Christmas Paradoxes !!!

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Résumé

TLDREl video es una lección de estudio bíblico que explora las paradojas de la Navidad, la profecía bíblica, y el significado espiritual del nacimiento de Jesucristo. Se inicia con una oración de gratitud y bendición. Luego, el narrador diserta sobre el significado de paradojas como 'hielo caliente' y su aplicación en eventos de la vida de Cristo. Destaca las profecías que predicen el nacimiento, muerte y resurrección de Jesús, enfatizando que estos eventos no son coincidencia sino providenciales. El video analiza la 'insignificancia' de Belén, que se transforma en relevante por ser el lugar de nacimiento de Jesús. Además, aunque Jesús es llamado el 'Príncipe de Paz', su llegada provoca divisiones debido a cambios en las prioridades de sus seguidores. Finalmente, se discute cómo Lucas, un médico, escribe sobre el nacimiento virginal, una tarea irónica para alguien de su profesión.

A retenir

  • 🙏 Inicia con una oración de gratitud.
  • 🎭 El video aborda las paradojas del idioma.
  • 📜 Destaca las profecías sobre Jesucristo en la Biblia.
  • 📍 Belén se transforma de insignificante a importante.
  • 🔄 La paz de Jesús trae divisiones familiares.
  • 👶 El nacimiento virginal de Jesús es clave para su papel.
  • 🌍 Jesús como mediador entre Dios y la humanidad.
  • 🕊️ La paz interior es un don de Jesús.
  • 🔍 La paradoja del médico que documenta el nacimiento virginal.
  • 🎄 Reflexión sobre el significado profundo de la Navidad.

Chronologie

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    El orador comienza con una oración, agradeciendo a Dios por el foro y la familia Richards por su papel en la creación de este estudio bíblico. Se menciona que este ha sido de gran beneficio para el orador y se pide una bendición especial para los participantes que han optado por estar presentes para crecer espiritualmente.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    El significado de la palabra "paradoja" se discute mediante ejemplos en inglés como "tragedia cómica". Se introducen las paradojas relacionadas con la Navidad. También se menciona que los eventos clave de la vida de Jesús estaban profetizados y escritos en las Escrituras mucho antes de que ocurrieran, enfatizando que no pueden ser considerados como coincidencias.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    El orador comparte una anécdota sobre cómo Dios intercedió para devolver una maleta perdida. La historia resalta que, aunque desde fuera parezca coincidencia, estaba profetizado de antemano por Dios, demostrado cómo los planes de Dios no son accidentales. Asimismo, se destaca que los detalles sobre Jesús estaban escritos en las Escrituras mucho tiempo antes de que ocurrieran, enfatizando la providencia divina.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    Se discute cómo Miqueas llamó a Belén un "pueblo judío pequeño", lo cual parece paradojal dado que el rey David nació allí. El orador enfatiza que nuestra importancia espiritual no depende de nuestro legado espiritual heredado sino de nuestra relación con Cristo.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:00

    Se habla del decreto de César Augusto que llevó a José y María a Belén, cumpliendo así la profecía de Miqueas. Se destaca cómo las acciones humanas, incluso las motivadas por razones egoístas, pueden ser utilizadas por Dios para cumplir sus propósitos.

  • 00:25:00 - 00:30:00

    Jesús es denominado el Príncipe de Paz, pero Él mismo dijo que no vino a traer paz sino espada. Se explica que a nivel micro, individual, Jesús trae paz entre nosotros y Dios. Sin embargo, a nivel macro, Jesús establecerá la paz global después de su segunda venida.

  • 00:30:00 - 00:35:00

    La paz interna que Jesús ofrece a los creyentes se destaca como independiente de las circunstancias externas. Se abordan las escrituras relacionadas, subrayando que la paz y la alegría divinas que vienen con la relación correcta con Dios son incomprensibles para los no creyentes.

  • 00:35:00 - 00:40:00

    Las diferencias en las prioridades y comportamientos cristianos pueden generar conflicto con aquellos que no comparten la fe. Esto refleja cómo los creyentes experimentan persecución o malentendidos, pero mantienen la paz interna debido al Espíritu Santo.

  • 00:40:00 - 00:45:00

    En el nivel macro, después de la segunda venida, se cita Isaías 2:1-4 que profetiza paz mundial bajo el reinado de Jesús desde Jerusalén, donde las armas se transformarán en herramientas agrícolas. La paz global duradera ejemplifica el título de Jesús como Príncipe de Paz.

  • 00:45:00 - 00:50:00

    El nacimiento virginal de Jesús se discute para enfatizar su rol como mediador entre Dios y los hombres. Debido a su doble naturaleza como Hijo de Dios y Hijo del Hombre, puede representar justamente a ambas partes en reconciliación.

  • 00:50:00 - 00:58:48

    Finalmente, se señala que el Dr. Lucas, un médico que históricamente sería escéptico, narra el nacimiento virginal en su evangelio, lo cual resalta la veracidad y aceptación del milagro del nacimiento de Jesús, rompiendo paradigmas y reforzando su autoridad divina.

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Vidéo Q&R

  • ¿Cuáles son algunos ejemplos de paradojas mencionadas en el video?

    Algunos ejemplos incluyen "hielo caliente" y "comedia trágica".

  • ¿Qué profecías relacionadas con Jesucristo se mencionan?

    Se mencionan profecías sobre su nacimiento por una virgen en Isaías 7:14, su nacimiento en Belén según Miqueas 5:2, su muerte en el Salmo 22, y su resurrección en el Salmo 16:10.

  • ¿Qué papel juega Belén en la discusión del video?

    Belén se discute como una 'aldea pequeña insignificante' que se volvió significativa por el nacimiento de Jesucristo.

  • ¿Cómo se describe el nacimiento de Jesús en relación con su poder para cumplir profecías?

    Se describe que las acciones de líderes como César Augusto fueron usadas por Dios para cumplir la profecía de Jesús naciendo en Belén.

  • ¿Por qué el nacimiento virginal de Jesús es significativo?

    Es significativo porque permite que Jesús sea el 'Hijo de Dios' como 'Hijo del Hombre', lo que le da la posición para mediar entre Dios y los hombres.

  • ¿Cómo se explica la paz que trae Jesús?

    Jesús trae paz al mediar entre Dios y los hombres, y se describe como el 'Príncipe de Paz', aunque advierte que causará división en las familias debido a los cambios internos de quienes lo siguen.

  • ¿Cuál es la paradoja sobre la escritura del nacimiento virginal?

    La paradoja es que un médico, Lucas, que sería naturalmente escéptico ante un nacimiento virginal, es quien lo escribe en su evangelio.

