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Have you ever just looked around
you and said something's wrong? 

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Has there ever been something or
maybe even this week or you 

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know, something that's happening
in the world around you and you 

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just look at it and you say 
something's wrong here? 

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Anybody just nod your head. 
You don't have to raise your 

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hand. 
Something's wrong this week. 

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I was feeling a little guilty 
because I had a long standing 

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tradition that I kind of have 
broken over the last few years 

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and I I was starting to feel bad
about it. 

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And that tradition was that on 
Thanksgiving, I like to 

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celebrate Thanksgiving the way 
the Pilgrim is meant for us to 

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celebrate Thanksgiving, which is
by stopping at White Castle on 

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the way home from Thanksgiving 
dinner. 

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And so, you know, the last few 
years I haven't done that. 

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And I, I thought this year I 
just was feeling a little bit 

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guilty about that. 
And I thought, this is the year 

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that I reinstate their tradition
and I get things back to normal.

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Now, listen, I, I, I'm going to 
get myself in a lot of trouble 

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if I don't say some things 
today. 

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The cooking at Thanksgiving is 
wonderful. 

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It's just not my favorite meal. 
The food was fine, just not my 

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favorite meal. 
And so I've always supplemented 

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the meal with delicious White 
Castle sliders, the best food. 

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By the way, South, I probably 
shouldn't do advertisements, but

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South Lebanon, White Castle, the
freshest in all the land. 

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You got to check it out. 
Anyway, So, so Thursday night 

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we, we had Thanksgiving dinner 
and, and it was good. 

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It was good dinner. 
And on the way home, I thought, 

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you know, I'm not really hungry,
but I really do, you know, want 

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to get back to my roots of White
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But I went home and we're 
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And then a couple hours later, 
one of the boys wanted to come 

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up to the gym and play some 
sports. 

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And so I thought, OK, I'll take 
you up to the gym, thinking this

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is my opportunity. 
And so I drove up to the gym, 

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dropped the boys off, and then I
headed down 42 because the 

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closest one now is down at 42 
and 275. 

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So I headed down 42 on my way to
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I got down there. 
There were no lights on. 

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Since when does White Castle 
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9:30 We're not talking midnight,
we're talking 9:30. 

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Maybe I was too early. 
Maybe they open at 11 or 

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something. 
But. 

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But I got there in my hopes and 
dreams were just dashed. 

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And all I could think is 
something is wrong with this 

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world when White Castle is 
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No White Castle for me. 
You ever you ever thought that? 

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You ever just thought something 
is wrong? 

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Not about White Castle. 
You probably don't have the same

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convictions I do. 
You know, I told I'm coaching 

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basketball this year and I told 
them I'm a pastor and our 

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services end at noon. 
And so I will coach. 

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But there is no way that I can 
coach any game before 1:00 PM. 

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And I got my schedule this week 
and I have some games before 1 

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PM, 10 AM on Sunday, basketball 
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A couple weeks ago we, we had a 
volleyball tournament tournament

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down in Nashville. 
And, and listen, I, I really, I 

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don't want anyone to think that 
I'm being condescending or I 

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don't want anyone to think that 
I'm speaking I'll against you. 

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I'm not. 
But I want you to say, I want 

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you to know that I, I think 
something's messed up in our 

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world that sports have taken 
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And, and, and listen, I'm there.
I'm not, I know, I, I'm living 

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in this place as a parent that I
have kids that are into sports 

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and I love sports and I want 
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But in order for them to play, 
there's conflict. 

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And, and, and so I understand 
where everyone's at, but I sat 

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there in Nashville a couple 
weeks ago and it was really 

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great watching, I love watching 
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I mean, I, I made it through the
whole first service, didn't cry 

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until the very end. 
And here I am 2 minutes in. 

