1 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,100 My name is Kyle for visiting with us today. 2 00:00:07,100 --> 00:00:10,300 I want to say, welcome to you. I'm glad that you're here, Echo. 3 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:14,900 The sentiments of both, my wife and Jasper and welcoming you 4 00:00:14,900 --> 00:00:17,300 today. I hope that you enjoy your time 5 00:00:17,300 --> 00:00:20,600 worshiping Christ with us. If you have your Bible, you can 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:27,100 turn to Isaiah chapter 9. Look at Isaiah chapter 9, it's 7 00:00:28,300 --> 00:00:30,100 real close. To the very middle of your 8 00:00:30,100 --> 00:00:32,600 Bible. All right, so Isaiah chapter 9, 9 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:37,800 is where we'll be today? Today we are as you're going, as 10 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:39,500 you're going there, I'll just kind of set up what we're doing. 11 00:00:39,500 --> 00:00:43,100 We are in the third week now of our Advent series. 12 00:00:43,100 --> 00:00:47,400 And so there will be a message on Friday night at the Eve. 13 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:53,000 Eve service just about about the birth of Christ looking forward 14 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,400 to the birth of Christ and about whom he came to save. 15 00:00:56,700 --> 00:00:59,600 And so I really encourage you to come back Friday night to hear 16 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:00,600 that. I think you'll find it 17 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:04,000 encouraging, but you'll find the whole night a real treat for 18 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:05,600 you. Our family during this time of 19 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:10,400 year, it's a blast and then Sunday on Christmas morning. 20 00:01:11,300 --> 00:01:13,800 I'm excited to worship with you all on Christmas morning. 21 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:18,300 I hope just want to encourage you to make plans to be here. 22 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,500 I know that you're like, and it's Christmas morning. 23 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,000 And I'm like, man, it's the Lord's Day, right? 24 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,700 And, and we are people who say all the time that I assume you 25 00:01:28,700 --> 00:01:31,400 are, that Jesus is the reason for the season, right? 26 00:01:31,900 --> 00:01:34,700 So let's not say that. And then say, except if If the 27 00:01:34,700 --> 00:01:39,100 season falls on, you know, a Sunday, then I won't be there. 28 00:01:39,100 --> 00:01:42,200 So let's make plans to attend on Sunday as much as we're able, 29 00:01:42,700 --> 00:01:45,800 you may have travel plans. You may already be gone out of 30 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:48,900 town but if you're here, come worship with us. 31 00:01:49,100 --> 00:01:52,800 It'll be a good time in the house of the Lord exalting 32 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:56,000 Christ, again looking will look specifically at the birth of 33 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,300 Christ. The peace that comes with him 34 00:01:59,300 --> 00:02:02,700 and with his birth and will glory in the Lord together. 35 00:02:03,500 --> 00:02:08,300 And then we'll go home and enjoy the rest of the festivities. 36 00:02:08,300 --> 00:02:12,000 So in our home were already making plans for that morning, 37 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,700 what's it going to look like before church and after church? 38 00:02:14,700 --> 00:02:17,800 And so men, I encourage you sit down with your family this week. 39 00:02:17,900 --> 00:02:19,800 Make plans for that, plan it out. 40 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:23,100 Look at look ahead and say, hey we're going to be there, but 41 00:02:23,100 --> 00:02:25,000 here's what we're going to have to do to make that work. 42 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:26,200 Okay? You can do it. 43 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,400 I'm in your corner. You have questions, let me know. 44 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:31,700 But let's come and worship together on Sunday morning. 45 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:35,600 Again, I say, Nonce, we're in the middle of Advent Advent, 46 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:38,800 explores, the first coming of Christ and as we're looking at 47 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:42,100 the first coming of Christ, it's in anticipation of the second 48 00:02:42,100 --> 00:02:45,800 coming of Christ and so there's going to be some of that theme 49 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:49,200 we've throughout. But what we're saying is that 50 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:53,900 there was real darkness, there is real darkness on the earth 51 00:02:53,900 --> 00:02:57,900 still but there was real darkness on the earth back then 52 00:02:57,900 --> 00:03:00,700 as well. And so these promises from 53 00:03:00,700 --> 00:03:02,600 Genesis 3:15 all the way through. 54 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:08,200 Finally, the birth of Christ. The arrival of the Messiah were 55 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,200 moments of light in the middle of darkness. 56 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,800 And so we've looked at the promise in Genesis 3:15, we're 57 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:18,100 God's just right out of the gate is letting Adam and Eve, both, 58 00:03:18,100 --> 00:03:21,500 and all of humanity for that matter know that this will not 59 00:03:21,500 --> 00:03:24,600 in this way. Christ will come. 60 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:28,400 He will punish the serpent death will be dealt a death. 61 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:32,900 Blow Christ will be bruised in the process, but he will reign 62 00:03:32,900 --> 00:03:33,600 Victorious. Aureus. 63 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:35,400 And so it's the announcement of the gospel. 64 00:03:35,500 --> 00:03:38,500 And then we looked at Abraham last week and we just talked 65 00:03:38,500 --> 00:03:41,200 about so journey and how you are sojourners. 66 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:44,700 You are men and women, boys and girls, who love the Lord. 67 00:03:44,900 --> 00:03:48,700 And so as such you're on your way to a Heavenly Homeland. 68 00:03:48,900 --> 00:03:52,200 Amen, there are things about this world that feel like home 69 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:54,900 and then there's a lot of things about this world that are 70 00:03:54,900 --> 00:03:58,100 nothing like home, but the very best of this world. 71 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:02,800 The very best of this world will still need to be redeemed in the 72 00:04:02,808 --> 00:04:04,000 new. Even a new Earth. 73 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,100 Amen. And so the best of this world 74 00:04:06,100 --> 00:04:10,000 was just a foreshadowing of what awaits Us in the new Heaven and 75 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,800 new earth. And so we look forward to that. 76 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:15,200 That's our homeland. And we are going there by the 77 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:18,399 grace of Christ. And so today I want to talk to 78 00:04:18,399 --> 00:04:23,300 you about a prophecy. And so in Isaiah 9, we see in 79 00:04:23,300 --> 00:04:27,300 the scriptures, we have Major Prophets and we have five books 80 00:04:27,300 --> 00:04:31,100 of Major Prophets and we have 12 books with Minor Prophets and 81 00:04:31,100 --> 00:04:36,100 through all of these God, Making pronouncements either of 82 00:04:36,100 --> 00:04:39,300 judgments or of Salvation to come. 83 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,800 And he's using this as a way to turn the hearts of his people 84 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:47,200 back to himself. And so Isaiah is a book that is 85 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:51,300 full of both. It's full of coming judgment. 86 00:04:51,300 --> 00:04:53,400 Judgment Doom. That's coming up on you. 87 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:59,400 Israel Judah Doom that's coming to you but it's also full of 88 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:01,700 pronouncements of a coming Savior. 89 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:07,200 And so we're going to look Look at Isaiah 9 today to see this 90 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:11,500 but these are men who God Called to announce to his people who 91 00:05:11,500 --> 00:05:16,000 were dwelling in the darkness of sin that to announce either 92 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,200 judgment or blessing which was to come. 93 00:05:18,700 --> 00:05:24,300 And the Old Testament there are 300 plus prophecies about the 94 00:05:24,300 --> 00:05:28,700 coming Messiah. 300-plus prophecies, really incredible. 95 00:05:28,700 --> 00:05:31,700 Considering the last book of the New Testament Malachi which also 96 00:05:31,700 --> 00:05:36,200 prophecies about the coming. It Was Written 400 years before 97 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:40,100 Christ arrived on the earth and so it's really incredible what 98 00:05:40,100 --> 00:05:44,400 God is doing in the Old Testament to show us that Christ 99 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:49,800 is coming and so Isaiah is a prophet to Judah. 100 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:54,300 Judah is the southern Kingdom. There was a split under the 101 00:05:54,300 --> 00:05:57,300 reign of Solomon David's son. There was a split in the Kingdom 102 00:05:57,300 --> 00:06:02,700 of Israel and Judah is part of this as part of the Southern 103 00:06:02,700 --> 00:06:03,300 Kingdom. Mmm. 104 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:09,000 And so this is around 9:30 BC, Isaiah continues. 