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    name we pray amen amen
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    amen dear friends uh before I come to
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    the slideshow uh as a part of the
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    introduction let me share two points one
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    is we need to know the meaning of the
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    word paradox in English what is the
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    meaning of the word paradox any sentence
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    where there are two opposing meanings
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    then that is called as Paradox like the
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    word hote
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    or this is the beginning of the end or
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    tragic comedy that is called Paradox
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    today we'll be focusing upon some
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    Christmas related
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    paradoxes I'll come to that step by step
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    but I'm preparing you mentally and
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    emotionally we'll be focusing upon
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    Christmas related paradoxes what is the
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    meaning of the word paradox any sentence
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    or any word in which there are two
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    opposite meanings like hot eyes comic
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    tragedy or this is the beginning of the
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    end so that is called Paradox and one
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    more thing which I would like to share
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    before I come to the main topic is the
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    Milestone events in our lord Jesus
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    Christ's life has all been
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    for everything has been written in
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    advance dear friends on the life death
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    and resurrection of a lord Jesus Christ
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    depended the salvation of
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    mankind lest any man attribute
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    our Lord's birth death and Resurrection
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    to any accident or coincidence our
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    heavenly father has foretold has
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    prophesied has got it written down in
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    the scriptures many many years even
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    before our Lord Jesus Christ came his
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    birth that he would be born to a virgin
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    has been prophesied in Isaiah 7:14 that
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    he would be born in bethle just now
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    Sister Joi also read it out it is
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    written in Micah 52 that he would die on
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    the Cross psalm 22 that he would rise
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    again from the dead Psalm 16:10 that he
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    would Ascend it is written in Isaiah
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    sorry in Psalm
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    68:18 everything has been foretold so
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    that nobody will attribute our Lord's
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    birth death and Resurrection to a
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    coincidence but everybody has to believe
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    that it is Providence everything is
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    taking place asper his will I'll just
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    illustrate before I come to the main
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    PowerPoint presentation
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    there was one real life incident uh that
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    brings dear to the eye I read about it
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    in a magazine called Light of Life a
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    Mumbai based Christian magazine it is a
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    testimony of a servant of God who all
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    lighted from the train in a busy station
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    we all know that we when we undertake a
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    train journey we all have some luggage
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    so on and so forth so he brought down
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    his luggage and he thought everything
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    has come down with the help of the
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    porter
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    and as the train started moving suddenly
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    he realized that the porter who he has
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    engaged in bringing down the luggage he
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    has not brought down the briefcase one
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    briefcase of his in the compartment and
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    that briefcase contained some valuables
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    of that servant of God and the train
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    moved away and in desperation that
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    servant of God started praying Lord that
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    briefcase if it is lost I would be
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    deprived of many valuable things
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    especially some valuable Christian
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    literature please help me in retrieving
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    that briefcase I'm asking your question
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    dear friends if somebody were to try to
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    chase the Train by taking a taxi or an
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    auto uh before the train goes to the
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    next station in a busy say Mumbai City
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    where roads are congested can we by
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    traveling in a taxi or an auto reach the
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    next station before the train reaches or
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    will the train reach that next station
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    first give me an answer especially if we
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    are traveling in congested Delhi or
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    Mumbai
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    roads
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    no the train will reach because train
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    doesn't have train traffic congestion
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    problem so this servant of God knew that
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    even if he were to take a taxi now or an
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    auto now and try to reach the next
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    station before the train reaches the
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    station it would not be possible because
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    the train would move away from that
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    station also before he reaches that
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    place he started praying desperately
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    Lord help me get that briefcase back and
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    lo and behold he heard an announcement
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    in the train station that the train is
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    coming back hallelujah praise the
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    Lord and the train did come back and
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    this time without engaging any Porter or
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    a coie uh the servant of God himself
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    went inside that compartment he found
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    that briefcase safe and sound
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    right near his birth he took that
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    briefcase and thanking the lord
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    profusely he came
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    down now he started inquiring with the
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    powers that be in the railway station
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    why the train came back and later on as
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    he enquired he found out that as the
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    train moved from that station what
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    happened was one passenger who was
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    traveling in the first class he went to
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    the washroom and opened the T the water
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    was not coming he got very angry and he
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    pulled the chain and the train stopped
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    and the driver came fuming he said why
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    did you pull the chain and this
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    passenger was very angry he shot back at
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    the driver he said I'm traveling in a
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    first class compartment I am paying such
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    a hefty sum to buy this ticket to have
