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you know, I I'm I'm looking forward to our program tonight and I think maybe you'll probably feel the same way. One of the the best things about the Christmas program is the kids seeing the kids up here kind of understanding with the whole story is All About and one thing I really like is when we take pictures of these kids, especially with the naughty ones so that we can laugh this. Why should we not our kids and on but then every year you look at the pictures and you wasn't wow, how did they grow up so fast and so this is one of us Sunday's kind of those mile marker Sundays, but the kids do grow up speaking of one of the kids are born is here with us today KC on he graduated from the Air Force Academy back in May of 2017 so recently and he now has just gone through pilot training and he's earned his wings and so right now for those of you probably wondering, you know, what happened to Casey. He's actually going to be up at Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, Washington and he's going to be flying a kc-135. It's those refueling tankers. So that's what He's going to go for the next three years. Yeah.

So it's good to see you again Casey and Casey wanted me to pass along to you on we've been praying for him as he goes through pilot training and also the academy in case we're proud of you and it's great to have you back home. All right. Speaking of getting older, you know, we're not going to do we're not going to sing Happy Birthday to everyone who has a birthday on a Sunday cuz you know, then we'll be doing that every Sunday. I just want you all to know that Steve McFadden is now medicare-eligible today. But wait a second. No, not yet. You see you then today. He's not quite 65, but he didn't he can see the Finish Line give him a pinched. I think you like the pictures. Yeah, give him a hug. So make sure you just say happy birthday to Steve McFadden today. You know, there's a saying in the world and it goes like this and you can feel free to the finish it if you want variety is the spice of life yet you all know. That's a very true statement. I think that we are very fortunate to live in a day and age where we have so much variety by Prince after the worship service today some of your probably going to go out for lunch. And if any of you are have a hankering for a burger where you going to go Anywhere right brother Mike was in town this last week and my mom and my step dad are in town right now, but last week Uncle Mike was here. And so Kristen was at the the Women's Bible study on Christmas party and the boys were at youth group. And so Jackie and I took Uncle Mike out for a burger and when you're here on the West Coast cuz he's from Michigan. Where do you have to go? See someone gets the best West Coast Burger the menu looks simple, but there's actually a lot of variety. There's all these different ways that you can order it. And so you can get an animal style. You can get a protein style. You can get grilled onion and all those good thing you have you guys like in and out burger protein style burger for the first time in a wrapped in lettuce. Little Messier. So there's all these different that you can get that you can get different varieties of ways to eat and to cook eggs. Maybe there's only one way to eat eggs through your mouth. You can scramble them. You can have them sunny side up or you can eat them the right way, which is over easy the best way to eat with a nice warm golden yolk all running down that wonderful. I love over easy eggs or turkey. I don't know how many you have turkey for Christmas. We had turkey for Thanksgiving many different ways that you can cook turkey. You can bake it you can deep fry it. You can smoke it and I learned this week this last year that you can stick it in the garbage can and surrounding with Cole and have a garbage can turkey. It's actually pretty good ass glass Petri for a instructions on that today. How many different ways could you get to church you up north and 12th Street and go down 12th Street and the 101 Happy Valley to 7th Avenue. You can you can drive in a car in a truck in a minivan and if you drive through in a station wagon, yeah, that's from lack of the 80s. We grew up in a station wagon. You can some of you maybe even watch her this morning in sobriety is wonderful and sometimes depending on the situation variety can be overwhelming but we definitely have Variety in this life, but when it comes to the most important thing in our lives, which is the payment for our sins, there is only one way for that to happen and that's what Christmas is all about. The only way to accomplish God's plan was for God to become. a baby and that's not Jesus actually, okay. Far too pale complexion for him to be Jesus. Jesus was not white. He was he was from a from Israel. So he's obviously Middle Eastern but you look at it. No idea. How old is it is very very new. But how many you just stop and think that God. Became one of those eye when you see a baby like that. What do you want to do? Don't you want to like kisses cheeks? I like touching little finger original squeeze the chubby little babies are just wonderful and yet God. Became a baby an infant he became an infant and I think we take this for granted because it already happened. And so we grew up in our lifetime realizing this is something that happened it took place over 2,000 years ago, but for those two thousand years ago who were waiting for the Messiah, they didn't expect this. This is not at all what they expected. They were expecting a conquering King. They were waiting for the Messiah to ride into Jerusalem on a horse with all of his armies and overthrow the Roman government. That's what they were expecting the next time that Jesus comes and sets foot on Earth. That's what it's going to be. Like, it won't be like the first time there will be no Silent Night. There will not be an Away in a Manger. There won't be old little town of Bethlehem. It's going to be very sudden and very forceful. We're going to look at the Christmas story, but I want to look at the next time that Jesus is going to come and that's found in Revelation 19. You can go ahead and read along but this is describing. The next time that Christ comes in sets his feet down on the Earth again in Revelation 19.

