1 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:05,960 Who is this of? Wisdom Bible Church. 2 00:00:06,560 --> 00:00:07,600 The Church of. A. 3 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:11,520 So, Father, we thank you this morning. 4 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:15,120 For. The gift of life. 5 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:20,240 For the. Privilege to witness 25th of 6 00:00:20,240 --> 00:00:32,119 December 2025. 20, 25. The UPS. 7 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:40,600 And downs of this year. The challenges of this year. 8 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:46,800 It. Is just. 9 00:00:47,320 --> 00:01:00,960 That you have decided to. 10 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:09,040 Keep us. For. 11 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,280 A purpose thank. You. 12 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:18,320 Father, in humility we say thank you. 13 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:24,720 Father once. Again, in humility we say thank 14 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:29,600 you, Lord. We ask that as we. 15 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:37,880 Open the pages of the scriptures this morning that you minister 16 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:42,360 life to us. Let us. 17 00:01:43,320 --> 00:01:49,200 See wonderful things out of. Your law Open our. 18 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:55,840 Understanding that this Christmas we make meanings in 19 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:59,840 our lives. Beyond just. 20 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,840 The dates beyond just the merriment of God who will 21 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:08,120 encounter you. Tie your penny. 22 00:02:08,199 --> 00:02:12,200 You need your your currency. Tie your penny, Akan, your our 23 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:17,440 name really to my currency. Beyond clothing ourselves with 24 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:22,480 new dresses, putting on new shirts, new new shoes, rubbing 25 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:27,040 very good perfumes on our souls, O Lord, we will wear you as our 26 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:34,800 righteousness. Our world we. 27 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,840 Praying God glory in this service this morning. 28 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:45,360 There will. Be experience of newness in our 29 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:49,360 lives in Jesus name. It. 30 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:53,800 Is possible that people are celebrating and you have come 31 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:58,320 with a lot of bodies, a lot of troubles in your mind because 32 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:02,240 Christ was born and we are celebrating his path. 33 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:07,280 Today we declare that through the Word of God, bodies will be 34 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:23,680 lifted. And the. 35 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:30,880 Name of the Lord alone will be glorified in Jesus name. 36 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:32,840 We have prayed. Amen. 37 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:36,120 In Jesus mighty name we have prayed. 38 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:41,880 Amen. Let's talk about Bibles very 39 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:55,400 quickly to Galatians chapter. 4 Galatians chapter. 4. 40 00:03:56,440 --> 00:04:03,480 We read the. First, several verses. 41 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:13,000 I read the. First verse my brother that is 42 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:22,440 translating we read in Yoruba. I will read the second verse. 43 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:29,760 If we read verse 2IN Yoruba until we get to the seventh 44 00:04:29,840 --> 00:04:37,480 verse, I. Will read verse one. 45 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:41,400 In translator. We also read verse one in 46 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:46,200 Yoruba. Yoruba I. 47 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:50,360 Would read verse 2. You also read verse 2 in Yoruba. 48 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,880 My KSI KGO before KSI KG near the Yoruba. 49 00:04:54,400 --> 00:05:00,360 We finished with the 7th. Verse now. 50 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:03,600 I say that. The hair. 51 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:11,880 As long as he is a child, different nothing from his 52 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:15,920 servant, though he be Lord of all. 53 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:35,320 In jail we pay, but. Is under tutors and governors 54 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:39,560 until the time appointed of the father. 55 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:55,200 So we, when we were children, were in bondage under the 56 00:05:55,280 --> 00:06:13,200 elements of the. But when the fullness of time 57 00:06:13,280 --> 00:06:21,400 was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made 58 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:32,400 under. The law to. 59 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:41,320 Redeem them that were under the law that we might receive the 60 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:51,160 adoption of. Souls and. 61 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:58,720 Because ye are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son 62 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:03,200 into your hearts. Crying Harbour Father. 