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    some basic amenities and facilities in a
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    railway compartment and if you deprive
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    me of water also then I'm going to
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    complain to the railway Minister and the
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    driver got frightened as this passenger
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    expressed his anger uh and the driver
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    brought back the uh train back to that
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    station to fill that train with water as
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    the tanks water tanks in the
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    compartments were empty now dear
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    friends whose hand is
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    there in bringing the train back was it
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    coincidence or the hand of
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    God God hand of God hallelujah praise
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    the the Lord now if I were to go and
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    tell one atheist who doesn't believe in
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    God see our heavenly father is so great
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    he answered the prayer of one servant of
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    his and brought back the train which
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    left the station back to the same
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    platform the aist is bound to
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    respond uh in a mocking way he would say
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    hey that was a coincidence it was a
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    stroke of Fortune that your friend a su
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    of God got back his briefcase I would
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    not believe that this is the work of God
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    but now dear friends let us think for a
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    moment that everything about that
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    incident if it has been written in the
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    scriptures 300 years back that this
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    servant of God would be traveling in
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    such a such a train he would be
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    traveling in the compartment number so
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    and so and he would be traveling in the
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    birth number so and so that he would for
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    that the porter would forget bringing
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    down one briefcase and that the train
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    would move at such a such a time from
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    the station and would come back to the
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    station at such and such a time if all
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    the details related to this incident are
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    recorded in the scripture say 300 years
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    back can anybody attribute this
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    particular great work of God to
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    coincidence they have to believe it is
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    Providence because everything about that
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    has been forto Allelujah praise the Lord
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    are you all with me so Sim similarly
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    there are great many prophecies about
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    our Lord Jesus Christ where he would be
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    born Bethlehem how he would be born to a
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    virgin Isaiah
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    7:14 how he would die on the cross Psalm
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    22 all the verses including
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    that fourth word of our Lord Jesus
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    Christ my God my God why have you
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    deserted me why have you forsaken me
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    that is how Psalm 22 begins and then
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    again that he would rise from the dead
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    psalm 16: 10 that he would Ascend Psalm
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    68:18 everything has been written down
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    lest anybody attribute our Lord's life
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    death and Resurrection to an accident
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    are you all with me this is all
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    introduction now coming to the
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    paradoxes before I show you the slide
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    I'm going to ask you a question who is
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    the father of our nation modern day
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    India very Elementary question unmute
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    and give me an answer
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    Gandhi g Gandhi g right
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    answer
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    now next question related to Gandhi g
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    where was he
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    born por bander poor bander right answer
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    por bander in
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    Gujarat and if anybody comes and says oh
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    powerand a small insignificant
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    City would not Indians get offended
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    because Indians take pride in the world
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    work of Mahatma Gandhi they take pride
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    in the fact that he was born in India
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    all the residents of poor band they will
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    take pride in the fact that the father
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    of the nation was born in porbander in
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    Gujarat if anyone were to come and say
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    address poor band as a small
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    insignificant Village I will take the
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    help of brother Israel also to read from
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    the living Bible also
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    M if somebody were to
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    attribute and say porbander is a small
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    insignificant Village would not the
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    residents of porbander get
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    offended give an answer yes or no
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    yes yes so dear
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    friends if Mah had addressed Bethlehem
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    as a small insignificant Village before
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    David was born then it is okay but Mah's
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    prophecy was almost 500 years after
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    David was born after he ruled Israel and
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    he came to be regarded as one of the
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    best kings in the nation of
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    Israel now uh I'll take the help of
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    brother Israel to read from the living
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    Bible he has the living Bible yes Mah 52
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    Mah 52 oh Bethlehem eata you are but a
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    small judian village yet you will be the
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    birthplace of my king who is alive from
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    Everlasting ages past look at that uh
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    speaking of Bethlehem as a small judian
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    village
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    H can anybody speak of Po Mand like that
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    hey you are a
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    small village lying in someone corner of
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    Gujarat so let us look at David's
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    spirituality how his obedience to the
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    Lord yes he committed some sins but he
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    would always repent and set right his
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    relationship with the Lord so much so
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    David's spirituality becomes The
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    Benchmark for measuring the spirituality
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    of other kings who followed him I'll be
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    taking the help of sister Joi please
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    read from 2 Chronicles 28 verse1
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    sister look at how King aha's
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    spirituality is measured in relation
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    with the spirituality of David ahaz was
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    20 years old when he became king and he
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    reigned in Jerusalem 16 years unlike
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    David his father he did not do what was
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    right in the eyes of the Lord unlike