If it works. All read and you follow along just listen Revelation 19. It says then I saw heaven opened and behold a white horse. The one sitting on it was called faithful and true and in righteousness. He judges and makes War his eyes are like a flame of fire and on its head or many diadem's and he has the name written that no one knows but himself. She is clothed in a robe dipped in blood. And the name by which she is called is the word of God and the armies of Heaven a raid in fine linen, white and pure were following him on white horses from his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nation's and he will rule them with a rod of iron he will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the almighty on his robe and on his thigh was he has a name written king of kings and Lord of lords. So this describes the next time that Jesus will return and he steps foot here on Earth, but this is sort of how the Jews kind of Envision his first Advent the very first time that he was going to come so why so why is it that we celebrate the birth of Christ? Why is it that God chose for the first time for Jesus to be born to come in here to or for him to become a baby in the answer is because it was the only way this was The only way for God to accomplish what he was going to do with this Tuesday, it's Christmas. I think everyone here is looking forward to that. It's where most of the people in the world are going to at least recognize and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. It's over this morning. What I want to do is take a look at this passage here and Matthew and to consider how you and I directly benefit from God becoming a child from God becoming a baby and as we do this what I hope is that we will have a greater appreciation for God's wisdom. This is how God had planned out everything for his wisdom and also for his great love for us.

Matthew chapter 1 and from this passage we're going to do is we're going to find three reasons why God had to be born a baby.

Matthew chapter 1 And will begin in verse 18. Matthew chapter 1 beginning and verse 18. It says now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When is Mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph before they came together? She was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit and her husband Joseph being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame resolved to divorce her quietly. But as you consider these things behold an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream saying Joseph son of David do not fear to take Mary as your wife for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son and you shall call his name Jesus for he will save his people from their sins. All this took place to have filled with the Lord and spoken by the prophet behold the Virgin shall conceive and bear a son and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which means god with us. When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded. He took his wife but knew her not until she had given birth to a son and he called his name Jesus. So this is one of the accounts of the Christmas story and whenever I read one of these stories out of the gospels. I always I always think there's a lot of detail missing and I want to know some of the things that is not recorded in this like for instance. It doesn't tell us what went through Joseph's mind after he woke up mean don't you imagine that you would have this flood of these different ideas and he probably wanted some some questions answered like for instance this changed Joseph's life. Did he have any plan that had to be just totally interrupted in thrown away? Did he have these ideas? I'm okay when I get to do when I Mary Mary we're going to go off and do this and this is the kind of the job that I want to have. It says you're going to be raising God's son God's child completely changes any plans that Joseph would have had also you have to ask a question. Why would God put Mary and Joseph in this position to be shamed by their community? Imagine age especially if someone were to have a child out of wedlock. It was very shameful and that would follow them for the rest of their lives and people obviously going to be able to do the timing and say wait a second that you were married within the baby was born and so they were going to have the same put upon them for their entire lives and how can Joseph explain this to his family and friends. Joseph know what's going on either either they had sex before marriage or she wasn't painful. But how is Joseph actually going to go up and say to somebody that's okay. It's okay because this baby is caused by God. All right. Did he ever say that anyone? You know, these are the things that I want to know. Also God put his life in danger for them to have the child of God. You'll King Herod me know another part of the gospels after the Magi from the East game. They said where is the king of the Jews and King Herod said I'm going to destroy all the infant boys age 2 and under until they had to flee to Egypt and someone God chose to have a baby come into the world through the Earthly mother Mary and Father Joseph all these different things took place. And you wonder why did God choose to do it this way? Why did he put this on Mary and Joseph? Let me give you three reasons why God chose and had to do it this way to have to enter the world as a human baby in the first reason. Why is this God had to become a child. He had become a human baby to give you and me. Hope This is the only way that you and I could have hope you know usually when someone finds out they are pregnant. They're filled with joy and they dream about what that child will be right because you had a wonderful time in your life. For those of you who are parents. As soon as you find out that you're expecting a child. I wonder what this child is going to be. Maybe he'll be a professional baseball player. Like I was hoping that Caleb was going to be professional baseball player. I was hoping that but you didn't happen and Mary that their son was born to die. Listen verse 21. It says she will bear your son and you should call his name Jesus for he will save his people from their sins. Listen. There is only one way. There's only one way a person can have their sins paid for And that is something had to die there needed to be the shedding of blood. Yeah, there's a great passage in John 1st John 4:10. 