth, I actually meant I wanted<\/p>\n

436
\n00:24:13,700 –> 00:24:17,700
\nto talk about Jesus’s births
\nbecause he had three of them and<\/p>\n

437
\n00:24:17,700 –> 00:24:21,300
\nI think it’s important not just
\nbecause it’s kind of cool that <\/p>\n

438
\n00:24:21,300 –> 00:24:25,900
\nJesus was born and it is cool.
\nThat woman was able to have a <\/p>\n

439
\n00:24:25,900 –> 00:24:28,300
\nbaby Be without up man.
\nInvolved that the Holy Spirit <\/p>\n

440
\n00:24:28,300 –> 00:24:30,600
\nwould descend on him like a dove
\nwhen he was baptized that he <\/p>\n

441
\n00:24:30,600 –> 00:24:33,300
\nrose from the dead but God
\ndoesn’t just do things because <\/p>\n

442
\n00:24:33,300 –> 00:24:35,500
\nthey’re cool.
\nHe does lots of cool things but <\/p>\n

443
\n00:24:35,500 –> 00:24:39,100
\nnot just because they’re cool as
\nhe demonstrated quite <\/p>\n

444
\n00:24:39,100 –> 00:24:41,500
\ndramatically to Elijah on Mount
\nSinai. <\/p>\n

445
\n00:24:41,600 –> 00:24:45,300
\nGod’s not, just about doing
\nimpressive acts of power, he’s <\/p>\n

446
\n00:24:45,300 –> 00:24:50,800
\nabout changing human beings.
\nRevealing himself through words <\/p>\n

447
\n00:24:50,900 –> 00:24:55,900
\nwords that download his Spirit
\ninto human beings and not just <\/p>\n

448
\n00:24:56,000 –> 00:25:01,600
\nNot one human being but many
\nhuman beings because Jesus is <\/p>\n

449
\n00:25:01,600 –> 00:25:04,900
\nthe son of God, but he’s not the
\nonly son of God. <\/p>\n

450
\n00:25:04,900 –> 00:25:09,400
\nHe’s the only son of God who was
\nborn of a virgin, but he’s, the <\/p>\n

451
\n00:25:09,408 –> 00:25:11,800
\nfirstborn among many brothers
\nand sisters. <\/p>\n

452
\n00:25:11,800 –> 00:25:15,300
\nAs Paul says, in Romans 8 verse
\n29, Those whom he foreknew. <\/p>\n

453
\n00:25:15,300 –> 00:25:18,100
\nHe also predestined to be
\nconformed, to the image of his <\/p>\n

454
\n00:25:18,100 –> 00:25:21,500
\nson, that his son would be, the
\nfirstborn among many brothers <\/p>\n

455
\n00:25:21,500 –> 00:25:24,100
\nand sisters.
\nGod, always intended from the <\/p>\n

456
\n00:25:24,100 –> 00:25:27,200
\nvery beginning that Jesus.
\nEarth would not be a <\/p>\n

457
\n00:25:27,200 –> 00:25:29,900
\nsingularity.
\nIt would be a template, it would<\/p>\n

458
\n00:25:29,900 –> 00:25:33,100
\nbe something that other people
\ncould follow. <\/p>\n

459
\n00:25:33,800 –> 00:25:36,800
\nJesus was born by the power of
\nthe Holy Spirit, working on his <\/p>\n

460
\n00:25:36,800 –> 00:25:39,200
\nmother, causing her body to
\nproduce something. <\/p>\n

461
\n00:25:39,200 –> 00:25:41,700
\nMiraculous something from God
\nthat something that couldn’t <\/p>\n

462
\n00:25:41,700 –> 00:25:45,900
\nexist, otherwise.
\nBut that’s a template for us as <\/p>\n

463
\n00:25:45,900 –> 00:25:50,000
\nwell.
\nWe too have been born again by <\/p>\n

464
\n00:25:50,000 –> 00:25:54,500
\nthe action of the Holy Spirit of
\non other people, we have been <\/p>\n

465
\n00:25:54,500 –> 00:25:58,200
\nborn again because we have heard
\nthe word of God, produced by the<\/p>\n

466
\n00:25:58,200 –> 00:26:01,600
\nHoly Spirit from people around
\nus, some of them many years ago,<\/p>\n

467
\n00:26:01,600 –> 00:26:05,600
\nsome of them that we know quite
\npersonally and that has come <\/p>\n

468
\n00:26:05,600 –> 00:26:10,400
\ninto us and has changed us as
\nmade us start acting in a way. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:26:10,400 –> 00:26:13,400
\nThat is not just the way we are
\nnaturally programmed to do. <\/p>\n