63 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:25,560 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son, and Eve a 64 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:30,920 son, then an heir of God through Christ. 65 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:43,280 Neutrina because your mom may the Lord. 66 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:49,480 Bless the reading and the hearing of his words. 67 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:59,880 Jesus. God would like to address us 68 00:07:59,960 --> 00:08:02,680 this morning from this scripture. 69 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:07,920 A lot of empowers, sorrow and new world Latino acceptability 70 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:12,320 artici but. The title of the message is This 71 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:17,200 is Christmas. Our career, it was tsunami. 72 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:21,080 This is Christmas. A ye nicolasi. 73 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:26,120 This is Christmas. A ye nicolasi. 74 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:30,360 And by the grace of God, we will be trying to look at the 75 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:34,720 meaning, the purpose and the response to Christmas. 76 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,520 Nepal. Oriola, Ron. 77 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:41,919 Amawa E, Tuma E Radii Down Secrecy. 78 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:48,480 Hallelujah, brethren. Ara. 79 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:57,480 It is an open truth, is an open. Truth. 80 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:02,600 That Christmas is the most celebrated moment in the 81 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:05,480 Christian calendar, in fact, in the whole. 82 00:09:22,560 --> 00:09:25,760 Yes, it is the most misunderstood. 83 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:44,550 And. That is the reason any time we 84 00:09:44,550 --> 00:09:51,990 approach Christmas season. You begin to see. 85 00:09:56,030 --> 00:10:00,240 Preparations. You also. 86 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:11,120 Begin to see discussions and. Dialogue. 87 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:16,680 You begin to see interpretations, 88 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:21,480 misinterpretations. You begin to see arguments. 89 00:10:28,560 --> 00:10:37,960 Around Christmas. Today, even in the body of 90 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:42,400 Christ. We. 91 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:51,240 Have confusion about whether it is correct to gather on a day 92 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:54,920 like this and celebrate Christmas or not. 93 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:09,600 So. Whether from within or from 94 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:17,600 without, you see arguments. Around the issue of Christmas, 95 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:32,080 but one thing is clear, whether. We agree or not? 96 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,040 The. Christmas season is the most 97 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:39,400 celebrated season in the whole world. 98 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:45,960 For many people, Christmas has become a season of. 99 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:59,000 Emotion without reflection. God. 100 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:10,360 Bless you, emotions. Some. 101 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:15,000 Emotions are positive, some are negative. 102 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:20,800 As we are. Speaking this morning. 103 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:23,680 I. Can assure you very. 104 00:12:23,680 --> 00:12:28,320 Well. We have families that are at 105 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:31,320 loggerhead. Husband fighting wife, wife 106 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:34,920 fighting husband because the husband has not been able to 107 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:36,960 provide sufficient money to buy chicken. 108 00:12:55,620 --> 00:13:02,220 Husband fighting wife because the woman has made a demand and 109 00:13:02,220 --> 00:13:10,520 the man is like upon this giant project and pressure for finance 110 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:14,800 or other things that are pertinent to the lives of our 111 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:18,520 children. It is the matter of the 10,000 112 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:20,280 I've not been able to give you for shoe. 113 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:40,040 That concerns you. Emotions. 114 00:13:40,560 --> 00:13:44,000 Itara. Without reflection. 115 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:47,680 Lies the arrow delay. So for a lot of people, 116 00:13:47,680 --> 00:13:52,520 Christmas season is loaded with a lot of emotions, shallow 117 00:13:52,760 --> 00:14:02,000 reflection. For many people. 118 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:22,080 Is about celebration without. Select empty celebration, no 119 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:25,920 contemplation. I doyon Lasa likes Euronu. 120 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:29,840 Put on nice dresses. Why wash all your dollar? 121 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:32,400 Take pictures. Why your photo? 