1st John 4:10 says in this is love not that we have love God, but that he loved us and sent his son to be the propitiation for our sins. That's a great word. Somebody probably know what it is. If you don't you're going to learn today the word propitiation. It's a Greek word Telos moss and it means to satisfy or to appease something and this is usually referring to a debt to satisfy or to appease the debtor. Some of you have probably debt that you are trying to pay off in life. Like how many of you have like a mortgage or a car payment or student loans or something like that? Most of us probably have some kind of a debt and the money that we use that we borrowed to purchase all these items. Usually if you don't have it upfront the people that you loaned you the money they'd be want to be repaid for those of you who are going to go out and spend lots of money or you already done that for Christmas. Are you put some money on your charge card your credit card for Christmas presents. They actually want to be Back and it's not like they're going to say I don't worry about it. You know, we we lent to see you out of good faith, and we just want to bless you. Just go ahead and keep this money. We have to pay that back the Bible teaches us that because of our sins. We are slaves to sin and we are in debt to God for payment of our sins. And God is a holy and righteous God. He can't just Overlook our sins. They must be paid for and God knew that you and I would never to be able to pay that debt ourselves. So in order to satisfy an order to appease his own Holiness, he paid for it himself by becoming the perfect spotless sacrifice that would satisfy his wrath and see you read this passage from 1st. John 4:10 says in this is love not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his son to be The propitiation for our sins Jesus satisfied the wrath of God Jesus appease God the father's wrath against all the sin that has been committed by us and everyone else in the world and the great news about this is this this gives us hope that there must be life after death. There must be more than this because of this is all there is of you and I are we breathe our last breath and then we're done everything is gone. Then the birth and the death of Christ was pointless, but because we are Eternal beings the fact that God would sacrifice his son means that there must be life after death and in this we have great hope You know this time of the year, this is the time of year that we we all look forward to a special if you live here in Arizona. We like Christmas season. We like the great whether we like spending time with our family and friends and this is the thing that comes and gets us through August and July right? It's August in July, but you know Christmas is coming Thanksgiving and Christmas. It's coming and it's wonderful it is it is right now to have all these things to look forward to they all pale in comparison to the Future that God has secured for us and it's only possible because God became a baby. That's the only way I want to give you the second reason why God had to become a baby. I also had to be born a baby to provide for us Comfort during suffering God and become a child so that he can provide comfort for us during the times in our life when we suffer. You know it in that passage in Matthew. There's a quote from Isaiah and Jesus queer the the Angels quoting Isaiah and says verse 23 Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son and they shall call his name Emmanuel which means god with us your interesting thing. You know, I was I was reading a commentary this week on this passage. It kind of makes sense now but back then the people as they were reading that passage in Isaiah. They didn't necessarily take this passage. Literally me. Why would they they probably thought this is some figurative especially with the name Emmanuel Emmanuel means that God is with us and so would they thought that probably meant is that some profit would be in our midst and he would have the special portion of God's power and and God's presence will be on him maybe even more so then he was with Moses and so they thought they didn't literally think that God was going to become one of them. And so this was a very big surprise when this happened And this is what God tells to Joseph through the angel that his name is going to be literally god with us. And so the only way for that to happen is for God to be born a child and a direct benefit of that is this if we ever go through a difficult time in her life, usually there's only one kind of person who can give us the comfort and support that we need not someone who's experienced the same thing. Every now and then I am in church life. I hear of someone who lost their job it where they got fired or laid off for a variety of reasons and especially if you're a guy and you lose your job. Sometimes you feel