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[3396.40 --> 3396.94] I'm going to
[3396.94 --> 3397.88] let you, like
[3397.88 --> 3398.70] Mary, ponder
[3398.70 --> 3399.56] these things in
[3399.56 --> 3401.08] your heart, figure
[3401.08 --> 3401.80] out which one is
[3401.80 --> 3401.98] you.
[3403.46 --> 3404.30] I can tell you
[3404.30 --> 3405.98] for myself, for
[3405.98 --> 3406.80] the longest time,
[3407.16 --> 3408.20] I preferred the
[3408.20 --> 3409.12] Jesus of my
[3409.12 --> 3410.22] doctrines and my
[3410.22 --> 3411.42] theological systems
[3411.42 --> 3413.14] because ideas I
[3413.14 --> 3413.94] can grasp.
[3415.04 --> 3416.18] Ideas and systems
[3416.18 --> 3417.14] I can box up
[3417.14 --> 3418.22] nice and tidy,
[3418.72 --> 3420.06] and by being able
[3420.06 --> 3420.74] to box those
[3420.74 --> 3421.54] things up nice and
[3421.54 --> 3422.36] tidy, I can
[3422.36 --> 3423.26] exercise some
[3423.26 --> 3425.88] control in my
[3425.88 --> 3426.56] relationship to
[3426.56 --> 3426.82] God.
[3427.84 --> 3429.12] The reality of
[3429.12 --> 3430.38] Jesus active in
[3430.38 --> 3431.26] the world and in
[3431.26 --> 3432.54] my heart, demanding
[3432.54 --> 3434.24] my devotion and
[3434.24 --> 3435.22] every square inch
[3435.22 --> 3436.20] of my life was,
[3436.48 --> 3436.84] well, that was
[3436.84 --> 3437.90] harder to accept
[3437.90 --> 3438.88] and to come to
[3438.88 --> 3439.84] love and to
[3439.84 --> 3440.60] realize that I
[3440.60 --> 3440.90] need.
[3442.78 --> 3443.86] But if you are
[3443.86 --> 3444.60] hungry for
[3444.60 --> 3447.24] meaning, if this
[3447.24 --> 3448.36] Christmas you are
[3448.36 --> 3449.42] looking for a
[3449.42 --> 3450.92] purpose that lasts,
[3450.92 --> 3452.90] the truth is, you
[3452.90 --> 3453.74] are looking for
[3453.74 --> 3455.14] the real Jesus.
[3457.22 --> 3459.22] And so we all
[3459.22 --> 3460.22] together need to
[3460.22 --> 3461.32] stop accepting
[3461.32 --> 3462.82] substitutes or
[3462.82 --> 3464.14] fabrications or
[3464.14 --> 3465.88] lesser glories.
[3466.70 --> 3467.94] Come to the one
[3467.94 --> 3468.86] true God who
[3468.86 --> 3470.54] reveals himself in
[3470.54 --> 3471.54] his word because
[3471.54 --> 3472.84] he is the source
[3472.84 --> 3474.40] of your meaning.
[3474.64 --> 3475.46] Relationship to
[3475.46 --> 3476.68] him is the source
[3476.68 --> 3477.84] of your why.
[3481.58 --> 3483.74] Look, it's
[3483.74 --> 3484.14] Jesus.
[3484.68 --> 3485.44] It is this
[3485.44 --> 3487.62] Jesus revealed in
[3487.62 --> 3489.08] the Bible come in
[3489.08 --> 3489.54] history.
[3489.90 --> 3490.88] This Jesus who
[3490.88 --> 3492.78] was born a babe in
[3492.78 --> 3493.80] Bethlehem and
[3493.80 --> 3494.76] placed in a manger.
[3495.16 --> 3495.94] Jesus whom
[3495.94 --> 3497.42] shepherds praised
[3497.42 --> 3498.14] and pagans
[3498.14 --> 3499.02] magnified.
[3499.38 --> 3500.42] Jesus whose birth
[3500.42 --> 3501.50] was simultaneously
[3501.50 --> 3503.08] incredible for its
[3503.08 --> 3504.18] ordinariness but
[3504.18 --> 3505.22] anything but
[3505.22 --> 3506.10] ordinary.
[3506.50 --> 3507.14] Jesus who
[3507.14 --> 3508.22] lived the life I
[3508.22 --> 3509.20] should have lived
[3509.20 --> 3509.94] and Jesus who
[3509.94 --> 3510.84] died the death
[3510.84 --> 3511.70] that I deserved
[3511.70 --> 3512.42] and was raised
[3512.42 --> 3513.28] three days later
[3513.28 --> 3514.46] victorious over
[3514.46 --> 3515.14] sin and death.
[3515.28 --> 3516.16] Jesus who came
[3516.16 --> 3517.26] once as a babe
[3517.26 --> 3518.02] and will come
[3518.02 --> 3519.24] again as king
[3519.24 --> 3520.18] of the universe.
[3520.58 --> 3522.04] This Jesus is