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    David's father David is the spiritual
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    benchmark
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    for all Kings who followed him let us
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    look at 2 Chronicles 29 also: 1 to3 we
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    see hezekia spirituality also measured
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    in relation to the spirituality of David
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    Hezekiah was 25 years old when he became
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    king and he reigned in Jerusalem 29
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    years his mother's name was abijah
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    daughter of Zechariah he did what was
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    right in the eyes of the Lord just as
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    his father David had done look at that
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    his spirituality is also measured in
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    relation to the spirituality of
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    David so does it make sense to call
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    Bethlehem a small judian village a small
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    insignificant Village like in other
  • 00:13:42
    biblical
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    translations paradoxical it is it
  • 00:13:46
    doesn't make sense to call Bethlehem as
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    a small judian village as a small
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    insignificant Village when the greatest
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    King in the history of nation of Israel
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    was born there can we look down upon
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    poor B as Indians no so uh now we'll go
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    to the slideshow okay brother Vijay will
  • 00:14:05
    be displaying the slides to us we'll go
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    step by step brother
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    Vijay I'll be using uh sub edings all
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    beginning with the letter P because the
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    word paradox also begins with the letter
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    P I'll be using the words uh all
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    beginning with the letter P okay
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    um first I already shared with you what
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    is the meaning of the word paradox it is
  • 00:14:32
    a sentence or a phrase which is having
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    words having opposite meanings hot ice
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    means it is paradoxical press the next
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    button brother
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    vij uh to say this is the beginning of
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    the end is also paradoxical okay let's
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    go to the next slide so Christmas
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    paradoxes I'm using three pce one is
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    Place second Peacemaker and third is
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    physician okay Place Peacemaker and
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    physician now coming to the place let's
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    go to the next slide brother Vijay let
  • 00:15:03
    us look at Bethlehem look at this this
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    is a wonderful place
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    Bethlehem where the Savior was born and
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    to call it as a small judian village
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    where David already was born seems
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    paradoxical so what is the exact meaning
  • 00:15:24
    what did what is the lesson which God
  • 00:15:26
    wants us to learn from Micah f too dear
  • 00:15:30
    friends often we Christians this is a
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    special lesson for us we boast about our
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    spiritual Heritage
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    sometimes I have seen in my 41 years of
  • 00:15:42
    my walk with the Lord 41 years of my
  • 00:15:45
    Christian Life many a Christian boasting
  • 00:15:47
    about his spiritual Heritage oh you know
  • 00:15:50
    my forefathers my ancestors they did
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    great ministry they ministered in the
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    Villages they established so many
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    churches
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    they want so many souls to the Lord so
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    on and so forth it is good to have
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    spiritual Heritage now I am pointedly
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    asking your
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    question will good spiritual Heritage
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    guarantee A Place For Us in heaven give
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    unmute and give me an
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    answer will good spiritual Heritage will
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    the great ministry of our forefathers
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    will that give us a ticket to go to
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    heaven no no dear friends we become an
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    important Bethlehem in God's sight only
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    when Jesus comes into our lives H
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    Allelujah praise the
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    Lord are you all with me yes great King
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    David may have been born there but in
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    God's sight it is still a small judian
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    village it is a small insignificant
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    Village but it becomes a precious
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    important Village in God's sight only
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    when the King of Kings is born
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    there and David himself had add es the
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    coming Messiah as the Lord the Savior as
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    the Lord David who is the greatest King
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    in the history of the nation of Israel
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    he himself is addressing the coming King
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    of Kings as the Lord where it where it
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    is let us take the help of sister JIS um
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    sister please read from Psalm 110
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    verse1 Psalm 110 verse
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    one underline it in your Bibles also all
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    the
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    participants Psalm 110 verse1 the Lord
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    says to my Lord sit at my right hand
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    until I make your enemies a foot stol
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    for your
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    feet that is a prophecy about the coming
  • 00:17:44
    Messiah the Lord said to my Lord that is
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    our Heavenly Father God of Abraham Isaac
  • 00:17:50
    and Jacob is uh telling Jesus the
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    Messiah the savior of the world the king
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    of kings that sit at my right hand I'll
  • 00:17:58
    make make all your enemies your foot
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    stol David is calling the coming King of
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    Kings as his Lord H Alleluia praise the
  • 00:18:07
    Lord are you all with me so that is the
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    status of our Lord Jesus Christ we are
  • 00:18:14
    talking about spiritual relativity here
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    yes David was a great king but when
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    compared to the King of Kings he's
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    nothing are you all with
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    me so dear friends let's go to the next
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    line you'll see uh you know Millions
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    thronging uh Bethlehem Christians all
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    over the world who undertake a
  • 00:18:38
    pilgrimage to the Holy Land of Israel
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    would they come back without seeing
  • 00:18:43
    Bethlehem and they would not come back
  • 00:18:45
    and I still remember my own experience
  • 00:18:47
    in 2011 of visiting the Holy Land all by
  • 00:18:51
    God's
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    grace you know I had a very
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    knowledgeable guy who would give the
  • 00:18:57
    history behind every place which we
  • 00:18:59
    would visit and when we went to
  • 00:19:01
    Bethlehem I asked him see here we are we
  • 00:19:05
    have seen the birthplace of the Messiah
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    can you show me the birthplace of David
  • 00:19:10
    where exactly he was born like you are
  • 00:19:12
    able to pinpoint the exact birthplace of
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    um Lord Jesus Christ can you pinpoint
  • 00:19:18
    the location where David was born he
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    looked he gave me a very quizzical look
  • 00:19:23
    he said I do not know today million
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    strong Bethlehem
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    not to see where David was born but to
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    see where the king of kings was born
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    hallelujah praise the Lord are you all