like you kind of lost right energy and sometimes the guys panic and I've seen this time and time again that other people who have lost a job or been laid off they go to that person say I've been through exactly what you're going through trust me. It's going to be okay. It's going to be okay and they can get that come from someone who's experienced the same thing and other losses that are even worse than friends, but I've never I've never experienced this before. I hope I never do but if you've ever lost a close loved one, like especially a child. How do you cope with that? Whether it's a miscarriage or as an adult you lose a child that is extremely difficult and painful and sometimes may be the only way that you can be comforted is when you talk to someone else who's gone through the exact same thing. That's the only way that we can be comforted. Jesus was born a baby so that he would go through the entire life is life and experience the same highs and lows that we have so that he can be the rock that we can turn to. is there a passage in Hebrews chapter 2 are you can turn there if you'd like in your own Bibles, but I'll have this up on the screen as well Hebrews chapter 2 and we will begin in verse 10 Hebrews chapter 2 verse

Hebrews chapter 2 beginning and verse 10 it says this it was fitting that he for whom and by whom all things exist in bringing many sons to Glory should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering. For He Who sanctifies and those who are Sanctified all have one source, that is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers saying I will tell of your name to my brothers in the midst of the congregation. I will sing your praise and again, I will put my trust in him and again behold I and the children God has given Since there for the children share in Flesh and Blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things. That's rude F. He might destroy the one who has the power of death that is the devil and deliver all those who through fear of guess. We're subjects a lifelong slavery for surely does not angels that he helps but he helps The Offspring of Abraham therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God to make propitiation for the sins of the people more because he himself has suffered when tempted he is able to help those who are being tempted to ever gone through an experience. You probably feel like a special at the time that you're the only one who's ever gone through this. You're the only one who's ever had these thoughts and feelings and emotions, but this passage says that for because he Has been he suffered when tempted he is able to help those who are being tempted. Jesus has experienced what you and I are going to go through and even more than just Temptation by Prince is have any of you ever felt like you were all alone and abandoned by other people. God Jesus did when he was at the cross member what he said to this father my God my God, why have you forsaken me? So if you ever felt alone and abandoned from other people, he knows exactly what you're feeling. Have you ever been betrayed by another person that hurts especially with someone really close to like maybe parents children or maybe even like a spouse It hurts to be betrayed and yet Jesus has been betrayed as well his own right hand man, Judas Iscariot. Who is the holder of the moneybagg? He he betrayed Jesus. Have you ever been afraid to die? When you're young this something you never think about but as you get older you realize at the end is coming close. Have you ever been afraid to die we read that in the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus. His blood is sweat actually became drops of blood he was he was not afraid to die. Jesus has experienced all of these things because he became a man and there is nothing that we will go through the Jesus is not able to understand because he's experienced the same thoughts and emotions that we have and that's why it says in verse 17 therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service to God to make propitiation for the sins of the people and because Jesus understands he's able to give you a nice something when we're going through a very difficult time then no one else can give us he's able to give us a peace that passes understanding how many of you have ever received from God you're going through something very difficult. And you pray to God. He says it's okay. It's okay. He gives us peace that passes the talks about the peace of God is from Philippians Philippians chapter 4 verses 6 and 7. The Apostle Paul encourages us to go to the Lord in those times. It says do not be anxious about anything but in everything by prayer and supplication with Thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God and the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. So those of you who are anxious and stressed out. I know it's easy to do that. But this passage says God is willing to give you this piece that you can explain and the reason why he's able to do that is because of Jesus Christ Our great high priest has gone through that himself and he's able to alleviate our hearts and our minds. Jesus was born to die in at such a great blessing to us. But Jesus was also born to understand everything that we're going to go through in this life. And so we can always turn to him. So that's why God had to become a baby so that he could understand us and be that comfort in times of suffering reason why Jesus had to be born a baby and he was born a baby so that he could throughout his life the 33 years that he live here on Earth. He would be the perfect example for us. Jesus was born a baby to be