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I love watching my kids play 
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I, I was super proud. 
But I sat there thinking 

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something's wrong when we're 
spending weekends and weekends 

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and weekends and we're not even 
doing all of it, but but it 

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something's wrong when that's 
taking over life, when you look 

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at our political system, when 
you look at the way we interact,

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when you look at a simple 
Facebook post about something 

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you know, totally arbitrary can 
turn into hatred, Something's 

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wrong, right? 
You've experienced this. 

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We have hope. 
Today is the start of Advent 

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season. 
And maybe you have thought those

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thoughts. 
Something's wrong, something's 

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off. 
Today, as we start Advent 

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season, the season of preparing 
ourselves for the coming of the 

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King, I want you to know that 
there is something wrong. 

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There's a lot of things wrong 
with our world, but the good 

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news is the King has come and 
the King is coming again. 

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Advent is a season that we look 
back, we celebrate what has 

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happened, that Jesus came to 
earth, took on flesh, became one

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of us and walked this earth, 
ultimately gave his life so that

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we could have salvation and in 
life. 

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And so we celebrate and Advent 
what has happened, but we also 

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look forward. 
Advent is not just about looking

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back, it's about looking 
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And so today, if we say 
something's wrong, yes, but I've

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got good news. 
The King has come and the king 

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is coming again, and all will be
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Over 1000 years before Jesus 
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prophecies, there were promises 
of this coming king, this coming

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Messiah. 
We're going to be looking at 

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those over the Advent season. 
Today we're in Jeremiah 23. 

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Jeremiah is in that the the 
context of Jeremiah is exactly 

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where what I was talking about. 
The people, something's wrong. 

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They're God's people, the 
Israelites, they've followed 

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him. 
He's delivered them and then and

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then raised up kings. 
We have David and the Lion of 

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Kings of David. 
And God had delivered them and, 

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and God had given them a place 
and God had given them an 

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identity and a purpose. 
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those kings and leaders and even
religious leaders had LED them 

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astray. 
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false gods. 
There were false idols just like

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there are today that God in the 
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one God, the true God and so 
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This is a prophet. 
Jeremiah is called to call out 

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to proclaim judgment, but also 
to proclaim the good news. 

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The promised 1 is coming. 
Staying with me, we're in 

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Jeremiah 23 and this isn't going
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The 1st 4 verses, verse five and
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But the context of this is that 
the, the people have been LED 

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astray. 
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They're worshipping other gods, 
just like in our world, people 

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have have turned away and it's 
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it's messy. 
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the leadership, the kings, the 
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them astray and the people had 
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And so in Jeremiah 23, starting 
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shepherds who are destroying and
scattering the sheep of my 

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pasture, declares the Lord. 
Therefore this is what the Lord 

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the God of Israel says to the 
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Because you have scattered my 
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have not bestowed care on them, 
I will bestow punishment on you 

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for the evil you have done, 
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I myself will gather the remnant
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countries where I've driven them
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their pasture, where they will 
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number. 
I will play shepherds over them 

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who will tend to them, and they 
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terrified, nor will any be 
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Now stay up because we still got
two more verses. 

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But once again, something's 
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This is addressing political 
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addressing religious leaders. 
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chapter, it gets more into the 
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they've been LED astray and and 
the people are living in this 

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conflict and and they've messed 
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And so Jeremiah comes and and, 
and the prophecy is there's 

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going to be judgment, there's 
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going to be exile. 
But in verse 3 we see God will 

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gather his people back. 
God will take care of them. 

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Verse 5 the days are coming. 
Say that with me the days are 

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coming. 
Say it again, the days are 

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coming declares the Lord, when I
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righteous branch, a king who 
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what is just in right in the 
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In his days, Judah will be saved
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This is the name by which he 
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righteous Savior. 
Praise Lord, you can have a 

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seat. 
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So we have the prophecy of 
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Something's wrong. 
You've been LED astray. 

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We have the promise that God has
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He will gather them back. 
Then we have the promise of a 

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coming king, a savior. 
The days are coming when I will 

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raise up a righteous branch, a 
king and and the people will be 

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saved. 
Advent is a time to look back. 