105 00:06:09,300 --> 00:06:12,600 Sorry, Isaiah contains prophecies about multiple 106 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:16,800 aspects of the coming Christ. He prophesies about the last 107 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:20,600 days things in, which you'll see in Isaiah 25 about how will 108 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,400 dwell on the mountain with the Lord will eat of Choice Meats, 109 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:27,200 and drink of choice, wine, and we will fellowship with Christ 110 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:29,200 in heaven, and with his people, amen. 111 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:35,200 I'm excited about it. He prophesized about a manual 112 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:38,900 and Isaiah 7 verse 14. It says that the Virgin shall 113 00:06:38,900 --> 00:06:42,700 conceive and bear a son, his name Shall be Called Emmanuel, 114 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:47,200 which means god with us. We see they prophesize about the 115 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:51,200 branch and the root of Jesse. We see that he prophesized about 116 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,700 the Savior waited for. That's what our passage today is 117 00:06:53,700 --> 00:06:56,400 going to contain. We see that he prophesized about 118 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:00,000 the Cornerstone or the foundation stone, specifically 119 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,100 of the church Who is it? That unites all of God's people. 120 00:07:03,300 --> 00:07:05,900 It's Christ. We see that the prophet saw is 121 00:07:05,900 --> 00:07:09,500 about the way of the Lord being prepared which was a prophecy 122 00:07:09,500 --> 00:07:13,800 about John the Baptist largely. We say they prophesied about the 123 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:17,000 Man of Sorrows and Isaiah 53. The one who would be acquainted 124 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:20,200 with grief stricken to the point of death. 125 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:24,800 So that, again, God's people might go free and enjoy The 126 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:28,200 Spoils of such. He prophesized about the 127 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:31,800 Redeemer to come to prophesize. Just Explicitly about the 128 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:36,300 Messiah Isaiah's book is large and it contains a whole lot of 129 00:07:36,300 --> 00:07:39,300 encouragement, and a whole lot of discouraging things as well. 130 00:07:40,100 --> 00:07:43,300 But in the middle of Darkness, there is light and that's what 131 00:07:43,300 --> 00:07:46,900 we see in our passage today. So when I ask that, you stand 132 00:07:46,900 --> 00:07:50,000 your feet, we're going to read the word of God today. 133 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:52,500 When I'm finished reading, I'll say this is the word of the 134 00:07:52,500 --> 00:07:54,700 Lord, and I'll ask that you respond. 135 00:07:54,700 --> 00:07:56,700 Thanks, be to God. All right. 136 00:07:56,700 --> 00:08:00,500 Isaiah 9, verse 1. Through 7, let's read. 137 00:08:01,500 --> 00:08:06,200 But there will be, no Gloom for her who was in anguish, and the 138 00:08:06,207 --> 00:08:09,700 former time, he brought into contempt, the land of zebulun 139 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:13,200 and the land of naphtali. But in the latter time, he has 140 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:15,100 made glorious the way of the sea. 141 00:08:15,500 --> 00:08:19,800 The land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nation's, the 142 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:23,700 people who walked in darkness have seen a great light eyes. 143 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:28,400 Those who dwelt in the land of deep Darkness on them, has light 144 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:33,400 Shone, you have Add the nation. You have increased, its Joy. 145 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:38,200 They Rejoice before us with joy at the Harvest as they are glad 146 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:42,100 when they divide the spoil for the Yoke of his burden and the 147 00:08:42,100 --> 00:08:46,500 staff for his shoulder. The rod of his oppressor you 148 00:08:46,500 --> 00:08:50,800 have broken as on the day of Midian for every boots of the 149 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:54,500 tramping warrior in battle tumults and every garment rolled 150 00:08:54,500 --> 00:08:57,000 in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire. 151 00:08:57,700 --> 00:09:00,300 For to us. A child, is born to us. 152 00:09:00,300 --> 00:09:03,800 A son is given and the government shall be upon his 153 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:06,300 shoulder. And his name Shall be Called 154 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:12,200 wonderful, counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting father, Prince 155 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:16,600 of Peace of the increase of his government and of Peace. 156 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:20,000 There will be no end upon the throne of David and over his 157 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,500 kingdom to establish it and to uphold it with Justice. 158 00:09:23,500 --> 00:09:28,200 And with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore This 159 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:32,200 is Zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this. 160 00:09:32,700 --> 00:09:34,700 Amen. This is the word of the Lord. 161 00:09:35,500 --> 00:09:36,700 Thanks be to God. Amen. 162 00:09:36,700 --> 00:09:38,000 Let me pray for you before you see that. 163 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,000 Heavenly Father, we praise you for today. 164 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,700 We thank you for your word. We ask that you be with us. 165 00:09:42,700 --> 00:09:46,300 Now, would you open our hearts and Minds to have comprehension 166 00:09:46,300 --> 00:09:49,600 of the things that we read today to understand your word? 167 00:09:50,100 --> 00:09:52,300 Lord open our hearts and Minds to believe it. 168 00:09:52,300 --> 00:09:55,900 And to trust Lord, that you are, who you say you are. 169 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:00,300 Lord, would you help us to see the lights of Christ today for? 170 00:10:00,300 --> 00:10:06,100 It is the only thing, powerful enough to save Souls powerful 171 00:10:06,100 --> 00:10:10,100 enough to sanctify. Our hearts and Minds to help us 172 00:10:10,100 --> 00:10:14,500 be more like Christ. It is transformative light and 173 00:10:14,500 --> 00:10:18,000 we are in need of it. And so Lord, we are helpless 174 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:21,600 today to see it on our own were helpless today to know, Christ 175 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:25,200 on our own. We must have the spirits help 176 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:27,700 and so holy Spirit. We pray that you would 177 00:10:27,700 --> 00:10:32,300 illuminate God's word today. Help us to see it and to believe 178 00:10:32,300 --> 00:10:35,700 it, to trust it to live it out. It's in Christ's name we pray. 179 00:10:35,900 --> 00:10:37,600 Amen. Amen. 180 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:44,500 May be seated. So the the theme of what I want 181 00:10:44,500 --> 00:10:47,900 to put before you today is this it's very simple, but 182 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:53,100 life-changing nonetheless God fulfills his promise to destroy 183 00:10:54,100 --> 00:10:57,800 Darkness through the birth of his son. 184 00:10:58,100 --> 00:11:00,200 And so I'm going to talk to you about the themes of light and 185 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:07,400 darkness again today, but from Isaiah here and Isaiah verse 22 186 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:12,700 8 sorry 8:22, so just a verse. Before where we started this is 187 00:11:12,700 --> 00:11:16,600 what we read says and they will look to the Earth but behold the 188 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:22,000 stress and darkness the Gloom of Anguish, and they will be thrust 189 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:28,900 into thick Darkness. And so this is the people for 190 00:11:28,900 --> 00:11:33,300 whom light has come or light is coming. 191 00:11:33,700 --> 00:11:36,000 These people are dwelling in darkness. 192 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:40,400 They're separated from God they're in captivity and there's 193 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:45,700 anguish they're beginning to get bitter and angry with God over 194 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:49,700 their separation. And Isaiah 9 1 through 7. 195 00:11:49,700 --> 00:11:53,000 What we have here happening is that in the midst of Darkness? 196 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:57,800 God sends Isaiah to proclaim the birth of the coming Messiah. 197 00:11:58,700 --> 00:12:00,600 For to us. A child, is born to us. 198 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:05,000 A son is given and so, God is fulfilling his promise to 199 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:08,600 destroy Darkness, through the birth of his own son. 200 00:12:08,700 --> 00:12:11,900 Amen. In verse 1, God speaks through. 201 00:12:11,900 --> 00:12:13,000 I'm just going to walk kind of verse. 