the perfect example. How many of you have a role model? Maybe somebody have a role model someone you look up to maybe in the business world or whatever. I remember when I was a kid my role model. The person that I wanted to be like was I think whoever one else wanted to be like in Spokane Washington growing up in the 80s. I wanted to be like Steve Largent Steve Largent was the wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks. He was a great guy and I could have done worse. He was a good guy, but we don't have someone that we look at me like that person the problem with Role Models. Is there humans in the more than she get to know one of your role models. What what do you find out? Why they're they're not perfect. I think the older you get you don't look at people and say I want to be like them you say I don't want to be like that. That's probably what we do more. So as we get older, but fortunately enough is written in the gospels and even through Paul's writings about the life of Jesus Christ that we have in Jesus Christ the perfect human example because Jesus was fully heal and we have the perfect fully human example of how to live life on Earth. Passage that talks about this is found in Philippians chapter 2. Philippians chapter 2 beginning in verse 5 Philippians chapter 2 beginning and verse by that says this have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus who though he was in the form of God did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped but emptied himself by taking the form of a servant being born in the likeness of men and being found in human form. He humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name so that at the name of Jesus every name every knee should bow in heaven and on Earth and under the Earth and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. You read this and other passages that talk about how Jesus was fully God and fully man. And I don't think that's something that we're going to be able to fully comprehend in this life. And that's okay. There's lots of things that we can't fully comprehend what this passage says number seven that emptied himself that he was found in the form of God that he was God himself and yet when he came to take on human flesh, he emptied himself and that means he chose not to use his divine power. How does that work? Why are so many given illustration on this longing to share that illustration with you the problem with illustration that are trying to describe a Biblical truth. They eventually they follow Parts. This is the perfect illustration. But this illustration I heard from Dan Spader a Dance Theatre was a guest speaker at a pastor conference. I went to a couple years ago that some of you might remember the series that I did on the four chairs of their the process of Christian discipleship on chi chi in his speech. He kind of gave a talk on Philippians 2 and how Jesus could be fully man and fully God and now he emptied himself and this is kind of We described it. How many of you over the last month as you're going out and buying presents how many of you took out that magic piece of plastic that allowed you to take it home? Most of us do write a credit card. It's great. You just swipe the plastic and then you can take it home. Unfortunately. We have to pay that back. Right we have we're in a dead now. We got to pay that but could you imagine if you had a plastic card and it wasn't a debit card or wasn't a credit card with a debit card and you had access to unlimited wealth it never ran out. Would that be nice? I think that's kind of everyone's dream. Right? But imagine if you had a car that not only could pay for everything had unlimited resources But Not only would it have Financial Resources but it also had the power and ability to heal people and do cause things in the weather. Listen, that's the resource that Jesus had as God, but when it's over be emptied himself, it's like he had this card. Call the God card get access to infinite resources. But while he was here on Earth Jesus chose to not use the God card and for those 33 years that he was on Earth. He never used his Divine abilities now, so he might be saying but wait a second. I know he perform Miracles. What about that? Will you'll notice in the gospel and doesn't record this every single time, but why did Jesus usually do before he performed a miracle? He prayed to God the Father. Jesus depended upon God the Father to perform those Miracles so that he was pointing everyone to God the Father and Son Jesus. There is 33 years here on Earth practice self control and self-restraint. Like no other human being has ever done. Jesus lived in total dependence upon the Father Like No Other human being has ever done before and because he was fully God and he chose to not use his divine power. He shows us humility. Like no other human being has ever done it. So Jesus gives us the perfect example of how to live and Jesus is the only one to fully and Sir Ali live out. The greatest commands that there are Jesus love the Lord his God our God with all this heart soul and strength and he loved his neighbor as himself and so in Jesus Christ you and I have the greatest example and listen. It's hard to understand but Jesus did that as a human he did that as a human just like you and I are human. He did that as our greatest example. You know in the Old Testament, it's fun to see God show up on the Old Testament, especially as he led the Israelites out of the nation of Egypt and God kind of revealed himself in a few different ways and member what happened on Mount Sinai Moses on Mount Sinai God revealed himself with smoke and Thunder and the people were