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I've got good news. 
The promised one has come. 

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That's what we celebrated. 
Advent, the king has come and we

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will celebrate it through this 
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But we also understand the King 
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God's promises are always true. 
So let's work through this. 

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The days are coming. 
Stay with me one more time. 

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The days are coming. 
Now the reason I have you say 

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that with me is because it's not
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the days are coming. 
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world and we're saying 
something's wrong, something's 

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off, something's messed up, yes,
but the days are coming when the

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king is coming again and he will
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The days are coming, declares 
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David a righteous branch. 
I want to start here. 

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God had promised to David that 
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A Messiah from his line. 
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this is the promise to David. 
The Lord declares to you that 

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the Lord himself will establish 
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when your days are over and you 
rest with your ancestors, I will

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raise up your offspring to 
succeed you and your own flesh 

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and blood, and I will establish 
his Kingdom. 

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He is the one who will build a 
house for my name, and I will 

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establish the throne of his 
Kingdom forever. 

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I will be his Father and he will
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The promise is through David, 
God will bring a Messiah, a 

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king. 
Now we Fast forward and the 

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people have messed up the the 
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Some of them were good. 
David was a a good king. 

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There were other good kings. 
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writing this is Zedekiah. 
He was not a good king. 

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You know that sometimes we have 
leaders that are good. 

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We have leaders that are bad, 
right? 

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Hopefully you're not in one of 
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There were good kings. 
There were bad kings. 

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There were kings that led people
toward God. 

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There were kings that led people
away from God. 

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There were religious leaders 
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That is my goal to point you to 
Jesus. 

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And there were kings that were 
selfish and, and were self 

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interested and were corrupt and 
LED them the wrong way. 

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And so, so the promise had come.
But at this point, if you 

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thought of the Kingdom David's 
line as a tree, it's as if the 

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tree was withered or falling 
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Anyone have a dead tree in your 
yard? 

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Anybody. 
I'm the only one. 

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OK, great. 
I hope none of my homeowners 

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association is here. 
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Thank you. 
I appreciate you. 

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I got this little tree in the 
backyard. 

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It's it's like nothing on it for
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I'm like, I need to chop that 
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But every once in a while in the
spring, something will shoot out

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of it. 
There's new life. 

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You've seen that right? 
Something that appears to be 

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dead will sprout new life and 
you're reminded that it's not 

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totally dead. 
That's where the the whole line 

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of David here. 
It was like it was like the the 

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tree was cut off. 
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David a righteous branch out of 
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A new, a shoot, a branch comes 
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See, God had promised, and when 
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true. 
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we can get off track. 
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tell you this, but it's going to
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The judgement is coming. 
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God has promised us the hope of 
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messed up and we say, hey, 
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Yes, they blew it. 
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will come out of the line of 
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Jesus is from the line of David 
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Today the king was coming. 
Spoiler alert, the king has 

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come. 
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Christmas. 
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The prophecy is true. 
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the king come to deliver? 
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reign wisely, who will do what 
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the land. 
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this righteous branch do? 
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bring wisdom, he would bring 
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looks like at times that the bad
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prospering where at other times 
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is just and right. 
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in between right now where Jesus
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some brokenness. 
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not right. 
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probably where the people were 
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not right, but what do we do? 
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Here's the good news. 
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shown us the way. 
We have this amazing gift, God's

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word, that teaches us who he is 
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it's tough to live in this place
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Admittedly, guys, I'm a father, 
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my kids to do well. 
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Good news is the king has come 
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hatred, when the world is 
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to because the king has come, a 
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See, there were kings that were 
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They were kings that were bad. 
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King David was a good king. 
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everything perfectly. 
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pretty big ways. 
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is right and just the one who is
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It goes on in verse 6 in the 
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saved and Israel will live in 
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up from the line of David. 
He is the king that is just and 