202 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,600 By verse through this today, I'll make a few applications 203 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:19,900 along the way, but then I'll wrap it up and we'll be on our 204 00:12:19,900 --> 00:12:24,400 way in verse 1. God again, he's speaking through 205 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:29,600 Isaiah. And he announces an into the 206 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:32,700 Gloom is going to be an end to the darkness. 207 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:36,300 You dwell in great Darkness but thick Darkness. 208 00:12:36,300 --> 00:12:41,900 It says I mean if ever set in thick Darkness you've ever gone 209 00:12:42,100 --> 00:12:45,700 hunting maybe you sit and the thick of the dark of night 210 00:12:45,700 --> 00:12:49,100 waiting on the sun to come up you know maybe used a light to 211 00:12:49,100 --> 00:12:51,400 get to your stand but once you're in the stand right all 212 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:54,100 lights go out. Preparation has begun its time 213 00:12:54,100 --> 00:12:58,100 to wait. And so as the day Dawns, there's 214 00:12:58,100 --> 00:12:59,800 thick Darkness as you wait on that. 215 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,300 All right, there's a thickness of that, or maybe it's some of 216 00:13:02,308 --> 00:13:05,700 these clouds these foggy nights. We had recently, right? 217 00:13:05,700 --> 00:13:08,900 It just felt like Darkness upon Darkness, right? 218 00:13:08,900 --> 00:13:13,000 It is already getting dark early but now the darkness felt thick. 219 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,200 There was a maybe it's just the humidity. 220 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:18,000 There was a thickness to the darkness, right? 221 00:13:19,100 --> 00:13:21,800 And so this is what's being described of the people of God 222 00:13:21,800 --> 00:13:26,600 here in and Judah. There's a Darkness, that their 223 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:33,300 dwelling in and at one time, God dealt with his people, rebellion 224 00:13:33,300 --> 00:13:36,500 and wrath, this is why there's a separation of the Kingdom. 225 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:40,200 Got it separated, as people as people were now in captivity. 226 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:45,200 And and their destruction, this happened through the destruction 227 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:48,100 of the promised land, everything that they had gained by their 228 00:13:48,100 --> 00:13:51,900 faithfulness, they lost by their unfaithfulness, they broke their 229 00:13:51,900 --> 00:13:54,300 Covenant with God and God punished them. 230 00:13:55,100 --> 00:14:00,500 And so, there are moments in a Believers life, where God will 231 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:07,300 seek, try attempt to gain your attention through punishments, 232 00:14:07,500 --> 00:14:10,500 will bring about some sort of captivity. 233 00:14:10,500 --> 00:14:15,300 You might say, Say it bring about some sort of discipline in 234 00:14:15,300 --> 00:14:19,400 your life and if you hear the discipline, you see the 235 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:22,300 discipline you repent? And you turn to the Lord what's 236 00:14:22,300 --> 00:14:25,700 removed from you. But if you do not The discipline 237 00:14:25,700 --> 00:14:30,900 may become stricter, may become increasingly larger and this is 238 00:14:30,900 --> 00:14:33,500 what has happened to God's people. 239 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:38,200 I didn't listen, I continued to rebel against the Lord and now 240 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:43,900 they sit in great Darkness but a time is coming, this is what's 241 00:14:43,900 --> 00:14:47,600 being announced for them. There's a Time coming where God 242 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:53,800 is going to rescue his people by his own Grace right for to us. 243 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:57,300 It's for them. A son is given, right, but whose 244 00:14:57,300 --> 00:15:01,000 son, God's son. And so by Grace, he's going to 245 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:05,100 rescue them from Darkness. It will come through Galilee, 246 00:15:05,500 --> 00:15:07,600 right? And it's going to affect the 247 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:09,400 nation's. That's what we're reading about. 248 00:15:09,500 --> 00:15:12,300 In verse one, another words come affect the Gentiles not just 249 00:15:12,300 --> 00:15:15,600 going to be these these Jews anymore. 250 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:20,800 It's not going to be just the nation of Israel, but it's going 251 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:24,800 to extend to the nation's going to effect the Gentiles. 252 00:15:25,900 --> 00:15:28,500 And so here we see right out of the gate are called to 253 00:15:28,500 --> 00:15:32,100 unbelievers. Even today, we might read it as 254 00:15:32,100 --> 00:15:34,900 such anyone who sits in their sins. 255 00:15:35,300 --> 00:15:40,000 Anyone who sits yet, unrepentant of their sins, anyone who is 256 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:43,500 without faith in Christ for their salvation. 257 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:50,800 They sit in grave, Darkness thick Darkness, their soul is in 258 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:55,300 danger. But when the gospel comes and 259 00:15:55,300 --> 00:15:58,800 when it comes to anyone who will receive it by repentance of sins 260 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:02,700 and faith in Christ, then a great light has Shone upon that 261 00:16:02,700 --> 00:16:06,200 person, and when they see the great light, I must welcome that 262 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:08,200 light. Let it grow in them and it 263 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:10,200 shines brighter with each new day. 264 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:13,900 You become more and more like Christ. 265 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:16,600 This is what we read about a few weeks ago as we looked at Second 266 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:21,200 Corinthians, three and four, where it talks about their how 267 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:26,800 there was a veil that's Removed and the same God who spoke a lot 268 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:29,900 into being is now shown into the hearts of his people, through 269 00:16:29,900 --> 00:16:32,900 the Light of Christ. That is the gospel and now they 270 00:16:32,900 --> 00:16:37,600 can see the Lord, and he says there that it's by seeing Christ 271 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:41,200 by beholding Christ, The Light of Christ, looking to the Light 272 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:44,500 of Christ that you are transformed from one degree of 273 00:16:44,500 --> 00:16:49,900 glory to the next. And so this happens for this 274 00:16:49,900 --> 00:16:52,600 happens for unbelievers. They see the lot of Christ 275 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:56,300 Christ makes himself known to them regenerates, a heart, 276 00:16:56,300 --> 00:16:59,600 there's Faith. Now in the Lord and by their 277 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:01,900 faith in Christ by their following him, they are 278 00:17:01,900 --> 00:17:07,400 transformed from one degree of glory to the next and so they 279 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:11,800 must welcome the LIE, Let It Grow shine in them each day and 280 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:15,800 it's that shining through the regenerative person that becomes 281 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:18,700 evidence of a transformed life, right? 282 00:17:18,700 --> 00:17:22,200 Where once you have someone whose heart was far from the 283 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:27,599 law, And it was evident by their actions that they didn't care at 284 00:17:27,599 --> 00:17:31,500 all about Christ and his commands about Christ and his 285 00:17:31,500 --> 00:17:34,700 call to repentance. Now, there's fruits, there's 286 00:17:34,700 --> 00:17:37,400 fruit, but I like the way the John. 287 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,600 The Baptist says to the Pharisees, he says bear fruit in 288 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:44,500 keeping with repentance and also his baptism was a baptism of 289 00:17:44,500 --> 00:17:47,300 repentance. It wasn't yet the baptism that 290 00:17:47,300 --> 00:17:50,300 we see where were baptized into Christ into his death raised to 291 00:17:50,300 --> 00:17:51,800 New Life. It wasn't that yet. 292 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:54,700 So he tells the Pharisees bear fruit in keeping with 293 00:17:54,700 --> 00:17:56,900 repentance. Don't just say I Repent. 294 00:17:56,900 --> 00:17:59,400 Don't just say forgive me Lord but bear fruit in. 295 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:01,800 That's right. And that's the same thing that 296 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,200 you see with a genuine believer, there's going to be a 297 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:07,000 transformed life and from that transformed life, there's going 298 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:10,300 to be evidence of such. You don't talk the same way. 299 00:18:10,300 --> 00:18:13,300 You don't walk the same way, don't live the same way, right? 300 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:18,600 You are transformed and so that person has been removed from 301 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:19,800 Darkness. They've been brought into The 302 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:22,100 Marvelous Light of Christ Jesus as first Peter. 303 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:28,100 Two calls it and that light is a sweet light, right? 