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    with me so dear friends a lesson for all
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    of us from Maho which is uh seemingly
  • 00:19:44
    apparently a paradoxical statement oh
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    little small judian village Bethlehem
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    how can it be a small judian village man
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    the greatest King of the nation of
  • 00:19:55
    Israel was born there but it is a small
  • 00:19:57
    judian village in God's sight till the
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    King of Kings arrives
  • 00:20:02
    there so as good as our spiritual
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    heritages yes our great forefathers our
  • 00:20:10
    ancestors they may have done great
  • 00:20:13
    ministry and they are bound to reap
  • 00:20:15
    Heavenly rewards from our heavenly
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    father for the faithful Ministry which
  • 00:20:19
    they have done but the question which we
  • 00:20:22
    need to ask ourselves during this
  • 00:20:24
    Christmas time is do I have a personal
  • 00:20:27
    relationship with the savior
  • 00:20:29
    has the Savior come into my life as he
  • 00:20:32
    come into my heart otherwise I am a
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    small judian village that's all I will
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    get a prominence in Heavenly father's
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    sight only when the King of Kings the
  • 00:20:46
    Savior the Messiah enters my life are
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    you all with me so dear friends this is
  • 00:20:52
    the first Paradox which I wanted to
  • 00:20:55
    bring related to Christmas let's go to
  • 00:20:58
    the uh next slide brother Vijay just to
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    bring out the power of God I'm sharing
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    this with you dear friends um I'm giving
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    you my own example my parents belong to
  • 00:21:12
    Chenal Pate in Chennai my father worked
  • 00:21:14
    in medras presidency in early
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    1950s when the division took place of
  • 00:21:22
    Tamil Nadu and Andra Pradesh the
  • 00:21:24
    authorities found out that my paternal
  • 00:21:27
    grandfather belongs to rali in GTO so
  • 00:21:30
    they transferred my dad who was actually
  • 00:21:33
    staying in changal Chennai to Hyderabad
  • 00:21:36
    first to kol and then to Hyderabad now
  • 00:21:40
    we know Joseph and Mary they are of the
  • 00:21:42
    davidic
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    line and in Thousand Years from David
  • 00:21:48
    till our Lord Jesus Christ was born due
  • 00:21:50
    to different reasons they had migrated
  • 00:21:52
    to Nazareth brother Vijay you can point
  • 00:21:54
    a CER at Nazareth yeah thank you
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    different reasons thousand years have
  • 00:22:01
    passed due to different reasons they had
  • 00:22:03
    migrated to
  • 00:22:04
    Nazareth now I'm going to ask a question
  • 00:22:07
    to all the group members would any
  • 00:22:10
    maternity
  • 00:22:12
    doctor recommend a journey of 120
  • 00:22:17
    kilometers in the land of Hills and
  • 00:22:19
    Valleys to a lady who is 10 months
  • 00:22:22
    pregnant would any maternity
  • 00:22:25
    doctor advise her to undertake a journey
  • 00:22:28
    of 120 kilom in a Land of Hills and
  • 00:22:31
    Valleys when she is 10 months
  • 00:22:35
    pregnant give me yes or no no no no
  • 00:22:39
    doctor would recommend are you all with
  • 00:22:41
    me but in order that this prophecy of
  • 00:22:45
    Micah should be
  • 00:22:47
    fulfilled the Lord brought a Royal
  • 00:22:50
    Decree from emperor
  • 00:22:53
    Caesar that all his
  • 00:22:56
    citizens all his subject should travel
  • 00:22:59
    to their native Villages for
  • 00:23:01
    registration remember one thing God can
  • 00:23:03
    use selfish motives of some people also
  • 00:23:06
    for his glory selfish motives of
  • 00:23:09
    Joseph's Elder brothers that they should
  • 00:23:11
    get rid of him actually resulted in uh
  • 00:23:16
    God's glory being further magnified
  • 00:23:18
    being further enhanced Joseph became the
  • 00:23:21
    savior of the Israel and not only savior
  • 00:23:24
    of Israel but the World At Large when he
  • 00:23:27
    reached Egypt and elevated as the prime
  • 00:23:30
    minister of Egypt but what was the
  • 00:23:33
    original intention of uh Joseph's Elder
  • 00:23:37
    Brothers was it horest good intention or
  • 00:23:40
    very selfish intention of selling him
  • 00:23:43
    off to the ishite Traders give me an
  • 00:23:47
    answer selfish reasons
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    or horest reasons selfish Reon selfish
  • 00:23:53
    reasons but God used it for his glory
  • 00:23:55
    and emperor Caesar Augustus he brought
  • 00:23:59
    about a decree saying that all his
  • 00:24:01
    citizens should travel to Native
  • 00:24:02
    Villages why he wanted that system of
  • 00:24:07
    tax collection to be more systematic to
  • 00:24:10
    be more methodical he wanted to have a
  • 00:24:12
    database whereby he would know that all
  • 00:24:14
    his subjects are paying
  • 00:24:16
    taxes that is why he ordered that all
  • 00:24:20
    the people in his kingdom should travel
  • 00:24:23
    to the native Villages for
  • 00:24:25
    registration so that tomorrow he would
  • 00:24:27
    be able to monitor whether they are able
  • 00:24:29
    they are paying the taxes or not it was
  • 00:24:31
    a selfish decision but God was using it
  • 00:24:34
    for his Glory Hallelujah praise the Lord
  • 00:24:37
    it ensured that the prophecy of Micah
  • 00:24:39
    was fulfilled you can see the power of
  • 00:24:42
    God In Action is Adonai God Seated on
  • 00:24:45
    the throne Isaiah 61 are you all with
  • 00:24:48
    me so uh I'll take the help of sister ji
  • 00:24:52
    to read from Luke's gospel chap 2: 1 to7
  • 00:24:55
    and then uh Proverbs also 21:1
  • 00:24:58
    uh just to save on time as sister is
  • 00:25:00
    reading from Luke's gospel chap 2: 1 to7
  • 00:25:03
    uh brother Israel will be ready with
  • 00:25:05
    Proverbs
  • 00:25:06
    211 in those days Caesar Augustus issued
  • 00:25:09
    a decree that the census should be taken
  • 00:25:11
    of the entire Roman world this was the
  • 00:25:14
    first senses that took place while
  • 00:25:15
    quirinus was governor of Syria and
  • 00:25:18
    everyone went to his own town to
  • 00:25:20
    register so Joseph also went up from the
  • 00:25:23
    town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea to
  • 00:25:26
    Bethlehem the town of David because he
  • 00:25:29
    belonged to the house and the line of
  • 00:25:31
    David he went there to register with
  • 00:25:33
    Mary who was pledged to be married to
  • 00:25:36
    him and was expecting a child while they
  • 00:25:39
    were there the time came for the baby to
  • 00:25:41
    be born and she gave birth to her
  • 00:25:42
    firstborn a son she wrapped him in a
  • 00:25:45
    cloth and placed him in the manger
  • 00:25:48
    because there was no room for them in
  • 00:25:49
    the
  • 00:25:50
    Inn thank you sister brother Israel
  • 00:25:54
    Proverbs
  • 00:25:55
    21:1 everything is in God's hands even
  • 00:25:57
    including in the hearts of the Kings
  • 00:26:00
    just as water is turned into irrigation
  • 00:26:03
    ditches so the Lord directs the king's
  • 00:26:06
    thoughts hallelujah praise the Lord just
  • 00:26:11
    as the water can be turned into the
  • 00:26:13
    ditches by the concerned farmers in his
  • 00:26:15
    agricultural field the Lord can direct
  • 00:26:18
    the thoughts of the king hallelujah
  • 00:26:20
    praise the Lord everything is in his
  • 00:26:21
    hands and let us look at the journey
  • 00:26:25
    which they undertook brother Vijay from
  • 00:26:27
    Nazareth
  • 00:26:28
    they are bypassing Samaria by traveling
  • 00:26:31
    in a boat uh usually Christians think
  • 00:26:35
    all along from Nazareth till Bethlehem
  • 00:26:38
    they rode on a donkey no uh when you do
  • 00:26:42
    a deep Bible study you'll realize that
  • 00:26:45
    they bypass Samaria because Samaritans
  • 00:26:47
    are very hostile with the Jews they
  • 00:26:50
    would not give them places to LOD in uh
  • 00:26:53
    brother Vijay you can point a curer of
  • 00:26:55
    the journey from Nazareth then onto
  • 00:26:58
    River Jordan there they would take a
  • 00:27:01
    boat and come up to
  • 00:27:04
    Jericho from Jericho again yes they
  • 00:27:07
    would take a donkey and travel up to
  • 00:27:09
    Bethlehem but uh many Christians think
  • 00:27:12
    all along from Nazareth till Bethlehem
  • 00:27:15
    they rode on a donkey no because right
  • 00:27:17
    side picture also shows um Joseph making
  • 00:27:21
    Mary sit on a donkey and the donkey is
  • 00:27:24
    walking yes part of the journey was made
  • 00:27:26
    on the donkey back but uh you can see
  • 00:27:29
    major section of their Journey was made
  • 00:27:31
    by way of a boat from uh Nazareth they
  • 00:27:35
    come to River Jordan and from River
  • 00:27:37
    Jordan they use the boat in River Jordan
  • 00:27:40
    come up to Jericho and then again they
  • 00:27:42
    travel Inland to Bethlehem are you all
  • 00:27:45
    with me so why did they use the boat to
  • 00:27:48
    bypass the Hostile Samaritan region are
  • 00:27:51
    you all with me when you come to Luke's
  • 00:27:53
    gospel chapter 9 the closing verses
  • 00:27:55
    there also you'll see that when Jesus
  • 00:27:57
    sends his deciples to book a room in the
  • 00:27:59
    Samaritan Village they are not willing
  • 00:28:01
    to give a room to him are you all with
  • 00:28:03
    me so uh the power of God is in display
  • 00:28:07
    in making Caesar Augustus pass the
  • 00:28:09
    decree so that M fu is fulfilled
  • 00:28:12
    Allelujah praise the Lord are you all
  • 00:28:14
    with me and that God is ruling Our Lives
  • 00:28:19
    as Christians whenever we encounter
  • 00:28:22
    problems let us not uh get too anxious
  • 00:28:26
    too concerned and lose our peace of mind
  • 00:28:29
    no our heavenly father who is ruling Our
  • 00:28:33
    Lives he's Seated on the throne he
  • 00:28:37
    everything is in his control are you all
  • 00:28:38
    with me that is the purpose of our Bible
  • 00:28:40
    study to deepen our relationship with
  • 00:28:43
    our heavenly father are you all with me
  • 00:28:45
    so let's go to the next slide brother
  • 00:28:47
    we'll come to it another Paradox uh I'll
  • 00:28:52
    be taking the help of sister ji to read
  • 00:28:54
    from Isaiah chapter 9:6 and brother
  • 00:28:57
    Israel will be ready
  • 00:28:58
    with Matthew's gospel chap 10: 34- 38
  • 00:29:03
    okay uh then we'll see the Paradox what
  • 00:29:05
    is the Paradox here Jesus is ascribed a
  • 00:29:08
    title he's the Prince of Peace but what
  • 00:29:11
    does Matthew's gospel chapter 10: 34 to
  • 00:29:14
    38 say okay for to us a child is born to
  • 00:29:18
    us a son is given and the Garment will
  • 00:29:20
    be on his shoulders and he will be
  • 00:29:23
    called wonderful counselor Mighty God
  • 00:29:25
    Everlasting father Prince of Peace
  • 00:29:28
    Prince of Peace but what is Jesus
