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#52 Scripture Central Come Follow Me Insights (Dec 18 - Dec 24 ) Christmas · Scripture Central

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  Hello everyone. Thanks for listening to Come
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  Follow Me Insights with Taylor and Tyler presented by Scripture
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  Central. We use a lot of visuals in our
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  videos, so if you want to see the visuals, we invite you to
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  find us on YouTube. Thanks for listening and enjoy.
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  I'm Taylor. And I'm Tyler.
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  This is Scripture. Central's Come Follow Me
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  insights. Today, a special Christmas
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  episode. What a beautiful.
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  Season of the Year as we celebrate the coming of the Son
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  of God into into the earth. And we wanted to do something a
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  little different with this particular episode.
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  Since this is the last time in our four year cycle of doing
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  these Christmas programs, we wanted to focus this one
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  exclusively on the words about His birth and his life that come
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  to us from the scriptures, both Old Testament and Book of
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  Mormon, as well as specifically from the New Testament.
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  In addition to those scriptures, we're also going to intersperse
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  a few special musical numbers along the way.
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  Hope you enjoy. For unto us a child is born,
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  unto us a son is given and his. Name.
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  Shall be called Wonderful counsellor.
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  The Mighty God. The Everlasting Father, the
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  Prince of. Peace, Behold, a virgin shall
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  conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Emmanuel.
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  And the Virgin whom thou seest, is the mother of the Son of God,
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  after the manner of the flesh. And I looked.
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  And beheld the virgin again, bearing a child in her arms.
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  And the Angel said unto me, Behold the Lamb of God, yeah.
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  Even the Son of the Eternal. Father.
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  And I looked, and I beheld the Son of God going forth among the
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  children of men, and I saw many fall down at his feet and
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  worship him. For behold.
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  The time cometh, and is not far distant, that with power the
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  Lord Omnipotent who reigneth, who was and is from all eternity
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  to all eternity, shall come down from heaven among the children
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  of men, and shall dwell in a Tabernacle of clay, and shall go
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  forth amongst the men, working mighty miracles, such as healing
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  the sick, raising the dead, causing the lane to walk, the
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  blind to receive their sight, and the deaf to hear, and curing
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  all manner of diseases. For behold, I say unto you,
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  there are many things to come, and behold, there is one thing
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  which is of more importance than they all.
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  For behold, the time is not far distant that the Redeemer liveth
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  and cometh among his people. For behold, the Kingdom of
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  heaven is at hand. And the.
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  Son of God. Cometh upon the face.
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  Of the earth. And behold, he shall be born of
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  Mary at Jerusalem, which is the land of our forefathers,
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  achieving a virgin, a precious and chosen vessel, who shall be
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  overshadowed and conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost.
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  And bring forth a son. Yeah, even the Son of God.
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  Behold, I give unto you a sign. For five years more cometh, and
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  behold, then cometh the Son of God, to redeem all those who
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  shall believe on his name. And behold, this will I give
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  unto you for a sign at the time of his coming.
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  For behold, there shall be great lights in heaven in so much that
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  in the night before he cometh there shall be no darkness in so
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  much that it shall appear unto man as if it was day.
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  Therefore there shall be. One day.
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  And a night. And a day.
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  As if it were one day and there were no night.
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  And behold, there shall a new star arise, such an one as ye
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  never have beheld. And this also shall be a sign
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  unto you. And behold, this is not all.
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  There shall be. Signs and wonders in Heaven and
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  it. Shall come to pass.
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  That ye shall be amazed and wonder in so much.
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  That ye shall fall to the earth. And it shall come to pass, that
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  whosoever shall believe on the Son of God, the same shall have
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  everlasting life. Lift up your head, and be with
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  good cheer, For behold, the time is at hand, and on this night
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  shall the Son be given, and on the Morrow come I into the
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  world, to show unto the world that I will fulfill all the
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  words which. I have.
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  Caused to be spoken by the mouth of my holy prophets.
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  Behold, I come unto my own to fulfill all things which I have
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  made known unto the children of men from the foundations of the
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  world. Now the birth of Jesus Christ
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  was on this wise. When, as his mother, Mary was
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  espoused to Joseph before they came together, she was found
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  with child of the Holy Ghost. The Angel Gabriel was sent from
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  God unto a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin espoused
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  to a man. His name was Joseph of the House
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  of David, and the Virgin's name was Mary.
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  And the Angel came in unto. Her and said, Hail, thou art.
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  Highly favored. The Lord is with thee.
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  Blessed art thou among women. And the Angel said unto her,
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  Hear not Mary, for thou hast found favor with God.
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  And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth the
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  Son, and shall call his name Jesus.