304 00:18:28,100 --> 00:18:31,800 It's a transforming light. It's one that carries with it, 305 00:18:31,900 --> 00:18:35,600 the brightness of eternal life. And so it draws Us in and it 306 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:39,100 transforms. Well, there's also a word of 307 00:18:39,108 --> 00:18:41,700 encouragement, so that's a call to unbelievers to repent. 308 00:18:41,700 --> 00:18:43,500 Don't stay in your thick Darkness. 309 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:47,800 Come to the light of Christ. But there's a call here or a 310 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:51,100 word of encouragement. At least four Saints as well. 311 00:18:51,100 --> 00:18:53,100 For those of you in here, who love the Lord, who have 312 00:18:53,100 --> 00:18:57,400 submitted to him, There's a word of encouragement here in the 313 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:01,500 worst of times. In the worst of times God's 314 00:19:01,500 --> 00:19:06,400 people have a, nevertheless now my translation says, but but I 315 00:19:06,408 --> 00:19:08,700 didn't want to say that. All right, I don't want to say 316 00:19:08,700 --> 00:19:13,000 God's people have a, but right children. 317 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:18,100 God's people have a nevertheless and that's what's taking place 318 00:19:18,100 --> 00:19:23,500 in verse 1, but there will be no Gloom for her. or nevertheless, 319 00:19:23,500 --> 00:19:27,800 there will be no Gloom for her who was in anguish, you have a 320 00:19:27,808 --> 00:19:33,800 nevertheless, you have a, but so to say, To comfort yourself 321 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:37,900 with. It's a bomb for you and your 322 00:19:37,900 --> 00:19:41,300 distressed and troubled heart. It's a help for you. 323 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:44,600 And what you're reading here in Isaiah 9. 324 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:49,400 Is that though you may be persecuted, you're never 325 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:53,300 forsaken. Though, you may experience 326 00:19:53,300 --> 00:19:57,300 persecution for your faith. The Lord never leaves you, he 327 00:19:57,300 --> 00:20:01,300 hears your cries, though. You may be filled with sorrow 328 00:20:01,300 --> 00:20:05,500 yet, you may always be rejoicing, you don't have to be 329 00:20:05,500 --> 00:20:09,300 overwhelmed by sorrow. Does not defeat you though. 330 00:20:09,300 --> 00:20:14,100 You feel it, you can be always rejoicing which is what second 331 00:20:14,100 --> 00:20:18,300 Corinthians 6 tells us. And so this text is a comfort to 332 00:20:18,300 --> 00:20:23,500 us when there are times of Darkness, we need to remember 333 00:20:23,500 --> 00:20:26,000 that he who forms the light and creates. 334 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:30,800 The darkness has appointed to both their boundaries, right? 335 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:35,300 Darkness can only be so dark for the people of God because Christ 336 00:20:35,300 --> 00:20:38,400 Reigns, amen. And we are holding on to Christ. 337 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,300 And so, Darkness will not overcome the people of God. 338 00:20:41,300 --> 00:20:44,000 The people of God, have the promise of the Light of Christ 339 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,100 to willed against Darkness. Amen. 340 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:50,500 That that God is not going to leave you in the dark. 341 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:54,500 Darkness. And he alone is able to shine 342 00:20:54,700 --> 00:20:57,300 great light upon his people. So let that be an encouragement 343 00:20:57,300 --> 00:20:59,900 to your heart today. But though you may be 344 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:05,600 experiencing dark times, you may be having a really difficult 345 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:11,100 year months weeks days, maybe it's an hour. 346 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:13,700 Like, just on the way here, just didn't go. 347 00:21:13,700 --> 00:21:19,000 Like you hoped it, put And so, you come in today, and I want 348 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,900 you to hear today. That Darkness does not Reign 349 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:28,300 Over the people of God, cannot will not ever. 350 00:21:29,100 --> 00:21:31,200 Amen. Not saying you won't experience 351 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:33,100 Darkness. I'll send you won't walk through 352 00:21:33,100 --> 00:21:35,700 it. But you have a bright light in 353 00:21:35,700 --> 00:21:38,300 the middle of great darkness. That is the word of God that you 354 00:21:38,300 --> 00:21:40,300 can stand on its a lot of Christ. 355 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:44,100 And then in verses 2 through 3, the tone begins to change. 356 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:48,100 I'll read it to you again. The people who walked in 357 00:21:48,100 --> 00:21:50,800 darkness have seen a great light. 358 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,500 Those who dwelt in the land of deep Darkness on them has like, 359 00:21:54,500 --> 00:21:58,100 shown you have multiplied, the nation, you have increased, its 360 00:21:58,100 --> 00:22:00,700 Joy. They Rejoice before you as with 361 00:22:00,700 --> 00:22:05,700 joy at the Harvest, as they are glad when they divide the spoil. 362 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:12,600 And so in verses 23 the the tone begins to change Isaiah you 363 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:16,200 notice what he's doing? He's speaking in past tense, on 364 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:20,700 them, light has Shone they have seen a great light. 365 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:24,200 Those who dwelt in the land of deep Darkness on them. 366 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:27,700 Light has Shone you have multiplied, the nation, you have 367 00:22:27,700 --> 00:22:29,400 increased, its Joy. Let me tell you, when they're 368 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:37,300 hearing this, it hasn't happened yet. but, The tone is changing. 369 00:22:40,100 --> 00:22:44,100 Because when God announces something, When God says that 370 00:22:44,100 --> 00:22:48,800 something is coming, guess what? It's as good as if it has 371 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:50,400 already happened. Amen. 372 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:53,700 You can trust it as though you're looking in your rear-view 373 00:22:53,700 --> 00:22:58,000 mirror at it, even though you might be looking forward with 374 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:03,100 expectation of that day, a great light has Shone on those who 375 00:23:03,100 --> 00:23:07,800 were in deep Darkness. John chapter 1 as Alan, read it 376 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,700 earlier right? That the light Light shines in 377 00:23:10,708 --> 00:23:14,500 the darkness, the darkness has not overcome it, not speaking of 378 00:23:14,500 --> 00:23:17,500 the Light of Christ which is what I'm trying to point you to 379 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:20,500 today. It's what it's what Isaiah was 380 00:23:20,500 --> 00:23:22,900 pointing the people of Judah to in this time. 381 00:23:23,700 --> 00:23:28,100 And so the nation has been multiplies not only has Judah 382 00:23:28,100 --> 00:23:30,600 seen the light not only is Israel. 383 00:23:30,700 --> 00:23:33,400 Going to see the light that Remnant there that God's going 384 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:36,100 to keep for himself, but the light is going to shine on the 385 00:23:36,100 --> 00:23:38,300 nation's. It's going to bless the 386 00:23:38,300 --> 00:23:40,500 nation's. It's going to be a Multitude. 387 00:23:40,500 --> 00:23:42,500 And so it's going to be multiplied. 388 00:23:42,700 --> 00:23:46,700 Amen, you sit here. Today is evidence that this is 389 00:23:46,700 --> 00:23:48,800 true. You're not Jewish. 390 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:52,500 I don't think right. You don't hell from Jerusalem. 391 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:56,700 You sit here today as Americans, right? 392 00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:00,400 And your people came from all sorts of places to create your 393 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:07,400 mixture, but what we see is that God has fulfilled Isaiah 9. 394 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:09,900 He's already fulfilling it. He's calling people from every A 395 00:24:09,900 --> 00:24:14,500 tribe and tongue and Nation to worship him to glorify his name 396 00:24:14,500 --> 00:24:17,500 and so we see are together as people from South Arkansas doing 397 00:24:17,500 --> 00:24:18,700 that. But guess what? 398 00:24:18,700 --> 00:24:20,900 There's people all over the world who are sitting together 399 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:25,200 on Sunday, the Lord's Day worshipping Christ as well. 400 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:31,200 Amen, because God, God makes good on his promises. 401 00:24:31,300 --> 00:24:36,400 He can be trusted. And so the people of God now 402 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:39,100 includes all nations and tongues and tribes. 