122 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:35,080 Do video. Watch a video and. 123 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:39,480 Thank God everybody has turned to content creators now with 124 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:49,400 TikTok and the Internet. So every phone now is with 125 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:53,720 TikTok software or application to do short whatever all manner 126 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:57,440 of a fizzy and pause and rejoice and feel good. 127 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:08,200 And feel nice. Now, if you take your time to 128 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:11,280 actually now think deeply, you discover that everything is 129 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:13,160 about self. Christ is missing. 130 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:22,160 So I must do selfie. They must know. 131 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:32,760 That I have put on. A new on Christmas Day. 132 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:37,640 I must do selfie, I must do TikTok, they must see the new 133 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:40,840 hairstyle that I did for Christmas. 134 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:52,760 So everything is about self. Centeredness about yourself, 135 00:15:52,840 --> 00:16:01,120 about myself, about hi. And only me. 136 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:05,840 Contemplation about the day, about the event, about the 137 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:11,320 significance of this day is missing in the celebration that 138 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:22,800 many people do. Today, Christie for many. 139 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:28,960 Christmas is simply tradition without theology. 140 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:49,160 Hallelujah tradition without a. Link back to God who sent his. 141 00:16:50,880 --> 00:17:00,360 Son, I pray that. This morning you and I gathered 142 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:04,880 this morning to worship God. We will bring back reflection, 143 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:09,359 we'll bring back contemplation, we'll bring back theology into 144 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:22,560 our mocking of the day that. Christ so today learning. 145 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:31,280 In our. In. 146 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:35,440 Our decorations. In our. 147 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:42,320 Family gathering. Profound. 148 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:46,640 Is clearly missing for many people. 149 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:55,000 We can. See that biblical depth in what? 150 00:17:56,040 --> 00:18:03,600 We are doing your daddy. The scripture we. 151 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:07,440 Read. Paul. 152 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:11,920 Paul. Is inviting us into a depth of. 153 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:22,040 And Apostle 4 gives us one of the clearest and most 154 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:27,040 geologically sound rich explanation about what Christmas 155 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:36,920 means. Telling us. 156 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:50,080 Why God acted in history? How we must respond to God's 157 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:55,800 love. ITP actually down, you see. 158 00:18:55,880 --> 00:19:03,200 Christmas is not. About sentiment. 159 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:11,320 It is salvation history. Hallelujah. 160 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:15,680 I mean. It is about divine intervention 161 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:27,040 in the affairs of. Men so the. 162 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:35,240 First thing I want us to realize this morning. 163 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:44,440 Christmas is about. Incarnation not about. 164 00:19:49,800 --> 00:20:02,680 The date. You have no business to engage 165 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:06,840 anybody on argument on whether Jesus was born on the 25th or 166 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:25,440 was born on the 3rd of March. Or was born in April 27th. 167 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:31,400 If that were important. The Spirit. 168 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:36,440 Of the Lord will not omit that in the recordings that we have 169 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:38,520 in the Bible on the specific date. 170 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:50,320 And we'll date you saw Bang Bang. 171 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:55,920 What was important, what remains important and what, if ever, 172 00:20:55,920 --> 00:21:00,040 remain important, is that Christmas is about incarnation. 173 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:10,120 Or Joseph Pataki. Joseph Pataki So. 174 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:16,920 The emphasis of the scripture is on the events, not on the 175 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:19,960 calendar. So in. 176 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:35,040 Chapter 1 verse one says in the beginning, what's the word the 177 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:43,520 word was with? God and God, what's the Word 178 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:50,200 and. By the time you jump to verse 179 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:53,240 14. The Bible says and. 180 00:21:54,360 --> 00:22:03,440 The. Word was made flesh. 181 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:14,240 Full of grace and truth. This is the concern of the. 182 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:20,440 Bible the concern. Of God is the event, not the 183 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:25,240 calendar. Christmas. 