470
\n00:26:13,600 –> 00:26:17,300
\nDo but instead in a way that is
\nGodly that is different. <\/p>\n

471
\n00:26:17,400 –> 00:26:23,500
\nThat is Holy the word of God has
\ncome and that has changed us to <\/p>\n

472
\n00:26:23,500 –> 00:26:27,400
\nbecome sons of God.
\nThe same way the Holy Spirit <\/p>\n

473
\n00:26:27,400 –> 00:26:29,900
\ncame and made Jesus.
\nA Son of God. <\/p>\n

474
\n00:26:30,900 –> 00:26:33,200
\nAnd the interesting thing about
\nthat of course is that’s before <\/p>\n

475
\n00:26:33,200 –> 00:26:36,600
\nwe were baptized.
\nIf we hadn’t already been <\/p>\n

476
\n00:26:36,600 –> 00:26:40,300
\nchanged, if the Holy Spirit
\nhadn’t been working on us at <\/p>\n

477
\n00:26:40,300 –> 00:26:44,000
\nthose words hadn’t been
\ndownloaded into us, we Wanted to<\/p>\n

478
\n00:26:44,000 –> 00:26:46,700
\nbe baptized in the first place,
\nlike Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

479
\n00:26:46,700 –> 00:26:50,300
\nWe were born again of water as a
\nresult of what the spirit had <\/p>\n

480
\n00:26:50,300 –> 00:26:54,600
\nalready been doing to us.
\nAnd it’s because we had been <\/p>\n

481
\n00:26:55,100 –> 00:26:57,300
\nchanged from living a
\nself-focused life to a god, <\/p>\n

482
\n00:26:57,300 –> 00:27:00,000
\nFocus life that we had decided
\nto get baptized in the first <\/p>\n

483
\n00:27:00,000 –> 00:27:01,700
\nplace.
\nBecause why, of course, we is <\/p>\n

484
\n00:27:01,700 –> 00:27:04,600
\nthat Crystal fiends dont baptize
\nbabies because that gets the <\/p>\n

485
\n00:27:04,600 –> 00:27:07,700
\norder wrong.
\nLike, we see with Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

486
\n00:27:07,700 –> 00:27:10,800
\nYou get born from water as a
\nresult of being born from the <\/p>\n

487
\n00:27:10,800 –> 00:27:12,700
\nspirit.
\nNot the other way around. <\/p>\n

488
\n00:27:12,900 –> 00:27:15,700
\nUnless God, God’s spirit has
\ncaused you to be born again. <\/p>\n

489
\n00:27:16,400 –> 00:27:20,600
\nYou just get wet, but if you’ve
\nbeen born of the spirit, then <\/p>\n

490
\n00:27:20,600 –> 00:27:23,400
\nbeing born of water, takes the
\nspirit from something that’s <\/p>\n

491
\n00:27:23,400 –> 00:27:27,700
\nacting on the outside of you
\nchanging, you and doing Son of <\/p>\n

492
\n00:27:27,700 –> 00:27:31,600
\nGod, and is now something that
\nis acting inside of you flowing,<\/p>\n

493
\n00:27:31,600 –> 00:27:35,600
\nout of you.
\nAs we read in John 7, verses 37 <\/p>\n

494
\n00:27:35,600 –> 00:27:38,100
\nto 39 on the last day of the
\nfeast, the great day. <\/p>\n

495
\n00:27:38,300 –> 00:27:42,000
\nJesus stood up and cried out.
\nIf anyone thirsts let him come <\/p>\n

496
\n00:27:42,000 –> 00:27:45,900
\nto me and drink Believes In Me,
\nas the scripture has said, out <\/p>\n

497
\n00:27:45,900 –> 00:27:48,800
\nof his heart will flow, rivers
\nof Living Water. <\/p>\n

498
\n00:27:49,500 –> 00:27:52,600
\nNow, this he said about the
\nspirit whom those who believed <\/p>\n

499
\n00:27:52,600 –> 00:27:57,300
\nin him were to receive And
\nthat’s why when you get <\/p>\n

500
\n00:27:57,300 –> 00:28:00,600
\nbaptized, you get put on the
\nspeaking list as to take more <\/p>\n

501
\n00:28:00,600 –> 00:28:04,200
\nleadership roles serve the
\nocclusion various ways because <\/p>\n

502
\n00:28:04,200 –> 00:28:06,800
\nnow that you have been baptized
\nnow that the holy spirit is not <\/p>\n

503
\n00:28:06,800 –> 00:28:10,500
\njust working on you, but in you
\nnow that things are flowing out <\/p>\n

504
\n00:28:10,500 –> 00:28:14,600
\nof you that are God’s words.
\nWe want to encourage that we <\/p>\n