403 00:24:39,900 --> 00:24:41,500 Christ. There is neither Jew nor 404 00:24:41,500 --> 00:24:44,600 Gentile, we read about in the New Testament that we are all 405 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:47,500 one family in the Lord. We're all a part of the body of 406 00:24:47,500 --> 00:24:49,900 Christ. The bride of Christ, he is our 407 00:24:49,900 --> 00:24:52,600 head, we are his body. Isaiah is saying, this is a 408 00:24:52,608 --> 00:24:55,500 message of great Victory, that's what he's telling them. 409 00:24:55,508 --> 00:24:58,800 Like this, this Gloom that you feel will not last Light is 410 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:02,300 coming and this Remnant that you see of faithful believers who 411 00:25:02,300 --> 00:25:05,600 are having to dwell in this Darkness will guess what your 412 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:09,000 faithfulness is going to pay off the Lord is going to not only 413 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,300 redeem you, You but he's going to redeem people from every 414 00:25:11,300 --> 00:25:14,100 tribe and tongue and Nation. The multitude is going to be 415 00:25:14,100 --> 00:25:17,400 increased is going to be more and more. 416 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:22,500 Who proclaim the goodness of God, the excellencies of Christ. 417 00:25:22,900 --> 00:25:27,400 We're going to stand on him despite great darkness in their 418 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,100 own lives. The Light of Christ is going to 419 00:25:30,100 --> 00:25:32,700 shine and it's going to be Victorious. 420 00:25:32,700 --> 00:25:35,900 And this brings overwhelming. Joy me. 421 00:25:35,900 --> 00:25:41,100 Just see it there again. In verse 3, You have multiplied, 422 00:25:41,100 --> 00:25:43,600 the nation. You have increased, its Joy. 423 00:25:43,900 --> 00:25:49,000 They Rejoice before you as with joy at the Harvest as they are 424 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,400 glad when they divide the spoil. So you see all the gladness and 425 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:56,500 the joy that comes from Light which shines on a heart, which 426 00:25:56,500 --> 00:26:00,900 gives New Life In Christ and now there's great joy. 427 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,500 In Verses 4 and 5. We see that it's not simply a 428 00:26:05,508 --> 00:26:07,800 deliverance from their oppressors. 429 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:11,800 Look at this for the Yoke of his burden and the staff of for his 430 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:15,600 shoulder, the rod of his oppressor you have broken as on 431 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:19,700 the day of Midian where every boots of the tramping Warrior 432 00:26:19,700 --> 00:26:22,100 and battle some bolts. And every garment rolled in 433 00:26:22,100 --> 00:26:25,300 blood will be burned as fuel for the fire. 434 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:34,300 So God, here is announcing the breaking of the bondage of sin 435 00:26:34,300 --> 00:26:36,300 on mankind. It's not just that you're going 436 00:26:36,300 --> 00:26:38,800 to be released from your oppressors is that you're going 437 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:40,800 to be released from the oppression of sin. 438 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,600 That's a far greater Victory. Amen. 439 00:26:44,100 --> 00:26:47,500 Sin will not rule over. You, will not Reign Over You 440 00:26:47,500 --> 00:26:50,000 Christ, Reigns. And so, this is the promise of 441 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:54,000 the New Testament. Again, when God takes a Stony 442 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,000 heart and he removes, any puts in a heart of Flesh, that's 443 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,400 called regeneration. That's a, that's a new 444 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:01,900 beginning, right? It's a new life, a new creation, 445 00:27:01,900 --> 00:27:04,200 its creative work. And second Corinthians 5:21 446 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,100 where we see that old things are passing Earth. 447 00:27:06,100 --> 00:27:08,600 Sorry 517 or see old things are passed away. 448 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:10,400 Behold. All things are becoming new 449 00:27:11,100 --> 00:27:14,800 Ephesians 2:10 says that we are his workmanship God's 450 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,200 workmanship created in Christ Jesus. 451 00:27:17,500 --> 00:27:20,000 For good works which he prepared beforehand. 452 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:24,400 So what we see is that we're getting an altogether, new life 453 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:31,500 in Christ, And now you have at your disposal, the ability, the 454 00:27:31,500 --> 00:27:39,200 will the want to the drive, the desire to please Christ to live 455 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:43,300 a life that honors him. And glorify his name where as 456 00:27:43,300 --> 00:27:47,200 once we couldn't obey the law, whereas once we found ourself 457 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:52,700 oppressed by sin and its nature. Now, we are free from our sin 458 00:27:52,700 --> 00:27:57,400 nature and we can obey the Lord. Now You might pause here and 459 00:27:57,400 --> 00:27:59,700 raise your hand and say, we'll call that. 460 00:27:59,900 --> 00:28:06,300 I still struggle with sins. I still wrestle with desires. 461 00:28:06,300 --> 00:28:09,500 That are contrary to the Lord's desires for me. 462 00:28:10,300 --> 00:28:14,500 Yes, you do. Because you have not been 463 00:28:14,500 --> 00:28:18,900 detached from a broken flesh though, your spirit and your 464 00:28:18,900 --> 00:28:21,200 mind is set free by the spirit of God. 465 00:28:21,500 --> 00:28:27,200 And this is Romans 6 7 8 or really getting into this and 466 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:29,800 those who have been set free, their free indeed. 467 00:28:30,300 --> 00:28:33,600 And so you were free with your mind to serve the Lord. 468 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:37,100 But what Paul is saying in Romans 7 is that my body is 469 00:28:37,100 --> 00:28:41,100 still at war with me. My flesh is still at war with my 470 00:28:41,300 --> 00:28:46,400 renewed spirit and Though, in my mind I want to serve the Lord 471 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:48,100 though. In my mind I want to do all that 472 00:28:48,100 --> 00:28:51,200 He commands. I find myself still doing the 473 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:55,000 things that I don't want to do. I find myself still retreating 474 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:59,700 into sin and selfish desires. And so in Romans 8, he says, You 475 00:28:59,700 --> 00:29:05,100 must mortify, the flesh by the spirit, you must put to death, 476 00:29:05,100 --> 00:29:09,100 the Deeds of the flesh, by the spirit of God, alive in you. 477 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:13,800 And so, that's what's taking place, the bondage of sin is 478 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:17,900 broken. Once you were bound only to sin. 479 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:22,000 But now, in Christ, you have been set free in your mind and 480 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,600 your spirit, to live a life that honors him. 481 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:30,000 Once you could only send now, Now, your will has been renewed 482 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:34,400 and you can serve Christ. It's been freed. 483 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:38,700 Amen. And so you are able now. 484 00:29:38,700 --> 00:29:43,200 God has not only removed you as he did here, removed you from a, 485 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:45,900 the oppressors, he's removed. You from the Great Depression 486 00:29:45,900 --> 00:29:49,100 which is your sin nature. And so if you were in Christ, 487 00:29:49,100 --> 00:29:53,900 you've been delivered from that, the bondage of sin is no longer 488 00:29:53,900 --> 00:29:58,600 on you anymore and this is a reason to exult in the Lord. 489 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:03,500 Amen. Got announces here that piece is 490 00:30:03,500 --> 00:30:06,400 coming. He's announcing an end to Wars 491 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,100 and end to evil in the world. How will it come? 492 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:15,100 Well, in verse six for to us a child is born. 493 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:21,400 To us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his 494 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:24,100 shoulder. And his name Shall be Called 495 00:30:24,100 --> 00:30:29,900 wonderful, counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting father, Prince 496 00:30:29,900 --> 00:30:31,700 of Peace. Amen. 497 00:30:32,100 --> 00:30:38,400 So, how does the war cease? How does the end of evil arrive? 498 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:42,700 How is their peace with God? It's only through the son of 499 00:30:42,700 --> 00:30:45,600 God. It's through that Babe in a 500 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:47,900 Manger. Who was born to die? 501 00:30:48,900 --> 00:30:52,700 It's a gift of divine grace. You must see it that way. 502 00:30:53,500 --> 00:30:55,600 God is giving to you. His very own son. 503 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:59,400 God looking into the darkness of the since card world says, here 504 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:05,200 is my son here is The Marvelous Light of the Savior to save you, 505 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:12,200 out of great darkness and by his life, You will know what I am, 506 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:15,800 like. You will know who I am by his 507 00:31:16,100 --> 00:31:21,000 death, you will know true life. This is the encouragement. 508 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,700 The Son of God given to save sinners. 509 00:31:25,300 --> 00:31:28,900 Isaiah is prophesying about the coming of Jesus Christ. 510 00:31:28,900 --> 00:31:32,000 And he's speaking as though it's already happened for to us. 511 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:37,500 A son is given to us a child is born, but this is seven hundred 512 00:31:37,500 --> 00:31:43,800 plus years before the birth of Christ incredible what God is 513 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:46,900 doing. Incredible. 