184 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:36,880 Is that God became man came. In human flesh. 185 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:42,640 It is about God taking on full humanity without ceasing to be 186 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:51,440 God. Christmas for you is not 187 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:59,520 argument on date and calendar. Christmas for you concern. 188 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:09,880 Should be the Christmas marks the moment when the eternal 189 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:18,560 world entered. Into human history. 190 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:31,080 When God enter into human. Vulnerability when? 191 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:38,640 God enter into human. Weakness when? 192 00:23:39,120 --> 00:23:43,240 God enter into human time. It. 193 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:53,920 Is pleasant to know that God did not only visited humanity, God 194 00:23:54,120 --> 00:24:00,480 became human. God did not merely. 195 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:12,600 Visit humanity, God became. 2. EKG. 196 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:16,520 Christmas is God revealing himself as a person. 197 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:25,800 The Bible did not present Jesus to us just as an ordinary 198 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:29,400 prophet. And. 199 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:36,560 This is the marked difference between your faith and the faith 200 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:40,480 of the other religion that takes Jesus as just one of the 201 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:44,000 prophets. No, it is more than Jesus being 202 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:49,400 one of the prophet. It is God appearing in human 203 00:24:49,440 --> 00:25:02,280 body. Jesus was not presented in the 204 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:11,720 Bible. As an ordinary messenger. 205 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:20,240 We believe concerned by Jesus. Jesus was not presented in the 206 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:23,640 Bible to us as just an ordinary moral teacher. 207 00:25:24,360 --> 00:25:35,400 We believe concerned by. Jesus is God's self revelation. 208 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:44,680 So in John chapter 14 verse 9. No, no where do I know whoever 209 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:51,080 has seen. Mean has seen the father. 210 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:54,960 Jesu or we pay. Jesu if we pay. 211 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:57,960 Yeah, basically me, you see. So Christmas. 212 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:06,360 Christmas is beyond merriment. Currency tayo I doyo. 213 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:09,120 So when we talk about celebrating Christmas. 214 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:14,160 What you are? Celebrating is beyond just 215 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,000 gathering, wearing clothes, wearing dresses, dancing. 216 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:22,800 No, it is about God who became a human being. 217 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:27,080 All right, God himself deciding on his own that I will reveal 218 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:29,040 myself to these people. How will I do it? 219 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:32,640 I will put on their nature, and I will appear among. 220 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:53,480 Them so from the Bible accounts. Christmas is not only God 221 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:57,400 speaking a message, it is actually God becoming the 222 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:05,520 message. Revelation is no longer mediated 223 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:08,880 through visions, through the law, through symbols. 224 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:12,480 No, it is embodied in the passing of Jesus. 225 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:15,240 Christ, I regret. If you are not, I'll come up. 226 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:18,680 When calculated, I'll put you on, you know, Christian. 227 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:21,520 Before Jesus Christ came. They will see. 228 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:24,360 Visions. They want, you know. 229 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:28,160 They will see revelations. They will dream dreams. 230 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:32,520 They will. See symbols like Moses saw a 231 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:42,840 Bush that was. Symbolizing the presence of God 232 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:51,880 around. All those symbols, Jesus Christ. 233 00:27:52,120 --> 00:27:53,240 Appeared. So. 234 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:56,280 This time around. Is. 235 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:58,840 Actually God manifesting himself. 236 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:12,520 In real form. To encounter God. 237 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:17,920 Himself that. Was what he meant when he said 238 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:29,960 whoever has seen me has seen the father. #3 Christmas. 239 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:40,400 Is God's initiative. It is not human initiative. 240 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:45,360 It is not. Human discovery. 