  • 00:29:31
    speaking about his own Ministry brother
  • 00:29:35
    Israel Matthew's gospel 10: 34- 38 don't
  • 00:29:39
    imagine that I came to bring peace to
  • 00:29:41
    the Earth no rather as SW I have come to
  • 00:29:45
    set a man against his father and a
  • 00:29:48
    daughter against her mother and a
  • 00:29:50
    daughter-in-law against her
  • 00:29:51
    mother-in-law a man's worst enemies will
  • 00:29:54
    be right in his own home if you love
  • 00:29:57
    your father and mother more than you
  • 00:29:58
    love me you're not worthy of being mine
  • 00:30:01
    or if you love your son or daughter more
  • 00:30:03
    than me you are not worthy of being mine
  • 00:30:06
    if you refuse to take up your cross and
  • 00:30:08
    follow me you're not worthy of being
  • 00:30:12
    mine Jesus is given the title Prince of
  • 00:30:15
    Peace and he himself is telling I not
  • 00:30:18
    come to bring peace but rather a sword
  • 00:30:21
    man's worst enemies will be in his own
  • 00:30:23
    family how do you reconcile these both
  • 00:30:26
    statements this is appearing
  • 00:30:29
    paradoxical is it not give me yes or
  • 00:30:34
    no Jesus himself is telling I have not
  • 00:30:36
    come to bring peace so how can we give
  • 00:30:38
    him the title Prince of Peace doesn't it
  • 00:30:41
    seem
  • 00:30:43
    paradoxical yes or no yes
  • 00:30:48
    yes see uh brother vij you can uh show
  • 00:30:52
    the participants also other participants
  • 00:30:54
    if it is uh it can be displayed uh
  • 00:30:59
    just think for a moment tomorrow I
  • 00:31:02
    always pray that in Wednesday Bible
  • 00:31:05
    study all the participants should become
  • 00:31:08
    Bible teachers hallelujah praise the
  • 00:31:10
    Lord Tomorrow People may ask you a
  • 00:31:13
    question
  • 00:31:16
    teacher one of the titles ascribed to
  • 00:31:19
    Jesus is Prince of Peace and that
  • 00:31:22
    prophecy you always read during
  • 00:31:24
    Christmas time unto us a child is born
  • 00:31:27
    unto us a son is is given and then come
  • 00:31:30
    the titles of our Lord Jesus Christ
  • 00:31:32
    Everlasting father wonderful counselor
  • 00:31:34
    Prince of Peace how do you reconcile
  • 00:31:36
    this title with what Jesus himself says
  • 00:31:39
    in Matthew's gospel chapter 10: 34-39
  • 00:31:43
    how how do when he says I'm not come to
  • 00:31:45
    bring peace but rather a
  • 00:31:48
    soul dear friends let us go step by step
  • 00:31:53
    you all here to learn okay there are two
  • 00:31:56
    Dimensions to it one is micro another is
  • 00:31:59
    macro okay let's go to the next slide
  • 00:32:01
    brother Vijay there are two Dimensions
  • 00:32:04
    to this subject one is micro another is
  • 00:32:09
    macro okay when we accept our Lord Jesus
  • 00:32:13
    Christ as a lord and savior he sets
  • 00:32:16
    right our relationship with our Heavenly
  • 00:32:18
    Father by the blood which he has shed on
  • 00:32:21
    the cross he cleanses our
  • 00:32:23
    hearts and our relationship with our
  • 00:32:26
    heavenly father is set right so much so
  • 00:32:28
    now we become his children when we are
  • 00:32:31
    born into this world we belong to Satan
  • 00:32:33
    but now after we accept Jesus as our
  • 00:32:36
    Lord and savior look at him he's The
  • 00:32:38
    Peacemaker he is setting right our
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    relationship with our heavenly father
  • 00:32:42
    now I'll make sister ji to read from
  • 00:32:45
    John's gospel chapter 1: 10 to13 we
  • 00:32:48
    become his children we are set we are
  • 00:32:50
    our relationship with him is set right
  • 00:32:52
    when we accept him as our Lord and
  • 00:32:54
    savior and brother Israel will be ready
  • 00:32:56
    with 1 Timothy ch 2:s five the sa on
  • 00:32:59
    time he was in the world and though the
  • 00:33:02
    world was made through him the world did
  • 00:33:05
    not recognize him he came to that which
  • 00:33:07
    was his own but his own did not receive
  • 00:33:10
    him yet to all who received him to those
  • 00:33:12
    who believed in his name he gave the
  • 00:33:15
    right to become children of God children
  • 00:33:17
    born not of natural descent nor of human
  • 00:33:20
    decision or a husband's will but born of
  • 00:33:23
    God we become his children our
  • 00:33:26
    relationship with our heavenly father is
  • 00:33:28
    set right by the Prince of Peace 1
  • 00:33:31
    Timothy chter 2:5
  • 00:33:34
    brother that God is on one side and all
  • 00:33:38
    the people on the other side and Christ
  • 00:33:40
    Jesus himself man is between them to
  • 00:33:44
    bring them together brother vij point a
  • 00:33:46
    kazer at Jesus being in the middle
  • 00:33:49
    bringing peace between God and men look
  • 00:33:51
    at brother vij immediately pointing the
  • 00:33:53
    kazer at the right place
  • 00:33:55
    so dear friends
  • 00:33:58
    how do you reconcile Isaiah 9:6 with
  • 00:34:01
    Matthew's gospel 10: 34-39 is listen to
  • 00:34:04
    me very carefully at micro
  • 00:34:08
    level when our relationship with our
  • 00:34:10
    heavenly father is set
  • 00:34:12
    right we get Heavenly peace as the Holy
  • 00:34:15
    Spirit comes into our heart let's go to
  • 00:34:18
    the next slide uh brother Vijay look at
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    this the Dow symbolizing the holy spirit
  • 00:34:23
    is in our heart and there is calmness
  • 00:34:26
    there is peace because our relationship
  • 00:34:29
    with our heavenly father is set right
  • 00:34:31
    but those who have not received Lord
  • 00:34:34
    Jesus Christ as the Lord and savior in a
  • 00:34:36
    nominal Christian family or in a family
  • 00:34:39
    of unbelievers they will not be able to
  • 00:34:42
    understand our new priorities
  • 00:34:44
    now dear friends when I became a
  • 00:34:47
    Christian in a nominal Christian home
  • 00:34:49
    yes God gave me the privilege of
  • 00:34:51
    baptizing my parents later on when I
  • 00:34:53
    came into the
  • 00:34:54
    ministry all my family members found my
  • 00:34:57
    new priorities as very strange to them I
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    stopped seeing movies I started uh I
  • 00:35:03
    stopped wearing flashy dress to the uh
  • 00:35:06
    family parties and all that I would just
  • 00:35:08
    go wear simple dress and go not showing
  • 00:35:11
    off my uh attire or anything like that
  • 00:35:14
    uh my family members found my behavior
  • 00:35:17
    to be very strange they could not
  • 00:35:18
    comprehend it and they were persecuting
  • 00:35:20
    me they were insulting me they were
  • 00:35:22
    mocking me so is the case of every
  • 00:35:26
    Christian in the environment in which he
  • 00:35:28
    is in his priorities will not be
  • 00:35:30
    understood properly people will mock him
  • 00:35:33
    people will insult him people will
  • 00:35:35
    persecute him emotionally or sometimes
  • 00:35:37
    even physically or
  • 00:35:40
    financially that is the meaning
  • 00:35:42
    of our Lord Jesus Christ's words in
  • 00:35:45
    Matthew's gospel 10: 34-39 the sumon
  • 00:35:48
    substan is your enemies will be right
  • 00:35:50
    around you your own family members can
  • 00:35:52
    be your enemies are you all with
  • 00:35:54
    me but that Christian who is at the
  • 00:35:57
    receiving end of persecution he'll be
  • 00:36:00
    enjoying Divine peace hallelujah praise
  • 00:36:02
    the Lord despite emotional persecution
  • 00:36:06
    despite Financial persecution whatever
  • 00:36:09
    despite social persecution but that
  • 00:36:13
    Christian who has set right his
  • 00:36:15
    relationship with the heavenly father
  • 00:36:17
    because of the work of the Prince of
  • 00:36:19
    Peace in the cross he'll be enjoying
  • 00:36:22
    Divine peace that is at micro level
  • 00:36:25
    individually he'll be having uh
  • 00:36:27
    Indescribable peace what is the kind of
  • 00:36:30
    Peace which our Lord Jesus Christ gives
  • 00:36:32
    I'll take the help of sister ji to read
  • 00:36:35
    from John's gospel chapter 14: 26- 27
  • 00:36:39
    and brother Israel will be ready with
  • 00:36:40
    Phil Philippians chapter 4: 6 and 7
  • 00:36:43
    whenever we pray uh in the midst of our
  • 00:36:46
    problems what kind of Peace our Lord
  • 00:36:48
    Jesus Christ gives brother Israel will
  • 00:36:50
    read from Philippians chapter 4: 6 and 7
  • 00:36:53
    before that uh sister Joi will be
  • 00:36:55
    reading from John's gospel ch 14: 26- 27
  • 00:36:58
    but the counselor of the Holy Spirit
  • 00:37:00
    whom the father will send in my name
  • 00:37:03
    will Point C at the D the Holy Spirit
  • 00:37:06
    symbol D symbolizing the Holy Spirit
  • 00:37:08
    when he's in our hearts yeah but the
  • 00:37:11
    counselor of the Holy Spirit whom the
  • 00:37:13
    father will send in my name will teach
  • 00:37:15
    you all things and will remind you of
  • 00:37:17
    everything I have said to you peace I
  • 00:37:19
    leave with you my peace I give you I do
  • 00:37:23
    I do not give you as the world gives do
  • 00:37:26
    not let your heart Hearts be troubled
  • 00:37:28
    and do not be afraid thank you sister
  • 00:37:31
    the peace I give is not like the world
  • 00:37:33
    peace which the world gives the peace
  • 00:37:35
    which the world gives is dependent upon
  • 00:37:37
    outward circumstances if the
  • 00:37:39
    circumstances are favorable everybody
  • 00:37:41
    has good health they have a healthy bank
  • 00:37:43
    balance children are studying well all
  • 00:37:45
    the circumstances are favorable yes most
  • 00:37:49
    of the people on planet Earth have Peaks
  • 00:37:52
    that is dependent on outward
  • 00:37:53
    circumstances but the peace which our
  • 00:37:55
    Lord Jesus Christ gives is not
  • 00:37:57
    all outward circumstances even when
  • 00:37:59
    circumstances around us are
  • 00:38:03
    unfavorable because the holy spirit is
  • 00:38:06
    in our hearts we are enjoying Heavenly
  • 00:38:08
    peace and Heavenly Joy hallelujah praise
  • 00:38:11
    the
  • 00:38:11
    Lord Jesus said repent for the kingdom
  • 00:38:14
    of God is at hand and what is that
  • 00:38:17
    kingdom of God righteousness peace and
  • 00:38:19
    joy of the Holy Spirit sister Joy please
  • 00:38:21
    read from Romans
  • 00:38:23
    14:17 Romans 14:17 what is kingdom of
  • 00:38:27
    God Jesus says repent for the kingdom of
  • 00:38:29
    God is at hand that means moment we
  • 00:38:31
    repent receive him as our Lord and
  • 00:38:33
    savior that kingdom of God which is at
  • 00:38:35
    hand which is nearby it enters our heart
  • 00:38:38
    and what it is it is described in 14:17
  • 00:38:40
    of Romans for the kingdom of God is not
  • 00:38:43
    a matter of eating and drinking but of
  • 00:38:45
    righteousness peace and joy in the Holy
  • 00:38:48
    Spirit righteousness peace and joy of
  • 00:38:50
    the Holy Spirit look at the sequencing
  • 00:38:51
    of the words it doesn't say peace joy of
  • 00:38:54
    the Holy Spirit and righteousness what
  • 00:38:56
    is righteousness righteous means right
  • 00:38:58
    relationship with God moment you repent
  • 00:39:00
    you get that right relationship with God
  • 00:39:02
    and once that right relationship is
  • 00:39:04
    there the Holy Spirit comes inside he
  • 00:39:06
    brings Heavenly peace and Heavenly Joy
  • 00:39:09
    are you all with me and brother Israel
  • 00:39:12
    Philippians 46
  • 00:39:16