514 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:51,400 And as, as he was the lamb, who was slain. 515 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:54,900 So he is also the child here, born. 516 00:31:55,100 --> 00:31:58,200 Amen. This is the light of the 517 00:31:58,200 --> 00:31:59,300 prophets. As we see it. 518 00:31:59,300 --> 00:32:01,700 This is the light of this Prophecy in the middle of great 519 00:32:01,700 --> 00:32:04,400 Darkness. God is speaking through his man, 520 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:09,400 has a about what is to come. Here God is telling the world. 521 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:12,600 How he's going to rescue his people from Darkness. 522 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:17,900 It's not just a baby being born. He tells us what the baby will 523 00:32:17,900 --> 00:32:23,100 be like what he will accomplish by giving by giving himself for 524 00:32:23,100 --> 00:32:27,600 us, what he will be, who he is. And he tells us that and four 525 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:34,800 names here. His name Shall be Called 526 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:42,300 wonderful counselor. He is Christ, is the wonderful 527 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:44,100 counselor? Amen. 528 00:32:44,100 --> 00:32:48,300 He is wonderful because he is both God and man. 529 00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:55,200 He is wonderful because he is the Son of God is counselor, 530 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:59,300 because he is intimately acquainted with the counsels of 531 00:32:59,300 --> 00:33:02,200 God from eternity. And he gives counsel to his 532 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:05,300 people as a person. All right. 533 00:33:05,300 --> 00:33:09,400 This is what we read about the great high priest and Hebrews. 534 00:33:10,900 --> 00:33:13,100 The rider. There is making the case that we 535 00:33:13,100 --> 00:33:18,900 have no need for a flesh. We have no need for high priest 536 00:33:18,900 --> 00:33:22,200 and he Longer because we have a great high priest who is entered 537 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:25,400 once and for all behind the veil into heaven. 538 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:29,000 And he stands. Now ready? 539 00:33:30,300 --> 00:33:32,900 He stands now ready to offer himself. 540 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:37,900 He pleads his own blood. His own scars before. 541 00:33:37,900 --> 00:33:40,200 The father. There is no need for the blood 542 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:43,300 of bulls and goats of rams and doves. 543 00:33:43,300 --> 00:33:46,700 There's no need for any of it. Any longer because Christ has 544 00:33:46,700 --> 00:33:50,500 been crucified and he is our great high priest and what we 545 00:33:50,500 --> 00:33:52,000 read about the great high priest. 546 00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:56,400 It's not that he's some distant high priest, and Heaven is says 547 00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:59,800 that he's a great high priest because he became like us, it 548 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:03,100 says, he's a great high priest because he was in every way 549 00:34:03,100 --> 00:34:07,700 tempted As we are yet without sin, it says that he's a great 550 00:34:07,700 --> 00:34:11,800 high priest because he's sympathetic to your weaknesses 551 00:34:11,900 --> 00:34:13,500 because he knows them intimately. 552 00:34:15,500 --> 00:34:19,199 What we read about Christ there is that he endured all the way 553 00:34:19,199 --> 00:34:22,500 to the point of Bloodshed. How many of you have endured 554 00:34:22,500 --> 00:34:26,800 your Temptation long enough to the point of Bloodshed none of 555 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:30,100 us, right? we might make it 10 minutes and 556 00:34:30,100 --> 00:34:34,900 then we give in or were victorious because we trust in 557 00:34:34,900 --> 00:34:37,900 Christ. The point is, if someone has 558 00:34:37,900 --> 00:34:41,199 already paid the penalty for your sin and he stands in 559 00:34:41,199 --> 00:34:44,800 heaven, ready to save to the uttermost, all of those who will 560 00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:48,000 draw near to him near to the father, through him. 561 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:52,000 And so, I bid you to come to him to see him as a wonderful 562 00:34:52,199 --> 00:34:53,800 counselor. He's a wonderful counselor 563 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:57,600 because he's able to sympathize with you and your weaknesses. 564 00:34:58,900 --> 00:35:02,200 He's tempted and tried as you are yet without sin, so he's 565 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:08,000 dependable. No one teaches like Christ does 566 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:12,300 no one instructs your heart. Like Christ will no one gives 567 00:35:12,300 --> 00:35:15,000 you wisdom. Like Christ gives wisdom. 568 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:18,800 He is himself wisdom. Amen. 569 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:24,900 And he makes the wisest plans. And he orchestrates the best 570 00:35:24,900 --> 00:35:28,200 stories. And he stands ready to give you 571 00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:32,600 counsel, that you might join the story that he's writing. 572 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,200 He has wisdom beyond all human capabilities. 573 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:40,200 He can be trusted. He is wonderful counselor, I 574 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:43,200 digress, let's move on. He is mighty God. 575 00:35:43,900 --> 00:35:50,900 Christ is mighty God. This is the title of the Lord 576 00:35:50,900 --> 00:35:56,100 himself, right? Until this point. 577 00:35:57,300 --> 00:35:59,500 Unless there's other prophecies as all of me. 578 00:35:59,500 --> 00:36:04,000 But until this point they did not know the Son of God as 579 00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:06,400 mighty God. But here, what we're finding out 580 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:09,300 is that there's coming one a child who will be born a son who 581 00:36:09,300 --> 00:36:13,900 is given and he will be Mighty God again. 582 00:36:13,900 --> 00:36:20,100 He's fully God fully man. and yet in his birth, what we see is 583 00:36:20,100 --> 00:36:25,300 his humility and his birth and his willingness to to give up 584 00:36:25,300 --> 00:36:28,600 the glories of Heaven, to come to the Earth, to dwell in the 585 00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:32,300 land of Darkness with us to enter in so that he might save 586 00:36:32,300 --> 00:36:36,400 us out of. We see his humble estate that he 587 00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:39,100 would be born as a babe in a Manger. 588 00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:44,800 That he would grow up before his peers and he would increase in 589 00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:49,800 wisdom and stature and favor with both God and man that he 590 00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:52,600 would endure, the problems of the world that he would endure. 591 00:36:53,900 --> 00:36:59,100 The worst for us as the only one who should have never endured it 592 00:36:59,100 --> 00:37:03,700 at all. He is mighty God yet. 593 00:37:03,700 --> 00:37:08,000 He's a child born to us. He's given to us as a ransom for 594 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,300 Sinners. Again, in John chapter 1, we see 595 00:37:10,300 --> 00:37:15,500 that the light shines in the Darkness And that light is none, 596 00:37:15,500 --> 00:37:19,800 other than the glory of God revealed to us in the face of 597 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:24,100 Jesus Christ. He is the he is full of grace 598 00:37:24,100 --> 00:37:26,200 and truth. Hebrews. 1 says that he is the 599 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:31,500 exact imprint of the father. Jesus Christ is fully. 600 00:37:31,500 --> 00:37:35,700 God fully, man. He is mighty God in Christ being 601 00:37:35,700 --> 00:37:39,400 born to us is the foundation of our greatest hopes. 602 00:37:43,300 --> 00:37:48,000 It's he is the Cornerstone of all that we believe it is a 603 00:37:48,008 --> 00:37:51,700 fountain of great Joys to see the birth of Christ. 604 00:37:52,300 --> 00:37:55,700 It's a fountain of great joy in times of great, fear, and great 605 00:37:55,700 --> 00:38:04,000 grief to know that Christ has achieved death of deaths that he 606 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:07,300 is 1 for us, the Battle of sin and death, and that we might 607 00:38:07,300 --> 00:38:12,800 live fully complete in him, he alone is mighty to save. 608 00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:18,100 You see here. Also the Christ is the 609 00:38:18,100 --> 00:38:23,200 Everlasting father as doesn't mean that he is the father 610 00:38:23,700 --> 00:38:26,900 Christ in the father or separate persons within the Trinity. 611 00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:29,700 One Essence, three persons, right? 612 00:38:29,700 --> 00:38:31,800 We've talked about this many times. 613 00:38:33,300 --> 00:38:35,300 He and the father are in perfect Unity. 614 00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:38,700 But what we're reading here is that as an everlasting father, 615 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:41,000 he gives eternal life to his people. 616 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,500 He achieves eternal life for his people. 