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righteous and is wise and and 
but I want you to see this next 

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part. 
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be saved and Israel will live in
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This is a short term promise, 
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promise and it's for all of us 
that we can live in the safety 

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and salvation of Jesus, the King
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again. 
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He's not just a good king that's
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He's not just a good king that 
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He's not just a good king that 
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He's a king who loves his people
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wants to give them life and 
peace and safety and hope in the

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midst of brokenness. 
Jesus is the King that delivers 

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justice, righteousness, and 
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That's us. 
Somebody get excited about this 

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guy. 
Somebody say Amen. 

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Come on. 
I feel like nobody's with me 

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here. 
Come on And listen, I get it. 

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We talk about this every year 
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But I want you to know that the 
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again. 
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good king. 
He came to save his people. 

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one of us is here. 
He brings justice, He brings 

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righteousness, He brings 
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Jesus is the king. 
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corrupt world, we can live. 
This is the cool thing, guys. 

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We can sit here as the church 
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and we've all done that right. 
Just nod with me so I know 

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you're with me. 
We've all done that right? 

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We've said something's wrong 
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Can I tell you that? 
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the righteous and just King has 
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grace, we the people of God can 
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2025, in the brokenness, we can 
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righteous and righteousness and 
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they are for my family and they 
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encourage you that you can still
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You can still worship every 
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You can still pray and, and you,
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the weekends. 
Maybe your, maybe your games are

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going to be during worship time,
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churches. 
One of the, one of the great 

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things about today is that we 
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service out there so that you 
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Even if it's later, you can join
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I went to Nashville. 
I got on Google Church of the 

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Nazarene. 
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Nazarenes within 10 miles of me 
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Praise the Lord. 
I had the gift of being able to 

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worship even though I had the 
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OK, political stuff, the hatred,
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You don't have to be a part of 
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In fact, not just you don't have
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You should not be a part of it. 
You should be a person of grace 

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and love and truth, not a person
of division and hatred. 

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Good news, the King has come. 
He's righteous. 

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He's he's bringing justice, He 
is good. 

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He loves His people and He 
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You're not left to your own 
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live a righteous life in a 
broken world. 

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You have the Word of God and you
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If you're a follower of Jesus, 
you are filled with the Holy 

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Spirit and you can pray and you 
can be guided by the Spirit to 

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know how to navigate this world.
It's tricky. 

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Guys, please understand, I am 
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I'm not trying to bring 
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be true to the Word of God that 
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world is corrupt and broken. 
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but there's a King that's come 
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And if he reigns in my heart and
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shows me how to live in the 
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Jesus has come. 
The third part of this. 

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This is the name by which he 
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righteous Savior. 
So, so the righteous branch is 

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coming. 
The promise is fulfilled. 

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The promise is true. 
A king is coming. 

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He's a good king. 
He's a righteous king. 

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He's a just king. 
He's also a king for his people,

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that loves his people, that 
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righteousness and all of that. 
And verse 6 tells us he's the 

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Messiah. 
He is the Lord, our righteous 

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Savior. 
Now this is kind of cool. 

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At this time King Zedekiah, the 
king of the people, was a messed

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up bad king that led them 
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The the name Zedekiah actually 
means God is righteous. 

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It's it's his name proclaims 
that God is righteous and good, 

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but his leadership in his life 
LED people away from God's 

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goodness and righteousness. 
You see the problem there? 

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But this righteous branch, this 
king, well, his name is the 

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Lord, our righteous Savior, 
Jehovah Sidkanu, the Lord, our 

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righteousness. 
Not just a name, but in 

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function, Jesus, the one that 
has come, the one that we look 

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back and we celebrate, and the 
one that we look forward to, his

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coming again is our 
righteousness. 2nd Corinthians 5

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says God made him who had no sin
to be sin for us so that in him 

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we might become the 
righteousness of God. 