241 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:53,520 God bless you so. The. 242 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:59,720 Incarnation is never. Portrayed in the scripture as 243 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:10,560 humanity's achievements, incarnation was never. 244 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:32,200 A religious breakthrough? It is never. 245 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:38,560 It is. Never a religious breakthrough. 246 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:47,800 It is entirely God's initiative. So, Paul said. 247 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:57,720 In Galatians chapter 4 verse. When the fullness of time was 248 00:29:58,160 --> 00:29:59,080 come. So my. 249 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:02,880 God sent forth is so, so it is God's. 250 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:08,400 Agenda. So Christmas. 251 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:14,280 It's not humanity reaching up to God, it is actually God 252 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:26,520 stooping. Down to humanity, my. 253 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:31,480 Encouragement to us. This morning. 254 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:40,680 We should not waste this grace of God. #4 Christmas. 255 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:44,400 Is the fulfillment of God's redemptive promise. 256 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:50,520 Our musha era pada or malayala, the fulfillment is. 257 00:30:54,120 --> 00:31:01,200 Missing Christmas is the fulfillment of God's redemptive 258 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:10,040 promise. Hallelujah. 259 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:12,080 I mean. Hallelujah. 260 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:18,960 I. Mean 261 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:34,880 can we read from Hebrews chapter 1? 262 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:40,240 Latino way. Eberu Origeni. 263 00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:41,760 Hebrews. Chapter 1. 264 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:49,040 Eberu Origeni. Can it be projected Hebrews 265 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:55,920 chapter 1 from verse one? Is it there OK? 266 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:00,400 We're going to read verse one and two. 267 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:01,960 Maybe we'll take it up to verse 3. 268 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:04,200 Can we look at the screen and read together? 269 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:08,560 If you are comfortable reading from your from your Bible, right 270 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:16,200 want to go God who at sundry times and in diverse manners 271 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:24,960 speak in time past onto the fathers by the prophets in 272 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:29,120 sundry times, different times using different people different 273 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:42,480 means to speak. Unto our. 274 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:59,840 Fathers, he picked up Moses and spoke through. 275 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:03,640 Moses Omar Mosay also sorrow Nepasi Mosi. 276 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:08,160 He picked up Joshua and spoke through Joshua. 277 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:11,600 Omar, Joshua. Osoro, Nepasi, Joshua. 278 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:17,880 In fact, God deliberately decided to speak to some animals 279 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:22,960 in the. Bible he picked. 280 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:29,000 Up Eddie kings and gave them revelation, and they saw 281 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:32,840 revelation, and he put his spirit in his own sermon to 282 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:39,920 interpret those revelations. Till. 283 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:52,480 Today, revelations given to Nebuchadnezzar in the book of 284 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:55,480 Daniel. OK, a lot of those in those 285 00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:57,800 revelations are still awaiting fulfillment. 286 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:26,679 Yeah, Daniel Lee so God in sundry time. 287 00:34:27,679 --> 00:34:30,120 Then in verse 2. Yes, I tell you. 288 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:34,000 What does verse 2 say? Can we read verse 2 together? 289 00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:41,760 Want to go? And in this last days spoken 290 00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:48,480 unto us by His Son, whom he had appointed, hears off. 291 00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:05,600 You see, there is a redemptive plan. 292 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:13,080 A. Plan of salvation. 293 00:35:13,720 --> 00:35:18,920 A Plan A. Promise of redemption. 294 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:27,160 And God started. To speak through different. 295 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:41,880 Prophet through different means. He decided. 296 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:46,520 To. Put the old message across. 297 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:54,320 To us in his son. So Jesus Christ appear. 298 00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:56,680 Jesu Opera. So at. 299 00:35:56,800 --> 00:36:01,160 Christmas what? We found happened. 