    to7 don't worry about anything instead
  • 00:39:19
    pray about everything tell God your
  • 00:39:22
    needs and don't forget to thank him for
  • 00:39:25
    his answers if you do this
  • 00:39:27
    you'll experience God's peace Which is
  • 00:39:30
    far more wonderful than the human mind
  • 00:39:33
    can understand his peace will keep your
  • 00:39:36
    thoughts and your hearts quiet and at
  • 00:39:38
    rest as you trust in Christ Jesus
  • 00:39:41
    hallelujah praise the Lord this is
  • 00:39:43
    immeasurable peace this is peace which
  • 00:39:46
    is not dependent on outward
  • 00:39:48
    circumstances in t it
  • 00:39:56
    says M if you allow worry to come inside
  • 00:40:00
    Satan also will step inside he's looking
  • 00:40:02
    for a tiny hole in our faith to come
  • 00:40:09
    inside means that is impregnable peace
  • 00:40:13
    which doesn't allow Satan to bring worry
  • 00:40:16
    into our hearts that worry may take us
  • 00:40:19
    away from our heavenly father so uh at
  • 00:40:23
    micro level yes the Prince of Peace is
  • 00:40:25
    giving us uh in describ able
  • 00:40:28
    peace even though for Christians you
  • 00:40:31
    know circumstances outward will be
  • 00:40:34
    unfavorable people will be persecuting
  • 00:40:36
    him persecuting them because they are
  • 00:40:38
    not understanding a Christian's
  • 00:40:39
    priorities are you all with me that is
  • 00:40:42
    why Jesus says your wor enemies may be
  • 00:40:44
    right inside your own family and now at
  • 00:40:48
    macro level after our Lord Jesus Christ
  • 00:40:51
    second coming when he is ruling from
  • 00:40:55
    Jerusalem that time Isaiah chap 2: uh 1
  • 00:40:59
    to 4 would be fulfilled let's go to the
  • 00:41:01
    next slide brother
  • 00:41:03
    Vijay at macro
  • 00:41:06
    level look at this now the D is flying
  • 00:41:10
    all over the world now previously the da
  • 00:41:12
    was there only in one heart inside one
  • 00:41:15
    heart now look at the da it is flying
  • 00:41:18
    all over the world sister Joi will be
  • 00:41:20
    reading for us from Isaiah 2: 1 to 4
  • 00:41:24
    this is what Isaiah son of amamos Saw
  • 00:41:26
    conc Judah and Jerusalem in the last
  • 00:41:29
    days the mountain of the Lord's Temple
  • 00:41:31
    will be established as Chief among the
  • 00:41:34
    mountains it will be raised above the
  • 00:41:36
    hills and All Nations will stream to it
  • 00:41:39
    many people will come and say come let
  • 00:41:42
    us go to the mountain of the Lord to the
  • 00:41:44
    house of the god of Jacob he will teach
  • 00:41:47
    to us his ways so that we may walk in
  • 00:41:49
    his paths the law will go out from Zion
  • 00:41:53
    the word of the Lord from Jerusalem he
  • 00:41:55
    will judge between the Nations and will
  • 00:41:58
    settle disputes for many people he will
  • 00:42:00
    settle disputes there will not be any
  • 00:42:02
    wars he is a universal Peacemaker now he
  • 00:42:05
    is the global Peacemaker the Prince of
  • 00:42:07
    Peace is the global Peacemaker now he
  • 00:42:10
    will settle all the disputes no border
  • 00:42:12
    disputes between India and China no
  • 00:42:14
    border disputes between India and
  • 00:42:16
    Pakistan now continue sister they will
  • 00:42:19
    beat the swords into ples vij Point k at
  • 00:42:23
    that beating their swords into plow
  • 00:42:24
    shares yeah and the spears into pruning
  • 00:42:27
    hooks Nation will not take up sword
  • 00:42:29
    against Nation nor will they train for
  • 00:42:32
    war anymore thank you thank you sister
  • 00:42:35
    look at this picture of a tank a battle
  • 00:42:39
    tank which has become a
  • 00:42:41
    tractor brother Vijay can point a cazer
  • 00:42:44
    at this tank which has become a tractor
  • 00:42:48
    now used in agricultur used for
  • 00:42:50
    agriculture purposes at the time when
  • 00:42:53
    there is universal Global Peace With
  • 00:42:54
    Jesus ruling from the Jerusalem the
  • 00:42:58
    Nations will say why should we have a
  • 00:43:00
    defense budget why should we allocate
  • 00:43:03
    money for defense at all when there is
  • 00:43:06
    peace all over let us use that defense
  • 00:43:09
    budget for agricultural purposes for
  • 00:43:11
    enhancing food production which is more
  • 00:43:14
    useful are you all with me they shall
  • 00:43:16
    beat their swords into plow shars and
  • 00:43:18
    Spears into pruning hooks are you all
  • 00:43:20
    with me so tanks will become
  • 00:43:23
    tractors are you all with me so that is
  • 00:43:26
    the the meaning of the word Prince of
  • 00:43:29
    Peace and when you contrast it with
  • 00:43:31
    Matthew's gospel 10:
  • 00:43:34
    34-39 this is the real meaning there is
  • 00:43:37
    in the first
  • 00:43:39
    Advent in Jesus first coming the peace
  • 00:43:42
    was all about peace at individual level
  • 00:43:45
    at micro level at his second coming the
  • 00:43:49
    peace will be at macro level at Global
  • 00:43:52
    level are you all with me so tomorrow if
  • 00:43:54
    somebody uh asks you a question hey you
  • 00:43:58
    call Jesus as Prince of Peace but uh
  • 00:44:01
    there are still Wars going on two world
  • 00:44:03
    wars took place uh and he himself is
  • 00:44:06
    telling that he has not come to bring
  • 00:44:09
    peace but a soul how do you reconcile
  • 00:44:11
    this to you should be in a position to
  • 00:44:14
    give the answer hallelujah praise the
  • 00:44:15
    Lord are you all with me so uh now
  • 00:44:20
    before I show you the next slide brother
  • 00:44:22
    Vijay you can show all the participants
  • 00:44:25
    also display all the participants I'm
  • 00:44:27
    going to ask you a question okay for any
  • 00:44:31
    Peacemaker okay now we are coming to at
  • 00:44:34
    another miracle in Jesus life the Virgin
  • 00:44:35
    birth okay he was born to a virgin my
  • 00:44:40
    question is for anybody to be The
  • 00:44:43
    Peacemaker between two hostile parties
  • 00:44:47
    or between two Waring
  • 00:44:49
    factions what is the or between a
  • 00:44:51
    husband and wife let us say in a
  • 00:44:53
    family what is the basic qualification
  • 00:44:56
    for for a
  • 00:45:00
    peacemaker when will he be accepted as a
  • 00:45:05
    peacemaker we are all here to learn
  • 00:45:07
    please don't fear that oh I'll be
  • 00:45:11
    publicly be demanded by the pastor for
  • 00:45:14
    giving a wrong answer we are all here to
  • 00:45:16
    learn
  • 00:45:18
    recognized when he's recognized and
  • 00:45:20
    accepted as a judge right judge yeah uh
  • 00:45:24
    anybody else
  • 00:45:27
    when he's popular when he's popular yes
  • 00:45:31
    anybody
  • 00:45:32
    else what is the basic qualification for
  • 00:45:35
    Peacemaker I'm not saying sister ji is
  • 00:45:37
    wrong or sister Carol Paul is wrong what
  • 00:45:39
    is the basic qualification for a
  • 00:45:42
    peacemaker brother uh vij continue to
  • 00:45:46
    display all the participants
  • 00:45:48
    also I'm waiting means they're almost
  • 00:45:51
    there sister joy and sister Carol Paul
  • 00:45:53
    are almost there I'm waiting for the APT
  • 00:45:56
    answer
  • 00:45:58
    the perfect
  • 00:46:01
    answer make an educated guess
  • 00:46:04
    no he should be correct he should be
  • 00:46:08
    correct see the basic qualification for
  • 00:46:11
    a peacemaker is he should be acceptable
  • 00:46:15
    to both the Waring
  • 00:46:17
    factions he should be acceptable to both
  • 00:46:20
    the husband and the wife in case they
  • 00:46:22
    are quarreling with one another
  • 00:46:24
    otherwise he cannot be The Peacemaker
  • 00:46:26
    are you all with me
  • 00:46:27
    so let us look at this virgin birth of
  • 00:46:30
    our Lord Jesus Christ by virtue of
  • 00:46:33
    Virgin birth what is
  • 00:46:34
    happening we have just read from 1
  • 00:46:37
    Timothy chap 2 verse 5 brother Vijay
  • 00:46:39
    let's go to the next line again let's
  • 00:46:41
    look at Jesus being right in the middle
  • 00:46:43
    between God and Men brother VI let's go
  • 00:46:47
    to that slide
  • 00:46:48
    yeah he's right in the middle between
  • 00:46:51
    God and men as peacemakers uh
  • 00:46:55
    uh as a look at that Satan is accusing
  • 00:46:58
    us but Jesus is standing on our behalf
  • 00:47:01
    and pleading on our behalf are you all
  • 00:47:03
    with me brother Vijay can point a cazer
  • 00:47:06
    at Jesus being our Advocate standing on
  • 00:47:09
    our behalf even though Satan is pointing
  • 00:47:11
    a critical finger he's pointing an
  • 00:47:13
    accusing finger he's standing up for us
  • 00:47:16
    uh after we are born again yes at the
  • 00:47:18
    time he uh he's our Peacemaker and even
  • 00:47:21
    in our Christian walk whenever we go
  • 00:47:25
    astray uh does God snap relationship
  • 00:47:28
    with us as we repent it is Jesus who is
  • 00:47:30
    our Advocate who stands right in between
  • 00:47:34
    and pleads for our cause are you all
  • 00:47:36
    with me even not only at the time when
  • 00:47:38
    we are born again but in our Christian
  • 00:47:40
    walk whenever we fall down when we sin
  • 00:47:43
    when we repent again it is Jesus who is
  • 00:47:45
    standing in the Gap and pleading for us
  • 00:47:48
    uh sister um Joy please read 1 John
  • 00:47:52
    2:1 my dear children I write this to you
  • 00:47:55
    so that you will not sin
  • 00:47:57
    but if anybody does sin we have one who
  • 00:48:00
    speaks to the father in a defense Jesus
  • 00:48:02
    Christ the righteous one look at that he
  • 00:48:05
    is The Peacemaker he stands in the Gap
  • 00:48:08
    so let's go to the next
  • 00:48:12
    line
  • 00:48:15
    brother let's go to the next
  • 00:48:22
    line yeah once again I'm showing you
  • 00:48:25
    what is written in first chapter 2 verse
  • 00:48:29
    5 God is on one side men are another
  • 00:48:32
    side in the middle is Jesus now in what
  • 00:48:34
    way is Virgin birth connected to this
  • 00:48:38
    why Jesus should be born to a virgin see
  • 00:48:42
    he called Son of God he's also called
  • 00:48:45
    son of man 82 times in the gospels Jesus
  • 00:48:50
    is described as son of man uh uh sister
  • 00:48:54
    Joi will help us please read from uh
  • 00:48:57
    Matthew's gospel chapter 8 verse 20
  • 00:49:01
    sister first time when Jesus is Calling
  • 00:49:03
    himself as the son of
  • 00:49:06
    man Matthew
  • 00:49:11
    8:20 Jesus replied foxes have holes and
  • 00:49:14
    the birds of the air have nested but the
  • 00:49:16
    son of man has no place to lay his head
  • 00:49:19
    Jesus himself is calling himself as son
  • 00:49:21
    of man and in other places he's
  • 00:49:24
    described as Son of God now
  • 00:49:27
    now listen to me very carefully because
  • 00:49:29
    he is born by the power of the Holy
  • 00:49:32
    Spirit he is the Son of God because he
  • 00:49:35
    is born by God using
  • 00:49:38
    Mary he is the son of man are you all
  • 00:49:41
    with me again I repeat because he is
  • 00:49:43
    born by the power of the Holy Spirit
  • 00:49:46
    he's called the Son of God and because
  • 00:49:48
    he is born by the heavenly father using
  • 00:49:51
    Mary as an instrument he is called the
  • 00:49:54
    son of man now
  • 00:49:57
    listen to me very carefully our Great
  • 00:49:59
    Peacemaker what is he
  • 00:50:01
    doing as Son of God he stands before men
  • 00:50:06
    as representative of God he stands
  • 00:50:08
    before men and asks them to
  • 00:50:12
    repent and as the son of man as
