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Please stand for the reading of 
God's word during the Advent 

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season. 
We have been preaching through 

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the oh, Aunt Alphonse, which 
make up the seven prayers of the

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great. 
Hymn O come O come Emmanuel 

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tonight. 
I will be focusing on the name 

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Emmanuel. 
Looking primarily through this 

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narrative Through The Eyes of 
Christ Earthly father. 

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Joseph, I'll begin in Isaiah 
7:14 the prophecy. 

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Therefore, the Lord himself will
give you a sign. 

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Behold the Virgin shall conceive
and bear a son and shall call 

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his name Emmanuel from Matthew 
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Now, the birth of Jesus Christ, 
took place in this way, his 

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mother Mary had been betrothed 
to Joseph before they came 

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together. 
She was found to be with child 

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from the Holy Spirit. 
And her husband Joseph being a 

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just man and unwilling to put 
her to shame resolved to divorce

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her quietly. 
But as he considered these 

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things behold, an angel of the 
Lord appeared to him in a dream 

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saying Joseph, son of David, do 
not fear to take Mary as your 

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wife for that, which is 
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Holy Spirit. 
She will bear a son, and you 

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shall call his name, Jesus. 
For, he will save his people 

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from their sins. 
All this took place to fulfill 

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what the Lord had spoken. 
By the prophet. 

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Behold, the Virgin shall 
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they shall call his name 
Emmanuel, which means god with 

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us. 
When Joseph woke from sleep, he 

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did as the angel of the Lord 
commanded him, he took his wife,

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but newer, not until she had 
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called his name, Jesus. 
This is the word of the Lord. 

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Thanks. 
Be to God, please be seated. 

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I don't think. 
Joseph felt like all was well. 

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We have the advantage of seeing 
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already. 
As Matthew gives us the account.

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We know more than Joseph knew 
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It's very, very different. 
I want you to try to put 

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yourself in his position. 
Earlier this week, I met with a 

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couple who told me about their 
engagement and that they will be

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getting married here in this 
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In one year. 
What their year is going to be 

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like is very different than what
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back in this time period, Joseph
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And what that meant was, they 
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for a year. 
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time together, in isolation, 
other people would always be 

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with them. 
In order for that Covenant to be

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broken, one of the parties would
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When Joseph learns. 
That his wife, the one, he's 

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betrothed to is with child. 
You and I move quickly Beyond to

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the reality of what we know is 
inside her who is inside her, 

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but he didn't know that. 
Whether this is your first time 

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ever to a Christmas Eve service,
are you cannot remember missing 

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one. 
There's always more for us to 

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see. 
There's always more for us to 

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understand. 
And tonight, my prayer is that 

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everybody who's here, everyone 
who is worshiping with us and 

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different parts all over the 
world watching online that they,

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that we would know. 
It is truly well, with our soul 

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because of who we are in him. 
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We can relate to Joseph and many
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One of the ways we can relate to
him, is the idea that when we go

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through certain experiences in 
life, there's moments where we 

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just simply need to know the 
presence of God and the promises

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of God. 
I want to show you just for a 

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few minutes, what the word of 
God says about, who Joseph was 

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look with me at the text. 
We're told that Joseph was a 

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just man look with me at verse 
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That's Mary's Being a just man 
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righteous man. 
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several words or phrases that 
are going to have the letter r 

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in it. 
If that helps you, I'm glad I'm 

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not trying to do that on 
purpose, but there's going to be

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several. 
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And what that means is that 
Joseph belonged to the Covenant 

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family of God, because of that, 
he received the blessings of 

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those who belong to the Covenant
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And he also designed fire to do 
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Lord. 
He's like the author of Psalm 

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119. 
I will run in the way of your 

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Commandments when you enlarge my
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given me a sweeter to my taste 
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This is who Joseph was he was a 
righteous man, but when he heard

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this news, we see that he was 
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The word tells us he was 
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But how did he come to that 
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Mary could be pregnant in his 
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She was assaulted. 
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She committed adultery, she has 
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capital offense. 
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woman that he's betrothed to, he
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He could not have imagined that 
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her. 
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with. 
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I certainly can't trust her. 
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that? 
I would be betrothed to one like