300 00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:04,840 Is. That there was a decisive 301 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:10,120 moment. When prophecies. 302 00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:17,360 Of the past became presence. When? 303 00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:20,280 Promises of the past became a person. 304 00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:32,200 Expectations of the past became. Fulfillment, so it is no longer. 305 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:37,320 About God speaking in peace meal through different prophet and 306 00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:41,080 different generation, but the embodiment of that message that 307 00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:44,520 God was communicating that promise of redemption, that 308 00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:47,920 promise of salvation. God packaged everything in His 309 00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:51,640 Son, and it is through His Son now that is speaking to us. 310 00:36:51,720 --> 00:37:11,600 So what we once anticipated became embodied what? 311 00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:15,040 Was once spoken, now appear and is. 312 00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:22,200 Seen Hallelujah, I mean. This is Christmas. 313 00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:27,600 That the. Redemptive agenda of God find 314 00:37:27,720 --> 00:37:30,760 clear fulfillment in the person of the. 315 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:43,640 Son of God. Christmas is the beginning of 316 00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:46,480 redemption, not the completion of it. 317 00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:55,000 This point is very, very. Important. 318 00:37:55,840 --> 00:38:01,560 A lot of people. Celebrate on a day like this. 319 00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:17,680 Fact some what they celebration is actually is actually a gang. 320 00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:31,400 Up against God. What The celebration of Christ 321 00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:36,080 on Christmas Day is actually disobedience. 322 00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:42,960 Against God as we're speaking some people. 323 00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:49,360 Have refrigerated all man of alcoholic drink. 324 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:53,120 Yes, I'm sorry, bye. I want county quality bum 325 00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:57,240 freezer. As we are speaking, some people 326 00:38:57,240 --> 00:39:00,960 have given boyfriend and girlfriend's dates and what they 327 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:04,120 actually want to do is thorough immorality to celebrate. 328 00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:13,400 Christmas, Yes, I'm sorry, I want to as we. 329 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:19,040 Speak Some people have put money together, put DJ in place to do 330 00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:29,320 terrible kind. Of party, So what? 331 00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:38,680 They call celebration is actually not Celebration is a 332 00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:45,600 gathering of filthy people for filthy living and. 333 00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:50,720 God is not happy. With it. 334 00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:56,760 You are in. This service this morning. 335 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:03,360 You have an agenda for today that. 336 00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:09,760 Was not aligned with the righteousness of Christ. 337 00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:14,240 You have a party that you have intended to. 338 00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:22,200 Attend to this today. You have a date with a rank 339 00:40:22,240 --> 00:40:25,120 motif today. You wanna overload by an 340 00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:31,880 account. There's a whining and dining 341 00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:36,280 that you have been invited to. You have promised them as it is. 342 00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:44,800 Concerned today? Listen to the Holy. 343 00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:49,920 Spirit, I respond. To Christ this morning. 344 00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:55,600 Is not for that. And. 345 00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:01,160 Christmas is about righteousness entering into the world of 346 00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:02,920 unrighteousness to make it righteous. 347 00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:16,600 It's about the holy God. Enter into the unholy human time 348 00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:22,480 and history I'm making it. Holy, so when? 349 00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:29,560 We. Talk about Christmas like. 350 00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:34,920 I said #5 It is the beginning of redemption, not the completion 351 00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:37,280 of. It. 352 00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:49,640 What do we mean Christmas does not? 353 00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:58,640 Stand alone Christmas. Is inseparably connected to the 354 00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:01,280 cross and to the resurrection of Jesus. 355 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:13,640 So the Angel said in Matthew 21, you shall call his name Jesus, 356 00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:17,800 for he will save his people from their sins. 357 00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:22,720 It is more than the birth of Christ is about what that Christ 358 00:42:22,720 --> 00:42:25,760 has come to do to save the world. 