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  He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest.
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  And the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father
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  David. And he shall reign over the
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  House of Jacob Forever, and of his Kingdom there will be no
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  end. Oh God, nothing shall be
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  impossible. And Mary said, Behold, the
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  handmaid of the Lord read unto me according to thy word.
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  And the Angel departed from her. And it came to pass.
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  In those days, there went out a. Decree from Caesar.
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  Augustus that all the. World should be.
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  Taxed and all? Went to be taxed.
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  Everyone into. His own city.
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  And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of
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  Nazareth into Judea, into the city of David, which is called
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  Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David.
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  To be taxed with Mary, his espoused wife, who is very good
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  child. And so was that, while they were
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  there, the days were accomplished that she.
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  Should be delivered. And she brought forth her first
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  born son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him
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  in a Manger, because there was no room for them in the end.
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  And there. Were in the.
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  Same country Shepherds. Abiding in the field.
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  Keeping watch over their flock. By night and lo, the Angel of
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  the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone around
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  them, and they. Were sore afraid.
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  And the Angel said unto them, Fear not, for behold, I bring
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  you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
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  For unto you is born in this day in the city of David a Savior,
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  which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto
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  you. You shall find the babe wrapped
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  and swaddling clothes and lying in a Manger.
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  And suddenly there was with the Angel a multitude of the
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  heavenly host praising God. And saying.
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  Glory to God in the highest on earth.
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  Peace. With will towards men.
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  And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them
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  into heaven. The shepherd said one to
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  another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing
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  which has come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto
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  us. And they came with haste and
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  found Mary and Joseph and the babe lying in a Manger.
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  And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying
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  which was told them concerning this child.
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  And all they that heard it wondered at those things which
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  were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things
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  and pondered them in her heart. Now when Jesus was born in
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  Bethlehem. Of Judea in the.
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  Days of Herod. The Great.
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  Behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem.
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  Saying where is he that is born king of the Jews?
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  For we have seen his star in the east and are come to worship.
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  Him and. When they were coming to the.
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  House they saw. The young child with Mary his.
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  Father and. Fell down and.
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  Worshiped him. And when they had opened their
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  treasures, they presented unto him gifts gold, frankincense,
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  and myrrh. And the child grew and waxed.
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  Strong in spirit. Filled with wisdom and the grace
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  of God was upon him. And he shall be called to Jesus
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  Christ the Son of God, and he shall go.
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  For suffering, pains and. Afflictions and temptations of
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  every kind. And he will take upon him death,
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  but he may loose the bands of death which bind his people.
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  And He will take upon him their infirmities, that his bowels may
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  be filled with mercy according to the flesh, that he may know
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  according to the flesh, how to succor His people according to
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  their infirmities. And lo he cometh unto his own
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  that salvation might come unto the children of men, even
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  through faith on his name. For God so loved to the world,
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  that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in
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  him should not perish that had everlasting life.
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  We hope in this beautiful season of the year that you feel anew
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  the joy of the love of Jesus Christ who came to this world
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  and has come into our lives. And one more time, I want to
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  share a beautiful insight that has had a huge impact in my
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  life, shared with me by Ron Fransen many years ago up in
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  Brigham City. He shared this idea that many
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  people, when they're struggling, are intimidated by the image of
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  the resurrected, glorified, perfected Christ.
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  That when they feel unworthy, when they feel broken, they
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  sometimes feel like they can't approach the Savior in in this
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  glorified perspective. But he said, isn't it amazing
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  that every year Heavenly Father gives us an opportunity and an
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  even an invitation to come and bend the knee and worship the
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  newborn king? And if you picture holding that
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  little baby Jesus, this, this perfect being who before coming
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  to this earth had had created worlds without number, had
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  infinite power and glory and wisdom, and now He's on the
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  earth with us. He's become like us, and our
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  invitation is to come. Let us adore him, come to the
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  Manger, and worship him this Christmas season, and nobody can
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  be intimidated by a little infant, a newborn king.
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  And perhaps if we can do that, then it will give us the courage
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  to come unto the glorified, resurrected, and perfected
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  Christ, your personal Savior and Redeemer, and to be purified and
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  cleansed through Him. How we love Him we know He
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  lives. We know that there is no other
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  lasting joy or happiness outside of the path that he has has
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  marked and walked and is willing to walk with us as we move
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  forward in faith with Him. So with that, we wish you a very
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  Merry Christmas and hope that you will feel of heaven's light,
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  love and grace during this beautiful season of the year.
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  And we leave that with you in the sacred name of Jesus Christ.
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  Amen. Know that you're loved.
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  And spread light and goodness. Merry Christmas.