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her. 
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might be going on in Joseph's 
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which he desperately needs the 
Presence of God, he desperately 

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needs the promises of God. 
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We know he's a decisive man but 
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Resolved. 
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Being a just man and unwilling 
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He resolved to divorce her 
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of God, understanding what would
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word of God understand. 
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He had for her understanding the
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mean for his family and her 
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Spiritually financially, all 
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him. 
Tonight, many of you are not 

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going to sleep very well. 
I haven't slept well on a 

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Christmas eve. 
Since I was born, I haven't as a

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child, I grew up with so much 
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And now as a father of five, 
it's late nights putting things 

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together. 
Some of you will. 

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Remember the last time Christmas
was on a Sunday, I stood in this

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pulpit and it was later than the
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the night. 
And I looked at the congregation

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and I said, how many of you are 
working tomorrow? 

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I am, I'll be here met at 9:30 
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And I said, here's the problem. 
I have a ping-pong table to put 

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together and I didn't know there
were 2,000 screws and I need 

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help. 
And I received over 40 text. 

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Sadly, they came during the 
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From people who said we're 
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And the Herby boys, dead Bart 
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It has four Sons came to a house
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and finish the table. 
All right, that's an awesome 

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story. 
Well, I know it's cold outside 

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but I have a trampoline All 
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My kids are older. 
We've gotten rid of the 

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trampoline. 
We all have sleepless nights. 

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And not on nights like this that
are just filled with his in, 

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with anticipation. 
Enjoy for what tomorrow brings 

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but sleepless nights when we 
are, considering what we should 

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do sleepless nights. 
When we're wondering, who we can

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talk to, who we can trust 
sleepless nights, where we 

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desperately need to know the 
presence of God and the promises

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of God, we have those nights 
when our soul is overwhelmed but

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our mind is overwhelmed and 
we're trying to figure out what 

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the best thing to do is. 
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That's Joseph. 
And before he goes to sleep. 

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He's resolved in his mind to 
divorce her. 

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But then comes restraint. 
This man who will see his very 

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decisive doesn't move before he 
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sleep, he's resolved in his mind
to do what he thinks is right to

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divorce. 
Marry but then, the presence and

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the promise becomes real, God 
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what he wants. 
An angel comes to Joseph in a 

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dream. 
And what the angel does is the 

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Angel untangles, the not, that 
Joseph is in the angel, brings 

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the piece to the puzzle that is 
missing. 

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That gives him the ability to 
see, Mary is he always thought 

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she was, but never imagining 
that, she would be the one 

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carrying the savior in her womb.
Joseph was very, very troubled. 

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He resolved to divorce her. 
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He went to sleep. and there's 
restraint and the spirit of God 

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moves, the angel appears this 
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I feel like I've spent 
one-on-one time every day with 

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what many consider to be the 
greatest living Theologian 

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Sinclair Ferguson. 
He's been in this Pulpit several

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times. 
His devotional that came out, 

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maybe you're go. 
The dawn of Redeeming, Grace has

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been of deep deep. 
Well, for me, I finished it this

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morning day. 24. 
On day 6. 

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This is what he writes about 
Joseph. 

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Joseph needed that something to 
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The Dream Angel gave him the 
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puzzle without which he would 
have been unable to discern the 

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Lord's will. 
God was untangling the not that 

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Joseph had tried to loosen in 
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God did so in a way that 
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he had worked it out for 
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And in this kindness God 
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Joseph might have in wondering 
whether he was following his own

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plans and desires with disregard
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Mary's womb was not the fruit of
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this was the clue. 
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Things began to fall into place.
He was given light Right on his 

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situation. 
As the angel said, he had no 

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need to fear. 
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marrying Mary. 
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consequences might be, he would 
do what the angel said. 

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He did not need any further 
consideration, Matthews words, 

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wonderfully, convey his 
immediate obedience He was 

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desperate. 
To hear from the Lord to know 

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his presence to hear his 
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He was a righteous man. 
He resolved to do what was 

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right. 
He was restrained. 