505
\n00:28:14,600 –> 00:28:20,100
\nwant you to start getting that
\nHoly thing, you more CPU and RAM<\/p>\n

506
\n00:28:20,100 –> 00:28:22,700
\nand memory, getting more words
\nout on the communications <\/p>\n

507
\n00:28:22,700 –> 00:28:27,400
\nchannels because we want to
\nEncourage God’s spirit within <\/p>\n

508
\n00:28:27,400 –> 00:28:29,400
\nyou.
\nThat’s why you get more duties, <\/p>\n

509
\n00:28:29,400 –> 00:28:34,500
\nif more work, but it’s good for
\nyou and this is all. <\/p>\n

510
\n00:28:34,500 –> 00:28:38,900
\nSo now you may be wondering, why
\nare we not like the Pentecostals<\/p>\n

511
\n00:28:38,900 –> 00:28:42,000
\nwho believe that when you get
\nbaptized every one lays their <\/p>\n

512
\n00:28:42,000 –> 00:28:44,500
\nhands on you and all of a sudden
\nyou start speaking in tongues <\/p>\n

513
\n00:28:45,100 –> 00:28:47,900
\nand it seems based on our
\nexperience. <\/p>\n

514
\n00:28:47,900 –> 00:28:51,000
\nGod could do that but God
\ndoesn’t seem to do that when <\/p>\n

515
\n00:28:51,000 –> 00:28:53,500
\npeople get baptized the
\nnowadays. <\/p>\n

516
\n00:28:53,500 –> 00:28:55,200
\nHe did.
\nDo that back in the first <\/p>\n

517
\n00:28:55,200 –> 00:28:57,300
\ncentury.
\nBut nowadays, the fruit of the <\/p>\n

518
\n00:28:57,308 –> 00:29:01,200
\nspirit that we tend to see in
\npeople are nonetheless the work <\/p>\n

519
\n00:29:01,200 –> 00:29:04,700
\nof the Holy Spirit but they’re
\nthe ones that Paul talks about. <\/p>\n

520
\n00:29:04,700 –> 00:29:07,600
\nIn Galatians 5 you probably all
\nlearned in Sunday school love <\/p>\n

521
\n00:29:07,600 –> 00:29:10,000
\njoy, peace patience, kindness
\ngoodness, faithfulness, <\/p>\n

522
\n00:29:10,000 –> 00:29:12,200
\ngentleness and self-control.
\nThese are the fruits of the <\/p>\n

523
\n00:29:12,200 –> 00:29:15,700
\nspirit that we see working in
\npeople after they get baptized <\/p>\n

524
\n00:29:16,100 –> 00:29:19,100
\nand it kind of makes sense.
\nIf you think about it, say <\/p>\n

525
\n00:29:19,100 –> 00:29:22,800
\nyou’re a parent.
\nWould you prefer to make your <\/p>\n

526
\n00:29:22,800 –> 00:29:25,500
\nchild instantaneously have
\nanything that you want it would <\/p>\n

527
\n00:29:25,700 –> 00:29:28,800
\nYou prefer to sort of put in
\nthem, The Willpower to study a <\/p>\n

528
\n00:29:28,808 –> 00:29:31,600
\nnew language every day up until
\nthe point where they become <\/p>\n

529
\n00:29:31,600 –> 00:29:34,200
\nfluent and which is certainly
\nsomething we have seen with a <\/p>\n

530
\n00:29:34,200 –> 00:29:37,700
\nnumber of christadelphians who
\nhave been encouraged by the <\/p>\n

531
\n00:29:37,700 –> 00:29:40,500
\nmission field and have learned a
\nnew language or christadelphians<\/p>\n

532
\n00:29:40,500 –> 00:29:42,700
\nwho have gone into the medical
\nfield so that they can learn to <\/p>\n

533
\n00:29:42,700 –> 00:29:45,400
\nheal people.
\nGod doesn’t seem to give so many<\/p>\n

534
\n00:29:45,400 –> 00:29:48,900
\nof the instantaneous gifts, but
\nwe do see his holy spirit <\/p>\n

535
\n00:29:49,000 –> 00:29:53,600
\nworking in people changing who
\nthey are and the fruits of the <\/p>\n

536
\n00:29:53,600 –> 00:29:57,400
\nspirit flowing out of them.
\nAs after they are baptized, <\/p>\n

537
\n00:29:57,400 –> 00:30:02,300
\nafter they start producing The
\nLiving Waters inside themselves,<\/p>\n

538
\n00:30:02,300 –> 00:30:06,300
\njust like Jesus said, and in.
\nSo doing what we’re doing is <\/p>\n

539
\n00:30:06,300 –> 00:30:08,900
\nfollowing the example of our
\nolder brother, Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