where they were literally scared to death. They were afraid and got also showed himself as a cloud by day and a pillar of Fire by night. But when God shows up in Jesus, he shows up as a baby. And you just have to wonder what was it? Like for Mary and Joseph to look at this child and know that he is God and you know, like I said before one thing that you love to do is babes. You want me to just grab their chubby little thighs. And how many do you like to give zerberts to your baby? And I'll get their belly to stick your lips right on there. And did they ever get out to Jesus? You know, I Shirley probably do that. That's what you do to babies. But if Jesus was born a helpless baby, he was completely dependent. He was completely vulnerable in this world. All he could do for the first portion of his life was eat sleep and MP change, that's it. He came as a baby. He didn't come as those other things in the Old Testament because he wasn't coming to bring judgment but to pay the penalty for our sins. So he came as a baby to take away the barrier between our humanity and God so that we could be together. And listen. This was the only way you could happen. This is the only way I could happen. This is the only way that you can I get if I can have this hope this is the only way I could happen. Yo, what's good for us to take time and reflect on these things the God gives us hope through Jesus. He gives us Comfort he provides for us and he gives us the perfect example, but he is the only way that you and I can have a relationship with God the father. Jesus as an adult said explicitly that and John 14:6. Jesus says to the disciples and everyone who is listening. He said to them I am the way and the truth and the life no one comes to the father except through me. There's no other way to the father. There's no other way that you and I can have our sins forgiven. The only way is through Jesus Christ in his death and his resurrection. And all these benefits that we talked about today having the Comfort having example, all of those are absolutely meaningless. If you have not placed your face in which Jesus Christ did. So I see a lot of familiar faces here this morning and maybe some of you here have never made this decision. But today is the day when you can have all of these benefits and realize why Jesus Christ became a human being and in the Bible tells us how we can be saved in the good message of our salvation and 1st Corinthians chapter 15 the first four versus the Apostle Paul says, that's to those people he says now, I would remind you Brothers of the Gospel I preached to you which you received in which you stand and by which you are being saved. If you hold fast to the word I preach to you unless you believe in vain fried delivered to you as a first importance what I also received that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures that he was buried that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures. This is very clear how you and I can be saved and that's we place our faith and what God did through his son Jesus Christ Our Lord and Savior. All we need to do is place our faith that he was born to die for our sins. He was crucified on the cross and he raised back to life to give us the hope of eternal life. And if you're here this morning and you never done that today is the day that you can do that. Today is the day that you can be the Bible says born again and have that hope that only comes to Jesus Christ. That's what this time. I'm going to make this offer available to anyone here who is never made that decision to place their faith in Christ alone, like everyone about their heads and they close their eyes. If you're here this morning and you would like to have this hope of eternal life that's giving you only through Jesus Christ. Simply pray this prayer to God the Father after me and he will hear you in your heart and your mind and somebody pray to him your father. I know I am a sinner.

And I believe you sent your son to die on the cross for my sins.

And I believe you brought him back from the dead 3 days later to give me the hope of eternal life. And your father at this moment. I place my faith in Christ alone for my salvation.

Have you prayed for the first time today or if you've ever prayed that you are God's child. And only through Christ you have the hope of eternal life. closing prayer tell her thank you so much for revealing to us. What you did some 2,000 years ago through the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ that you that you became and infants and Lord. It's it's fun to even think about that what that must have been like thank you for humbling yourself taking upon yourself Humanity so that you could be our great example so that you could be our great high priest so that you can be that comfort in times of trouble and in Trials the Lord my prayer is that not only through our church here at Grace Bible Church in Phoenix, but all the True Body of Christ churches around us in this city and around the country and around the world that today in in from this day forward that we will boldly proclaim the gospel of our Salvation, which is the desk the burial in the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and it's such a privilege that we know these things and not at this time of year. That is a body of Believers that we can celebrate the birth, which gives us this helps Our Father. We thank you so much for this morning. Thank you for giving us your Words that we can study know these things and Lord. We also look forward to tonight coming back and celebrating as a church family with this Christmas program Brady sings now in Christ name, amen.