359 00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:38,560 We. Read from scriptures this 360 00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:45,240 morning about the battle. Of Christ in the Manger. 361 00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:48,480 The Merriam song about the Manger. 362 00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:53,920 I. Would have loved to talk about 363 00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:55,880 the Manger but time will not permit. 364 00:42:56,240 --> 00:43:01,720 Me, but beyond. The Manger. 365 00:43:02,240 --> 00:43:05,240 That is. Something that Christ has come 366 00:43:05,240 --> 00:43:08,400 to. Do come what? 367 00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:10,360 Yes, he was. Born. 368 00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:17,080 In the. Manger to the cross. 369 00:43:17,560 --> 00:43:22,160 Ibujala ontakasi available. The major points forward to the 370 00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:25,360 cross. Ibujala ontakasi available. 371 00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:31,880 Where redemption was. Accomplished the major. 372 00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:33,840 Points forward to the resurrection. 373 00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:39,480 Ibujala ontakasi agenda. We have victory, total victory 374 00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:43,160 was. Accomplished the. 375 00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:46,960 Major points forward to the sending of the Holy Spirit. 376 00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:52,080 To. Give us a new. 377 00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:58,680 So Christmas is the entry point of salvation history. 378 00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:20,360 Beyond the birth of. Christ there. 379 00:44:20,360 --> 00:44:23,680 Is the ministry of Christ. Beyond. 380 00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:27,040 The birth of. Christ. 381 00:44:27,120 --> 00:44:29,920 There is the cross of Christ. Beyond. 382 00:44:30,840 --> 00:44:33,160 The birth of. Christ. 383 00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:36,160 There is the death of Christ. You could just walk. 384 00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:38,480 Beyond the birth of. Christ there. 385 00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:43,880 Is the resurrection of Christ? Into how many of these have you 386 00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:52,040 plunged yourself to benefit? Your celebration. 387 00:44:53,120 --> 00:44:58,080 Of Christmas is empty if you have not maximized the fullness 388 00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:01,000 of the benefits of the coming of. 389 00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:18,600 Our time is. Fast pain when? 390 00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:20,560 Christ came. He. 391 00:45:21,160 --> 00:45:27,560 Came for. There's 4 of Galatians 5. 392 00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:29,640 There's five of Galatians chapter 4 that we read. 393 00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:36,360 There was. Redemption. 394 00:45:38,680 --> 00:45:42,560 And there was adoption. Hallelujah. 395 00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:47,520 It is one thing for you to find somebody in a precarious 396 00:45:47,520 --> 00:45:52,200 situation, OK, And save the life of that person, remove him and 397 00:45:52,240 --> 00:45:58,080 put him outside of that problem and go away to pick that person 398 00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:01,840 out of that precarious situation and pick that person up to 399 00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:06,160 become your whole that you will watch over all the entire life 400 00:46:06,160 --> 00:46:19,600 of that. That's what Christ. 401 00:46:21,120 --> 00:46:24,080 Came to do. Christy. 402 00:46:24,720 --> 00:46:29,600 Redeemed us and. Adopted, I will become. 403 00:46:30,840 --> 00:46:32,160 Sons of. God. 404 00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:35,200 Hallelujah, Hallelujah. You know. 405 00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:46,280 Give us his. Spirits, that's relationship. 406 00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:48,960 Jesus Christ came. We are celebrating. 407 00:46:50,080 --> 00:46:54,280 His. We are celebrating this birth. 408 00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:57,200 I shall adore your. But have you been redeemed by 409 00:46:57,200 --> 00:46:58,640 this Jesus? Have. 410 00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:05,320 You been adopted by this. Jesus, you. 411 00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:08,240 Received the Spirit of this Jesus. 412 00:47:09,360 --> 00:47:11,360 Through. Which you can relate with him 413 00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:14,320 and say daddy. He. 414 00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:20,640 Takes a level of relationship with a man to call a man daddy. 415 00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:32,160 Daddy is not just a language of respect, is a language of 416 00:47:32,160 --> 00:47:41,000 relationship. Baba potential or or it is 417 00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:47,880 beyond language of respect. It has to do. 418 00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:53,520 It is connected to relationships, enters and say 419 00:47:53,520 --> 00:48:01,200 daddy and that 1 is different from somebody randomly just 420 00:48:01,200 --> 00:48:04,000 calling you daddy. Any child can enter into a man's 421 00:48:04,080 --> 00:48:07,760 house and say bye me. Not every random child can enter 422 00:48:07,760 --> 00:48:09,760 into an house and call someone from Daddy. 