540
\n00:30:08,900 –> 00:30:10,800
\nThe firstborn among many
\nbrothers. <\/p>\n

541
\n00:30:11,500 –> 00:30:14,300
\nAnd of course, that’s again.
\nWhy we’re gathered together this<\/p>\n

542
\n00:30:14,300 –> 00:30:18,900
\nmorning to remember.
\nJesus is birth, and Jesus is <\/p>\n

543
\n00:30:18,900 –> 00:30:20,400
\ndeath.
\nThere’s a lot of people out <\/p>\n

544
\n00:30:20,400 –> 00:30:24,600
\nthere who only really remember
\nJesus birth once a year on say, <\/p>\n

545
\n00:30:24,600 –> 00:30:27,400
\nDecember 25th.
\nRemember his death once a year <\/p>\n

546
\n00:30:27,600 –> 00:30:31,100
\non say the 14th of Nisan,
\nwherever that may fall and March<\/p>\n

547
\n00:30:31,100 –> 00:30:33,500
\nor April, but we as
\nchristadelphians, we come <\/p>\n

548
\n00:30:33,500 –> 00:30:37,200
\ntogether every Sunday and we eat
\na piece of bread, and we drink a<\/p>\n

549
\n00:30:37,208 –> 00:30:39,700
\nlittle bit of wine.
\nAnd we remember Jesus. <\/p>\n

550
\n00:30:39,900 –> 00:30:43,500
\nWe remember how in obedience and
\nlove, he died on the cross. <\/p>\n

551
\n00:30:43,500 –> 00:30:46,300
\nAnd how three days later he was
\nborn again to eternal life. <\/p>\n

552
\n00:30:46,500 –> 00:30:51,000
\nEvery Sunday we get to remember
\nJesus, death and Jesus’s birth. <\/p>\n

553
\n00:30:51,900 –> 00:30:55,000
\nAnd so I wanted to talk about
\nJesus’s birth to this morning <\/p>\n

554
\n00:30:55,000 –> 00:30:58,600
\nbut to be Must we talk about
\nJesus’s birth, basically, every <\/p>\n

555
\n00:30:58,600 –> 00:31:00,800
\nSunday.
\nAnd of course, we’re not just <\/p>\n

556
\n00:31:00,800 –> 00:31:04,200
\nthinking few good thing that
\nthat will happen to him, but <\/p>\n

557
\n00:31:04,700 –> 00:31:07,000
\nthat’s not something to me.
\nObviously, the reason why we <\/p>\n

558
\n00:31:07,000 –> 00:31:11,200
\nremember Jesus birth every
\nSunday is because we want to <\/p>\n

559
\n00:31:11,200 –> 00:31:14,800
\nfollow in his example, because
\nJesus was born again to eternal <\/p>\n

560
\n00:31:14,800 –> 00:31:17,800
\nlife and I want to be born the
\nsame way. <\/p>\n

561
\n00:31:17,800 –> 00:31:21,500
\nHe was, I want to live the same
\nway he lives, and if that <\/p>\n

562
\n00:31:21,500 –> 00:31:25,200
\nrequires dying the same way he
\ndid, well, then sign me up <\/p>\n

563
\n00:31:25,300 –> 00:31:28,400
\nbecause Because if you follow in
\nsomeone else’s footsteps, you’re<\/p>\n

564
\n00:31:28,400 –> 00:31:30,900
\ngoing to end up where they are
\ngoing. <\/p>\n

565
\n00:31:31,200 –> 00:31:34,600
\nAnd if I want to end up where
\nJesus is, I need to follow him. <\/p>\n

566
\n00:31:35,100 –> 00:31:38,500
\nAnd so that’s why every morning,
\nevery Sunday morning, we come <\/p>\n

567
\n00:31:38,500 –> 00:31:40,100
\ntogether.
\nAnd remember, whether it’s <\/p>\n

568
\n00:31:40,100 –> 00:31:43,100
\nDecember 25th, whether it’s any
\nother Sunday, we remember, <\/p>\n

569
\n00:31:43,100 –> 00:31:48,300
\nJesus, death and Jesus’s birth.
\nAnd we see in that the template <\/p>\n

570
\n00:31:48,800 –> 00:31:52,200
\nfor our lives, for our death,
\nand our birth, and we continue <\/p>\n

571
\n00:31:52,200 –> 00:31:55,400
\nto develop the Holy Spirit
\nwithin each one of us waiting. <\/p>\n

572
\n00:31:55,600 –> 00:31:58,900
\nthe day when we were all be born
\nagain, just like he was <\/p>\n

573
\n00:32:14,100 –> 00:32:16,300
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