617 00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:49,200 And so in that way, we become Sons and Daughters of the father 618 00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:54,100 just as he is a son of a father. He is also their benevolent 619 00:38:54,300 --> 00:38:57,600 protector. Like a father is meant to be a 620 00:38:57,600 --> 00:39:00,500 benevolent protector. He is a benevolent protector for 621 00:39:00,500 --> 00:39:03,700 all eternity. He can be trusted for all 622 00:39:03,700 --> 00:39:07,100 eternity. Really, it's the task of the 623 00:39:07,100 --> 00:39:10,700 ideal kings that he would lead in this way. 624 00:39:11,500 --> 00:39:16,200 He would sacrifice of himself in this way and this is exactly who 625 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:20,000 Christ is. It also read here that Christ is 626 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,800 the Prince of Peace. He Shall be Called Prince of 627 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:25,000 Peace. And guess what? 628 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:31,500 He is, our peace, he is the ruler who will bring about peace 629 00:39:31,500 --> 00:39:35,100 because the Nations will rely on him for their peace with God. 630 00:39:35,300 --> 00:39:39,100 But Nations, I mean, the people of all places tribes tongues. 631 00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:46,000 He gives peace to all who will call on him and these titles 632 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:49,500 show that Jesus will be the best kind of King that he is, 633 00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:53,200 literally the King of Kings, the Lord of lords, that he is worthy 634 00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:56,900 of all of our devotion and affection and all of our worship 635 00:39:56,900 --> 00:40:00,300 and acclamation, he is worthy of everything. 636 00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:07,100 No one in the davidic line of kings that we read about will 637 00:40:07,100 --> 00:40:12,300 even come close to Christ. He's perfect in every way. 638 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:20,300 What verses 6 and 7 are showing us as Isaiah begins to focus on 639 00:40:20,300 --> 00:40:24,500 the Messianic, hope of an air of David, again, for to us. 640 00:40:24,500 --> 00:40:26,800 A child, is born to us a son is given. 641 00:40:27,100 --> 00:40:30,700 The government shall be upon his shoulder and his name Shall be 642 00:40:30,700 --> 00:40:33,700 Called wonderful, counselor, Mighty God. 643 00:40:33,700 --> 00:40:38,000 Everlasting father, Prince of Peace, verse 7 of the increase 644 00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:43,100 of his government and of Peace. There will be no End. 645 00:40:43,300 --> 00:40:47,000 Amen. On the throne of David and over 646 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:50,800 his kingdom to establish it and to uphold it with Justice. 647 00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:56,000 And with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore the 648 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,900 Zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this. 649 00:41:01,900 --> 00:41:05,400 And so here we see the, the Messianic hope of an air of 650 00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:09,100 David, who would extend his rule from Israel to include all the 651 00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:12,700 Gentile Nations, bringing to them, the blessing of knowing 652 00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:16,700 the true God. And this Empire of Grace will 653 00:41:16,700 --> 00:41:18,600 forever. Expand. 654 00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:22,400 It will go unhindered. Every moment better than the 655 00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:27,400 last God's mission to save his people through his son will not 656 00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:32,000 be stopped. It will be accomplished with a 657 00:41:32,008 --> 00:41:36,600 passionate intensity of only over, which only God can 658 00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:41,300 accomplish. In other words, do we live now 659 00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:46,700 in a neo-pagan society, a new Pagan, the society or modern 660 00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:50,900 Pagan Society? We live in a place that seeks to 661 00:41:50,900 --> 00:41:55,900 redefine marriage by its own terms, even, as recently as this 662 00:41:55,900 --> 00:42:02,800 week. we live in a place that seeks to murder human life in 663 00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:09,600 the womb and to soften the language of that, By coming up 664 00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:13,200 with all kinds of terms to dodge the subject. 665 00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:17,100 We live in a nation that seeks to ignore and reject all 666 00:42:17,100 --> 00:42:20,100 together, God's truth and wisdom. 667 00:42:22,500 --> 00:42:26,600 We must remain. Though we live in the neo-pagan 668 00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:29,900 society. You and I as Christians who know 669 00:42:29,900 --> 00:42:34,200 the Light of Christ must remain people of good cheer. 670 00:42:37,300 --> 00:42:39,300 I don't want far enough, Amen to that. 671 00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:47,900 And if you can't say, Amen. Say ouch, right? 672 00:42:47,900 --> 00:42:54,600 So Advent reminds us that light shines in the darkness. 673 00:42:55,300 --> 00:42:58,400 And so, the beauty of pausing yearly to look at Advent, the 674 00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:02,400 beauty of pausing yearly to say, let's look at the birth of 675 00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:05,400 Christ. Let's see how light has come and 676 00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:08,500 how we can trust God to fulfill his promises. 677 00:43:08,500 --> 00:43:12,100 The beauty of that. Is that it creates Joy. 678 00:43:13,500 --> 00:43:17,600 In the middle of Darkness, it brings cheer where there should 679 00:43:17,600 --> 00:43:22,600 be no cheer. Just came to me. 680 00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:25,300 I should have said it creates cheer where there should only be 681 00:43:25,300 --> 00:43:27,500 fear and all of you would have applauded, right? 682 00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:39,600 so, our King is the king of the universe. 683 00:43:41,300 --> 00:43:51,000 Our home is in Eternal Homeland. The Light of Christ will not be 684 00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:53,400 snuffed out. Amen. 685 00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:58,400 You serve a God. Who will not has not will not be 686 00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:03,100 defeated. No man, no president, no 687 00:44:03,100 --> 00:44:06,700 government. Can extinguish the Blazing light 688 00:44:06,700 --> 00:44:11,000 of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Just ask our brothers and 689 00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:13,600 sisters in China. Amen. 690 00:44:14,900 --> 00:44:17,200 Well, there's reports of ten thousand plus people coming to 691 00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:24,100 Christ a day and a place where that shouldn't happen. 692 00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:30,000 The gospel. The coming of Christ. 693 00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:34,400 Jesus to die for the Salvation of Sinners, that age, Old 694 00:44:34,500 --> 00:44:38,700 Faithful gospel, message. It still saves, amen. 695 00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:41,000 And it's worthy of all of your devotion. 696 00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:44,200 It's worthy of your attention. That's worthy of your gaze. 697 00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:46,800 It's worthy of all that you have. 698 00:44:48,500 --> 00:44:52,500 It exalts Christ which was what makes it successful. 699 00:44:53,100 --> 00:44:55,600 We proclaim the excellencies of God. 700 00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:58,800 Just as the apostles proclaim, the excellencies of God, we 701 00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:02,000 Proclaim Christ and him crucified just as the apostles, 702 00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:03,700 Proclaim Christ and him crucified. 703 00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:06,100 Why? Because it's the message that 704 00:45:06,100 --> 00:45:08,800 God has ordained for the victory. 705 00:45:09,700 --> 00:45:12,800 It's the message that God has ordained to be light in the 706 00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:15,000 darkness. We don't twist it. 707 00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:17,000 We don't change it. We don't make it more. 708 00:45:17,100 --> 00:45:22,600 Palpable to Sinners, we say that, if you want to live, you 709 00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:26,200 must die to yourself. Repent of your sins, and turn in 710 00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:31,500 faith to Christ Jesus, and that's light. and I tell you, as 711 00:45:31,500 --> 00:45:36,700 Believers that if you want to experience Joy, don't align 712 00:45:36,700 --> 00:45:39,900 yourself with things of the world any longer but turn and 713 00:45:39,900 --> 00:45:45,400 repent and put your faith fully in Christ, not half-heartedly. 714 00:45:47,200 --> 00:45:50,400 Be wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord. 715 00:45:51,500 --> 00:45:54,700 We'll see joy in your home. Joy in your marriage joy. 716 00:45:54,700 --> 00:45:58,900 In your parents, enjoying your work, join your service to the 717 00:45:58,900 --> 00:46:02,200 Lord, joy in every area of your life. 718 00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:05,700 You want that devote yourself to the King of Kings. 719 00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:09,400 The vote yourself to the King of Kings. 