423 00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:13,320 We receive the Holy Spirit. Through. 424 00:48:13,320 --> 00:48:16,680 Which we cry. Through which? 425 00:48:17,960 --> 00:48:21,040 We have a relationship with. Him. 426 00:48:22,240 --> 00:48:25,320 We have a walk with him. And. 427 00:48:26,600 --> 00:48:28,320 As we walk with. Him. 428 00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:30,520 Our response? To. 429 00:48:30,600 --> 00:48:42,840 Christmas. He 430 00:48:59,400 --> 00:49:13,600 came for our redemption. By this. 431 00:49:14,320 --> 00:49:26,880 We have been given the. Spirits finally this morning the 432 00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:29,000 question this. Morning. 433 00:49:29,760 --> 00:49:33,200 What is Christmas to you? We. 434 00:49:33,600 --> 00:49:37,000 Have established that it is not just about. 435 00:49:47,680 --> 00:50:04,480 Dates celebrating God. What does? 436 00:50:05,200 --> 00:50:08,120 It mean? It means. 437 00:50:09,400 --> 00:50:17,040 That you no longer live. A life. 438 00:50:18,880 --> 00:50:23,800 Of. Sin. 439 00:50:25,360 --> 00:50:32,120 Life of sin. Away from the life of. 440 00:50:32,480 --> 00:50:36,320 Sin word. We fornicate for you, no. 441 00:50:36,320 --> 00:50:41,360 Fornication. The word we tell lies you, you 442 00:50:41,400 --> 00:50:43,360 will not. Tell. 443 00:50:44,120 --> 00:50:46,920 The word we kill you, you will not be a. 444 00:50:49,720 --> 00:50:54,480 The word we sin and commit all forms of our righteousness, but 445 00:50:54,520 --> 00:50:57,720 for you it is a life of pursuit of holiness you. 446 00:51:04,200 --> 00:51:07,680 To comply with what every person in the world will celebrate. 447 00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:12,120 But for you, you want to stand distinct and you cannot do it by 448 00:51:12,120 --> 00:51:15,360 your power. It is only doable by total 449 00:51:15,360 --> 00:51:18,560 submission to the Lordship of Jesus. 450 00:51:21,680 --> 00:51:31,320 Christ. What is Christmas to you, my 451 00:51:31,320 --> 00:51:46,100 brother and my? Do I have somebody this morning 452 00:51:46,100 --> 00:51:51,820 saying, Lord, I want to have a better Christmas this year? 453 00:51:52,100 --> 00:51:55,720 I'm making up my mind to surrender the whole of my life 454 00:51:55,720 --> 00:52:03,800 unto. You can you pray to your. 455 00:52:07,160 --> 00:52:13,840 Maker, can you pray to your God? You lift up your hands as we 456 00:52:13,840 --> 00:52:15,840 pray together. I say. 457 00:52:16,040 --> 00:52:18,440 Jesus, this Christmas must be different for me. 458 00:52:18,920 --> 00:52:24,600 Very well, you are not raising it to me, You are raising Jesus 459 00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:27,480 this Christmas for me. This year must be better than 460 00:52:27,480 --> 00:52:31,440 before I am. I am recognizing and realizing 461 00:52:31,440 --> 00:52:40,600 the reason for your coming. To. 462 00:52:40,720 --> 00:52:44,680 Jesus is happy. This morning Jesus is happy. 463 00:52:44,840 --> 00:52:48,760 You know. Jesus, come into my. 464 00:52:48,760 --> 00:52:50,800 Life. Come into my heart. 465 00:52:51,640 --> 00:52:53,480 Cleanse. Me totally. 466 00:52:53,480 --> 00:52:59,280 From. Today I will live in 467 00:52:59,280 --> 00:53:02,160 righteousness. Give me your. 468 00:53:02,840 --> 00:53:05,280 Holy Spirit. To. 469 00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:12,400 Help me walk with you, Go back into filthy life. 470 00:53:14,920 --> 00:53:19,160 Give me grace. Take me as your son. 471 00:53:20,840 --> 00:53:23,280 Take me as your son. I. 472 00:53:23,280 --> 00:53:25,240 Accept your redemption this morning. 473 00:53:26,720 --> 00:53:28,760 I accept your salvation this morning. 474 00:53:30,120 --> 00:53:34,440 Give me power to work. With you in. 475 00:53:34,640 --> 00:53:38,440 Jesus name we have. Prayed Strengthen. 476 00:53:38,440 --> 00:53:45,960 You and help your commitment. May this. 477 00:53:45,960 --> 00:53:47,640 Christmas, be pleasant for you all. 478 00:53:47,640 --> 00:53:51,880 In the name of the Father, in the name of the song and the 479 00:53:51,880 --> 00:53:55,560 name of the Holy Spirit, in Jesus name we have prayed. 480 00:54:04,160 --> 00:54:06,840 Thank you for joining us in today's service. 481 00:54:06,880 --> 00:54:10,320 Hope you have been placed do well to join us in our various 482 00:54:10,320 --> 00:54:13,680 weekly services. Every Sunday, 7:00 AM Leaders 483 00:54:13,680 --> 00:54:16,000 breakfast. Well, we are equipped fully for 484 00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:18,680 Horan success. We will learn on, learn, 485 00:54:18,800 --> 00:54:22,360 contribute and ask questions and 9:00 AM our main service, 486 00:54:22,440 --> 00:54:24,000 Wonders of Wisdom. Banquets. 487 00:54:24,040 --> 00:54:28,040 Every Tuesday by 10 AM, Solitia Mountains where we bring all our 488 00:54:28,040 --> 00:54:32,080 partitions to the Lord. Trust me, all prayers shall be 489 00:54:32,080 --> 00:54:35,320 answered and 5:00 PM drama rehearsals. 490 00:54:35,520 --> 00:54:39,080 Every Wednesday by 6:00 PM by we study where we sit at the feet 491 00:54:39,080 --> 00:54:40,480 of our Lord Jesus. To learn. 492 00:54:40,600 --> 00:54:44,280 Every Friday, intercessory units meet to intercede for one 493 00:54:44,280 --> 00:54:46,520 another and for the church at large and. 494 00:54:46,720 --> 00:54:49,320 Every Saturday, various units and the church meets for 495 00:54:49,320 --> 00:54:53,320 preparation. Such as media, choir, sanitation 496 00:54:53,400 --> 00:54:55,880 and praying mothers. Also, every first day of the 497 00:54:55,880 --> 00:54:59,560 month at 5:30 AM Grace for New Beginning where we receive fresh 498 00:54:59,560 --> 00:55:03,280 anointing to run the month. Every last Tuesday of the month, 499 00:55:03,280 --> 00:55:07,040 4:00 PM Austrian Department gathered for their meeting. 500 00:55:07,840 --> 00:55:12,160 Stay blessed as you join us in the services. 501 00:55:12,520 --> 00:55:13,320 God bless you.