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[3184.48 --> 3185.48] Because we're worried about judgment |
[3185.48 --> 3186.48] When in fact |
[3186.48 --> 3187.48] He's standing right beside you |
[3187.48 --> 3188.48] With his arms open |
[3188.48 --> 3189.48] Waiting to embrace you |
[3190.48 --> 3195.48] The tragedy of this moment is |
[3196.48 --> 3197.48] Is not that God has failed to show up |
[3198.48 --> 3200.48] It's that he's shown up in humility |
[3201.48 --> 3204.48] And humility is easy to overlook |
[3205.48 --> 3208.48] To put it another way |
[3209.48 --> 3211.48] Humility doesn't get clicks |
[3211.48 --> 3216.48] God comes close enough to be touched |
[3217.48 --> 3219.48] God comes close enough to be misunderstood |
[3220.48 --> 3222.48] He comes close enough to be rejected |
[3223.48 --> 3225.48] And that's why John doesn't simply say |
[3226.48 --> 3227.48] That the word spoke to us |
[3227.48 --> 3228.48] Or that the word ruled over us |
[3229.48 --> 3230.48] But he says the word became flesh |
[3231.48 --> 3233.48] And made his dwelling among us |
[3234.48 --> 3235.48] The God that we long for |
[3236.48 --> 3237.48] Doesn't stand at a distance |
[3237.48 --> 3238.48] Waiting for us to improve |
[3238.48 --> 3240.48] Waiting for us to come to him |
[3241.48 --> 3242.48] He comes near |
[3243.48 --> 3244.48] Lowly in heart |
[3244.48 --> 3245.48] And gentle in spirit |
[3245.48 --> 3246.48] To be with us |
[3247.48 --> 3248.48] Christmas is not God giving |
[3249.48 --> 3250.48] What we expected |
[3251.48 --> 3253.48] It is God giving us himself |
[3261.48 --> 3262.48] And so that's the thing |
[3263.48 --> 3265.48] Alright, we can't understand Christmas |
[3265.48 --> 3266.48] Unless we understand |
[3266.48 --> 3267.48] Unless we understand |
[3268.48 --> 3269.48] Who has come |
[3270.48 --> 3272.48] The church throughout history |
[3273.48 --> 3274.48] Has worked hard |
[3275.48 --> 3276.48] To help us understand |
[3277.48 --> 3278.48] Who has come |
[3279.48 --> 3280.48] By pulling together different creeds |
[3281.48 --> 3282.48] And confessions, different statements |
[3283.48 --> 3286.48] And this past year, 2025 |
[3287.48 --> 3289.48] Was the 1700th anniversary |
[3290.48 --> 3291.48] Of the Nicene Creed |
[3291.48 --> 3292.48] Which comes to us |
[3292.48 --> 3293.48] Which comes to us |
[3293.48 --> 3295.48] From 325 A.D. |
[3296.48 --> 3297.48] And I just want to put |
[3297.48 --> 3298.48] A part of that on the screen |
[3298.48 --> 3299.48] Behind us |
[3299.48 --> 3300.48] Holding up |
[3301.48 --> 3302.48] The Gospel of John |
[3302.48 --> 3303.48] That we have read beside it |
[3304.48 --> 3305.48] As we try to wrestle with |
[3306.48 --> 3308.48] Who is that has come |
[3309.48 --> 3312.48] Right, this is what John |
[3313.48 --> 3315.48] And the church coming out of this text |
[3316.48 --> 3317.48] Have taught us |
[3318.48 --> 3319.48] Who has come at Christmas |
[3319.48 --> 3320.48] First |
[3321.48 --> 3324.48] That he is begotten of the Father |
[3325.48 --> 3326.48] Before all ages |
[3327.48 --> 3328.48] That is eternally begotten |
[3329.48 --> 3330.48] Not created, right? |
[3330.48 --> 3331.48] In the beginning was the Word |
[3332.48 --> 3334.48] That he is of the same essence |
[3335.48 --> 3336.48] As the Father |
[3336.48 --> 3337.48] The Word was with God |
[3338.48 --> 3339.48] And the Word was God |
[3340.48 --> 3341.48] And that through him |
[3342.48 --> 3343.48] All things were made |
[3344.48 --> 3346.48] Through him all things were made |
[3346.48 --> 3348.48] Without him nothing was made |
[3349.48 --> 3350.48] That has been made |
[3351.48 --> 3353.48] Right, this Jesus who comes |
[3354.48 --> 3356.48] Is not God's representative |
[3357.48 --> 3359.48] It's not some other lesser divine being |
[3360.48 --> 3361.48] It's not some moral teacher |
[3361.48 --> 3363.48] That people later chose to exalt |
[3364.48 --> 3366.48] This being who has come to us |
[3367.48 --> 3368.48] In the manger at Christmas |
[3369.48 --> 3370.48] Is true God from true God |
[3370.48 --> 3371.48] The eternal Son |
[3372.48 --> 3373.48] The one through whom |
[3373.48 --> 3374.48] And for whom |
[3374.48 --> 3375.48] All things exist |
[3376.48 --> 3379.48] Now stepping into his creation |
[3380.48 --> 3382.48] Christmas isn't God just sending help |
[3383.48 --> 3384.48] Christmas is God himself |
[3385.48 --> 3387.48] Coming into the world |
[3388.48 --> 3389.48] This is the miracle of Christmas |
[3390.48 --> 3391.48] That he who is mighty |
[3392.48 --> 3393.48] Has done a great thing |
[3393.48 --> 3394.48] Has taken on flesh |
[3394.48 --> 3395.48] And conquered death's sting |
[3395.48 --> 3396.48] Shattered the darkness |
[3397.48 --> 3398.48] And lifted our shame |
[3400.48 --> 3401.48] And so all of our waiting |
[3402.48 --> 3403.48] Obedience |
[3403.48 --> 3404.48] All of our worship |
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