720 00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:14,300 Devote yourself to the one who says you have increased Joy, 721 00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:18,100 they Rejoice before you as with joy at the Harvest, they are 722 00:46:18,100 --> 00:46:21,900 glad amen. Devote yourself to him. 723 00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:31,500 The gospel, exalts Christ, who alone is able to save to the 724 00:46:31,500 --> 00:46:33,100 uttermost. All of those who draw near to 725 00:46:33,100 --> 00:46:37,500 the father through him. By the gospel alone. 726 00:46:37,700 --> 00:46:40,800 Sinners are saved by the gospel alone. 727 00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:46,600 Redemption flows into the world. Light shines in the darkness, by 728 00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:49,700 the gospel alone. God is worshipped in all the 729 00:46:49,700 --> 00:46:53,600 Earth. Though, Kings and kingdoms will 730 00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:57,500 fall. And great will be their demise. 731 00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:00,000 They plot in vain against the Lord. 732 00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:03,100 Psalm 2 says, and he laughs at them. 733 00:47:04,900 --> 00:47:08,400 They will fall. And though they do you must 734 00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:10,300 remember you must be a people of good cheer. 735 00:47:10,300 --> 00:47:14,000 And remember that the gospel is invincible. 736 00:47:15,900 --> 00:47:19,700 The gospel is undefeated, the Gates of Hell Christ. 737 00:47:19,700 --> 00:47:22,700 Says will not Prevail against the gospel. 738 00:47:24,500 --> 00:47:28,100 And so light shines in the darkness, the darkness has not 739 00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:32,100 overcome it. And Matthew chapter 4. 740 00:47:32,100 --> 00:47:35,700 We see that Jesus Christ, Matthew for just tells us 741 00:47:35,707 --> 00:47:39,100 explicitly that Jesus Christ is the Fulfillment of this prophecy 742 00:47:39,100 --> 00:47:41,400 in Isaiah 9. This is what we read in verses 743 00:47:41,400 --> 00:47:43,800 12 through 17. Now, when he heard that John had 744 00:47:43,800 --> 00:47:47,100 been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee and leaving Nazareth. 745 00:47:47,100 --> 00:47:50,000 He went and lived in Capernaum by the Sea and the territory of 746 00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:53,800 zebulun and naphtali, so that what was spoken by the prophet, 747 00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:57,700 Isaiah might be fulfilled, the land of zebulun and the land of 748 00:47:57,707 --> 00:48:00,700 naphtali the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan Galilee of the 749 00:48:00,707 --> 00:48:05,000 The Gentiles the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great 750 00:48:05,000 --> 00:48:07,000 light. And for those dwelling in the 751 00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:12,100 region and shadow of death on them, light has dawned. 752 00:48:12,300 --> 00:48:15,600 And from that time forward, Jesus began to preach saying, 753 00:48:15,700 --> 00:48:20,600 repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand messages. 754 00:48:20,600 --> 00:48:25,100 The same today, Repent. For the Kingdom of Heaven is at 755 00:48:25,100 --> 00:48:30,700 hand. As a result, John 3, we see that 756 00:48:30,700 --> 00:48:32,900 God fulfills his promise to destroy Darkness through the 757 00:48:32,900 --> 00:48:36,800 birth of his son. It's extremely explicit so much 758 00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:38,700 so that even I could understand it. 759 00:48:40,700 --> 00:48:44,600 It's the beauty of the gospels. It's a simple message, able to 760 00:48:44,607 --> 00:48:48,600 be understood by anyone by the least. 761 00:48:50,500 --> 00:48:53,400 Verse 16 of John chapter 3 for God. 762 00:48:53,400 --> 00:48:56,400 So loved the world that he gave his only son that whoever 763 00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:59,800 believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 764 00:49:00,800 --> 00:49:03,500 For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the 765 00:49:03,500 --> 00:49:06,600 world, but in order that the world might be saved through 766 00:49:06,900 --> 00:49:10,900 him, whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does 767 00:49:10,900 --> 00:49:14,500 not believe in him is condemned already because he has not 768 00:49:14,500 --> 00:49:16,900 believed in the name of the only son of God. 769 00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:21,600 And this is the Judgment that the light has come into the 770 00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:24,800 world and people loved the darkness rather than the light 771 00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:29,000 because their Works were evil. For everyone who does wicked 772 00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:32,400 things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his 773 00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:36,400 work, should be exposed, but whoever does what his true comes 774 00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:38,500 to the light so that it may be clearly seen. 775 00:49:38,500 --> 00:49:41,600 That his Works have been carried out in God. 776 00:49:42,200 --> 00:49:48,300 Amen. Light has shone and if you 777 00:49:48,300 --> 00:49:54,700 refuse to run to the light, if you refuse to come to Christ, 778 00:49:56,500 --> 00:49:59,600 what is being said about you is that you love Darkness more than 779 00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:06,900 light. You're clinging to Darkness and 780 00:50:06,900 --> 00:50:09,900 yet you would tell us that you're not blind. 781 00:50:10,900 --> 00:50:12,600 But the word is clear. You're blind. 782 00:50:13,400 --> 00:50:18,700 You're unable to see But offered to you today is the grace of 783 00:50:18,700 --> 00:50:22,500 Christ, the light of the Lord, able to give you eternal life. 784 00:50:23,200 --> 00:50:25,700 And if you'll trust him today, if you'll turn from your sin 785 00:50:25,700 --> 00:50:29,000 turn to Christ by faith, you will be saved today. 786 00:50:30,500 --> 00:50:34,000 So I encourage you back of you to run away from darkness and 787 00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:41,300 run into the Light of Christ. We might be lovers of Darkness 788 00:50:41,700 --> 00:50:44,800 but there is good news. The light shines in the darkness 789 00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:46,500 and the Darkness has not overcome it. 790 00:50:47,300 --> 00:50:52,700 Amen. Believers. 791 00:50:55,200 --> 00:50:57,200 Those of you in here who say you love the Lord. 792 00:50:57,200 --> 00:51:00,200 I encourage you to live by the Truth live. 793 00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:02,500 By the Light of Christ. Shine the Light of Christ in the 794 00:51:02,500 --> 00:51:05,100 world. Do it through your words. 795 00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:08,900 Do it through your Deeds. Dude, in the white that you 796 00:51:08,900 --> 00:51:11,300 worship. God daily. 797 00:51:13,400 --> 00:51:16,600 Matthew 5:16 says in the same way, let your light shine before 798 00:51:16,600 --> 00:51:21,100 others so that they may see your good deeds and give glory to 799 00:51:21,100 --> 00:51:23,700 your father who is in heaven. Amen. 800 00:51:23,700 --> 00:51:26,800 Those of us who have come into the light recognize that we are 801 00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:31,500 not the life. We are reflecting the light, but 802 00:51:31,500 --> 00:51:34,900 we are not him. I am not able to save anyone, 803 00:51:35,100 --> 00:51:40,000 but I know one, who is, amen. Let's Proclaim him until we 804 00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:44,200 breathe our last and especially in this season, her claim the 805 00:51:44,200 --> 00:51:47,200 excellencies of Christ. During that vent. 806 00:51:47,300 --> 00:51:50,300 Let me pray for you. Heavenly Father we love you and 807 00:51:50,300 --> 00:51:55,500 we praise you and we thank you Lord that you have shown great 808 00:51:55,500 --> 00:52:00,600 light on us. We are so undeserving of your 809 00:52:00,600 --> 00:52:04,200 grace. And if we deserved, it wouldn't 810 00:52:04,200 --> 00:52:08,400 be grace. Lord, you have seen fit. 811 00:52:09,500 --> 00:52:16,000 Father, you have seen fit to Grant to us grace and mercy unto 812 00:52:16,000 --> 00:52:19,700 salvation. And you've done it in the face 813 00:52:19,800 --> 00:52:22,800 of Christ, the word become flesh. 814 00:52:23,200 --> 00:52:28,700 The word dwelling Among Us. Light has come and so Lord. 815 00:52:28,700 --> 00:52:32,100 Would you help us to see it? Help us to not be blinded by 816 00:52:32,100 --> 00:52:37,400 thick Darkness, but help us to Rejoice, with great joy, as 817 00:52:37,400 --> 00:52:40,800 light shines in the darkness of our hearts and minds and we were 818 00:52:40,800 --> 00:52:46,300 able to see Jesus and Lord as Believers, I pray that you would 819 00:52:46,300 --> 00:52:49,400 help us. Help us to be men and women and 820 00:52:49,400 --> 00:52:51,800 boys and girls who love the Lord. 821 00:52:52,900 --> 00:52:55,600 Who don't take for granted light anymore. 822 00:52:57,400 --> 00:53:01,100 But who seek to proclaim the Light of Christ and all the 823 00:53:01,100 --> 00:53:05,200 Earth, take it wherever we go into our homes into our 824 00:53:05,200 --> 00:53:09,000 workplaces into our marriages into our parenting into our 825 00:53:09,000 --> 00:53:14,700 friendships. Or it may there be not one place 826 00:53:14,700 --> 00:53:18,200 in our life. Where we refuse to let the light 827 00:53:18,200 --> 00:53:22,400 of Christ in let us walk in marvelous line. 828 00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:25,400 Father, especially during this Advent time. 829 00:53:26,000 --> 00:53:29,500 We love you so very much. We pray these things in the Name 830 00:53:29,500 --> 00:53:31,800 of Christ Amen. Amen.