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This is so cool, guys. 
We can look around and we can 

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say the world's messed up, but 
if I'm being really honest, I 

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can stand before you today and 
say I failed. 

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I've messed up, I've fallen 
short. 

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And there's not a person in here
that can sit, can stand up here 

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and not say the same thing. 
Every single one of us has 

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fallen short, but a savior has 
come, the Lord of Righteousness.

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He's not just a prophecy. 
He's not just a king. 

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He's not just a good king. 
He's not just a king that's for 

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his people. 
He is our savior and our 

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righteousness. 
Here's the beautiful thing. 

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I don't care what you've done. 
I don't care how far you've 

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missed the mark. 
If you accept Him as your Lord 

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and your Savior, when you stand 
before God, it won't be a 

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laundry list of all of your sins
and all of your shortcomings. 

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What the Father will see is the 
righteousness of Christ. 

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That's good news, guys. 
The King has come, the promised 

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one has come. 
He showed up. 

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God made him who had no sin to 
be sin. 

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That doesn't mean that Jesus 
sinned. 

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It means that that he took on 
the sin of all of us and gave 

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his life as a sacrifice so that 
we could be saved, that that he 

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took our place. 
And now he is the Lord, our 

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righteous Savior. 
Praise the Lord, guys. 

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Something's wrong with our 
world, to be honest. 

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Something's wrong in the church 
sometimes something's wrong with

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leaders. 
We're not perfect. 

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And sometimes kings and 
political leaders and, you know,

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bosses and all of those things, 
sometimes something's wrong. 

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I've got good news. 
The king has come and he's 

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righteous and he's just, and he 
is the Lord, our righteous 

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savior worship team. 
Come on up, stand with me. 

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Today as we start Advent, we 
look back. 

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We're talking about hope today 
for the people in Jeremiah, for 

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the people of Israel that 
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His message is a message of 
judgment, but his message is 

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ultimately a message of hope and
a message of a coming Messiah 

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and Savior. 
And the message is the same 

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today. 
Something's wrong. 

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There will be judgment. 
Here's the beautiful thing. 

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Jesus has come. 
He gave his life so that we 

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could be forgiven, so that we 
could be saved. 

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So as we start the Advent 
season, I want to call you to 

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worship. 
And, and here's the thing, all 

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you have to do to to have the 
righteousness of Christ is 

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accept him as your Lord and 
Savior to say, forgive me for my

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sins. 
I want you to be my Lord. 

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I want you to be my king. 
Sure, we're going to live under 

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presidents and we're going to 
live under bosses and we're 

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going to live under, you know, 
crazy things that are messed up.

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But today there is one true 
King, and He is our first 

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authority, and he lives. 
As we talked about earlier, He 

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lives. 
And today all you have to do is 

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believe, surrender, repent, and 
turn to Him. 

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And you are made clean. 
You are given righteousness. 

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And yeah, something's messed up 
in our world, but we don't have 

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to be. 
We can live in his 

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righteousness. 
As we sing this last song, I 

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want to encourage you to 
respond. 

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If you've never made that 
commitment, today you can make 

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that commitment. 
It's simple. 

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It's just to say, hey, I've 
messed up. 

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But Lord, I want to follow you. 
If you've already done that, 

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then this should be a time of 
celebration and praise and 

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recommitting ourself. 
Let's make sure that every 

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single one of us is there. 
Jesus came. 

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The promised one showed up and 
he offers us life and salvation 

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today. 
Don't miss it. 

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Father, speak to us, help us to 
respond to you today. 

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We give you everything. 
We worship you. 

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If there's anyone here that's 
been maybe missing the mark, if 

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there's anyone here that's been 
messed up, if there's anyone 

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here that's maybe been 
worshipping the wrong gods, 

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Lord, today I pray we would 
surrender everything to you, 

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that you would be our safe here.
You would be our king. 

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I thank you Lord that you're 
here. 

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You're moving our hearts in 
Jesus name.