  • 00:50:16
    representative of mankind as men
  • 00:50:19
    repent he stands as representative of
  • 00:50:22
    mankind before God and says now you
  • 00:50:24
    accept the repentance and forgive their
  • 00:50:26
    sins hallelujah praise the
  • 00:50:29
    Lord are you all with me why he should
  • 00:50:33
    be born to a virgin yes his birth has to
  • 00:50:36
    be pure because he's also God's Pascal
  • 00:50:38
    lamb and what does God Pascal lamb do
  • 00:50:41
    its blood prevents God's WTH from coming
  • 00:50:44
    upon the Israelites are you all with me
  • 00:50:46
    it is the mediator in a way the blood of
  • 00:50:48
    the Pascal
  • 00:50:49
    lamb are you all with me so why he
  • 00:50:53
    should be born to a virgin then only
  • 00:50:55
    he'll be Son of God as well as son of
  • 00:50:57
    man as Son of God he stands before
  • 00:51:00
    mankind as God's and says now you guys
  • 00:51:03
    repent set right your relationship with
  • 00:51:05
    God and as son of man he stands before
  • 00:51:08
    God as Mankind's representative and says
  • 00:51:10
    father forgive them as they are
  • 00:51:13
    repenting are you all with
  • 00:51:16
    me dear friends Christmas we need to go
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    deep into the scriptures to bring out
  • 00:51:22
    the deeper truths are you all with
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    me we may have
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    celebrated Christmas many a time but
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    have we looked at Christmas from this
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    angle that is important okay
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    so as he's born to a Virgin uh we'll
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    read from Luke's gospel chapter 1 verse
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    26 onwards till
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    34 uh sister ji will help us in reading
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    that as the angel Gabriel appears to
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    Mary Luke's gospel 1: 26 to3
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    and I'll be closing now with the last p
  • 00:51:59
    and that is physician okay physician
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    physician is a doctor okay in the sixth
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    month God sent the angel Gabriel to
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    Nazareth a town in Galilee to a virgin
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    pledged to be married to a man named
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    Joseph a descendant of David the
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    virgin's name was Mary the angel went to
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    her and said greetings you who are
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    highly favored the Lord is with
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    you Mary was greatly troubled at his
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    words and wondered what what kind of
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    greeting this might be but the angel
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    said to her do not be afraid Mary you
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    have found favor with God you will be
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    with child and give birth to a son and
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    you are to give him the name Jesus he
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    will be great and will be called the son
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    of the most high the Lord Son of God
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    he'll be called son of most high because
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    he's born by the power of the Holy
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    Spirit continue sister the Lord God will
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    give him the Throne of his father David
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    and he will reign over the house of
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    Jacob forever his kingdom will never
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    end how will this be Mary as Angel since
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    I'm a virgin the angel answered the holy
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    spirit will come upon I am a virgin I
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    have not known any
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    man ask me dear
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    friends now the ultimate Paradox I'm
  • 00:53:14
    coming to okay the now I'll take the
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    help of sister Joi to read from
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    Colossians 4
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    verse4 Colossians 4:14 underl it in your
  • 00:53:27
    Bibles also Colossians
  • 00:53:31
    4:14 our dear friend Luke the doctor and
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    Deus send
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    greetings dear Dr Luke sends his
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    greetings dear friends Christmas story
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    is mentioned in two of the four gospels
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    only Matthew's gospel and Luke's gospel
  • 00:53:49
    in Matthew's gospel we get to see the
  • 00:53:51
    entire Christmas story from the eyes of
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    Joseph the Earthly father of of our Lord
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    Jesus
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    Christ God appeared to Joseph in a dream
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    and said accept Mary as your wife you
  • 00:54:04
    are having some objections in your heart
  • 00:54:06
    because you have come to know that she
  • 00:54:07
    has become pregnant even before uh you
  • 00:54:10
    have had any physical relationship with
  • 00:54:12
    her uh you are having so many objections
  • 00:54:14
    but it is all Lord's doing accept her
  • 00:54:16
    you get to see the entire Christmas
  • 00:54:18
    story from Joseph's
  • 00:54:21
    eyesight and then again Matthew's gospel
  • 00:54:23
    chapter 2 uh the Lord appears to Joseph
  • 00:54:26
    and says Herod is trying to kill this
  • 00:54:28
    child flee to Egypt
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    so in and around what all events are
  • 00:54:34
    happening in and around Christmas you
  • 00:54:36
    get to see the whole picture from
  • 00:54:38
    Joseph's eyesight but when you come to
  • 00:54:41
    Luke's gospel you get to see the
  • 00:54:44
    Christmas story from Mary's eyesight
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    from Mary's perspective are you all with
  • 00:54:50
    me now let's go to the next slide I'm
  • 00:54:53
    closing now the ultimate paradox
  • 00:54:58
    next slide brother
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    VI the Beloved Physician
  • 00:55:06
    Luke who is the Beloved
  • 00:55:09
    Physician now God could have got the
  • 00:55:13
    Christmas story
  • 00:55:15
    written uh from Mary's perspective
  • 00:55:19
    through Matthew and through Joseph's
  • 00:55:22
    perspective through Luke but why did he
  • 00:55:24
    make the Christmas story
  • 00:55:27
    written through Joseph's perspective in
  • 00:55:30
    Matthew's gospel and Mary's perspective
  • 00:55:32
    in Luke's
  • 00:55:35
    gospel virgin B if at all there is any
  • 00:55:39
    person on planet Earth who can raise an
  • 00:55:43
    objection to Virgin birth who will not
  • 00:55:45
    believe in virgin birth it is the doctor
  • 00:55:48
    and the Lord is making the doctor to
  • 00:55:50
    write hallelujah praise the
  • 00:55:53
    Lord are you all with me
  • 00:55:56
    if at all there is one person on planet
  • 00:55:59
    Earth who will not believe in virgin
  • 00:56:01
    birth it is a
  • 00:56:02
    doctor and who is writing this Luke's
  • 00:56:06
    gospel 1:
  • 00:56:08
    26-34 Dr
  • 00:56:10
    Luke if do Luke has no objection nobody
  • 00:56:13
    should have any objection are you all
  • 00:56:15
    with me if Dr Luke has believed then
  • 00:56:18
    everybody should believe hallelujah
  • 00:56:20
    praise the
  • 00:56:22
    Lord are you all with me
  • 00:56:26
    ultimate
  • 00:56:29
    Paradox doctor writing about the Virgin
  • 00:56:32
    birth are you all with me I'm closing
  • 00:56:34
    here now we can look at Christmas
  • 00:56:37
    through different angles today I wanted
  • 00:56:40
    to bring the paradoxes three piece one
  • 00:56:44
    place second Peacemaker and third is
  • 00:56:49
    physician so what all lessons we are
  • 00:56:52
    learning in and through our Bible study
  • 00:56:55
    Let Us store it in our hearts and share
  • 00:56:57
    it with other Christians also so that
  • 00:56:59
    they are also edified I'll close with a
  • 00:57:01
    word of prayer and formal closing prayer
  • 00:57:04
    uh n Auntie as she joined n Auntie will
  • 00:57:08
    lead us in formal closing prayer let me
  • 00:57:10
    share one small announcement that we'll
  • 00:57:12
    be taking a Christmas break uh we will
  • 00:57:15
    rejoin in the month of January and uh me
  • 00:57:19
    and the family of Brother benon Richard
  • 00:57:21
    we wanted to expose the participants of
  • 00:57:24
    the Bible study to some books which are
  • 00:57:27
    neglected like filon just one chapter
  • 00:57:31
    aadya just one chapter Jude just one
  • 00:57:34
    chapter we'll focus upon those books
  • 00:57:36
    also okay when we rejoin in the month of
  • 00:57:39
    January uh I'm offering a small closing
  • 00:57:42
    prayer and then n Auntie will lead us in
  • 00:57:45
    formal closing prayer Father in heaven
  • 00:57:47
    we praise and thank thee Oh Lord for
  • 00:57:49
    this wonderful Forum set up by the
  • 00:57:51
    family of brother benoni Richards we
  • 00:57:53
    remember with much Thanksgiving oh Lord
  • 00:57:56
    initiative of his parents to start this
  • 00:57:58
    Bible study physically many years ago
  • 00:58:01
    whereby many of us are blessed including
  • 00:58:03
    this teacher Lord these participants
  • 00:58:05
    today they could have been elsewhere but
  • 00:58:07
    they decided to spend this time in your
  • 00:58:09
    presence because they love you and they
  • 00:58:11
    want to grow scripturally and
  • 00:58:12
    spiritually what all lessons you have
  • 00:58:14
    taught us oh Lord enable us to remember
  • 00:58:17
    them enable us to reflect on them and to
  • 00:58:21
    understand what a great God we are
  • 00:58:23
    serving and to renew our love and
  • 00:58:25
    gratitude for the and also Lord to pass
  • 00:58:28
    on the lessons to the members of The
  • 00:58:30
    Universal Church we commit all the
  • 00:58:33
    participants of Bible study into your
  • 00:58:35
    hands protect us in and through the
  • 00:58:37
    Christmas season and prepare us to meet
  • 00:58:40
    once again in 2025 in the month of
  • 00:58:43
    January in Jesus holy precious name we
  • 00:58:45
    pray amen amen amen
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