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Sometimes we have those moments 
when we feel like we must pause,

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we must wait. 
When you have those thoughts, 

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process them with the Lord. 
In a dramatic way because this 

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was a dramatic scene. 
The woman, he's betrothed to his

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carrying the savior of The 
World. 

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God knew what he needed. 
And God knows what you need to. 

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There is nothing, you are 
experiencing no question. 

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You have no thoughts that keep 
you up in the middle of the 

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night that God can learn 
anything about. 

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But there's something about God 
that is often missed and that is

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that God often bruises those 
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Bitter providence's are often 
permitted. 

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By God because in those moments,
they take us to the end of 

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ourselves were then we really 
are desperate. 

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We really are willing to say, 
whatever Lord you want, whatever

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is your will We like Joseph are 
desperate for his presence and 

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desperate for his promises. 
Joseph would be told that the 

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sun inside Mary's wombs to be 
named Jesus. 

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And then he's told of the 
Fulfillment of the prophecy that

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they shall call his name 
Emmanuel. 

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And what does that mean gods? 
Revealed word tells us, it means

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god with us. 
In the church. 

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Of Jesus Christ. 
The true church in which he's 

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the head. everything that we 
need, he has given and will give

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the greatest need. 
We all have is for our sin to be

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forgiven. to be covered to be 
paid for and that is why Christ 

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came He came and he lived the 
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he died, the death, we all 
deserve to die. 

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God With Us was placed on a 
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He was raised from the dead. 
That's why he came conquering 

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death. 
And now, after ascending to 

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Heaven, he lives to intercede. 
That means to pray for us. 

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Whatever keeps you up at night, 
whatever right now is causing 

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you to say. 
I'm desperate for his presence. 

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I'm desperate for his promises 
he gives but he gives only to 

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those who have received him. 
Do you see that's what happens 

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here? 
After Joseph hears from the 

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angel, the missing piece is the 
not as untangled. 

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He receives that word and 
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No matter what, it will cost 
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What matters most to him, is 
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is well. 
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here it's just a Sentimental 
moment that was really beautiful

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to see a young girl. 
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instrumentation. 
Use the gifts they've been given

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It's meant to be another layer 
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beautifully Proclaim. 
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have received Jesus? 
All is well now and forever. 

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This Side of Heaven, that 
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Providence is don't exist or 
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very thing we should fear most 
Eternal separation from God. 

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For all who receive Christ. 
That is not your future your 

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future. 
Is God With Us visible. 

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Tangible real site forever. 
But it starts now. 

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In God's Providence, you've 
heard a message tonight. 

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The declares what the word of 
God says about? 

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Who the angel said? 
This baby is, this baby was? 

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Have you received Jesus as 
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If so, friend, praise God for 
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If not, praise God, that you're 
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And as you hear my closing 
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music, maybe this is the night 
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decided to visit you Don't open 
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himself. 
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You irresistible Grace, where 
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God. 
This Jesus Jesus said, I am the 

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way, the truth and the life. 
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except through me. 
I write these things to you. 

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Who believe in the name of the 
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Jesus Emmanuel God With Us. 
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eternal life. 
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Father in heaven. 
There is so much more to see so 

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much more to hear so much more 
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But the simple truth is we 
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and father, I pray tonight that 
all who are here even if they 

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feel distant from you that the 
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providence's of this this Earth,
this world is overwhelming them 

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that they would know that you 
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You have full love and I prayed 
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compelling Gospel of Jesus 
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Friend if that is you tonight 
simply pray and ask Jesus Christ

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to save. 
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ask him to forgive your sins and
walk away this night for the 

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first time ever being able to 
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All is well. 
Lord Jesus, for those who have 

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already received, you press 
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The good news of Christ and let 
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Even as we hear familiar pieces,
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sentimental things and miss the 
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spoken and sung about you is 
true We pray this in Jesus, holy

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name. 
I'm at. 

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I'm at.