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Welcome to today's program.
My name is Rick Renner.
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Today we're gonna continue our series called Christmas,
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The Rest of the Story.
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of Joseph holding architectural plans standing on a balcony
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overlooking the city of Sepphoris,
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which was being embellished at the time
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that he worked there.
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And you're going to find
out today, when God looked
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for someone to be the foster
father of Jesus, he looked
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for someone that he knew he could trust.
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And Joseph though he was a young man,
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had already proved himself very faithful
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and he was not poor, which is contrary
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to religious tradition.
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Do you think you know
the Christmas story: a babe
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and a manger, three wise men
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In the last program, we saw
clues as to why God chose Mary
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to be the vessel to bring
Jesus into the world.
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And in today's program we're
gonna look at the question -
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Why did God choose Joseph?
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God didn't just throw a
bunch of names into a sack,
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shake them up and reach
in and retrieve a name.
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He chose Joseph for a reason.
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And at that time there were
many, many young men in Israel
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who could have qualified to
be used in a significant way.
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But God tapped Joseph for this assignment.
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Why Joseph?
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And you're going to find
out in today's program
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that contrary to religious tradition,
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Joseph was not a poor unsuccessful carpenter,
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but he was a man who already
at a young age had proven
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himself to be faithful with many assignments
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and that's why God knew Joseph was ready
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for the big assignment.
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But the 1st reason he was chosen is found in Luke
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2:4, which says - Joseph was of the house
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and of the lineage of David.
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Though his participation
was not needed for Jesus
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to come into the world
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because Mary was impregnated
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by the Holy Spirit, not by Joseph,
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indeed, he still was of the house
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and of the lineage of David.
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And we saw in the previous program
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that at about the year 100 BC there was a whole clan
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of David's lineage who relocated to the city of Nazareth.
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The word Nazareth is from the word netzer,
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which means branch.
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And indeed there was a branch of the Davidic dynasty
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who lived in Nazareth and Joseph was among them.
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But many people believe
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that Joseph was just a poor woodworking carpenter.
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And the reason they believe that is
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because Matthew 13:55 says that Jesus was the son
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of a carpenter.
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Well, that word carpenter creates a lot of confusion
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because in our minds we see a woodworking carpenter,
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but the Greek word is tekton,
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and it describes something very different then
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just a simple woodworking carpenter.
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This word tekton is where we get the word technology,
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which first of all tells
us this was a person
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who had highly advanced
technological skills.
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That's very important.
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And this word tekton really
was used to describe those
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with technological advanced
skills in the ancient world at
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that particular time.
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And the very use of this word in Matthew 13:
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55, already tells us that Joseph was a man
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with highly advanced technological skills.
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But the word tekton,
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which is wrongly translated carpenter in Matthew 13:55,
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is from a verb that means to bring forth
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and it pictures one who had
the expertise to envision
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and create with his hands a
well wrought final product.
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The word tekton is so connected to the ideas of creativity
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that it was used by some ancient writers
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to depict literary giants
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or poets who produced masterful literature and poetry.
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Importantly, this word tekton was also used to depict one
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who could create wonders out of matter or one
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who could manipulate materials in a marvelous way
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that surpassed ordinary technical skills.
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So when we talk about this word carpenter,
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the Greek word tekton,
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it's no low level carpenter, this is a person
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with amazing skills:
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and by the way, tektons were highly compensated
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for their work.
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Wow! These masterful artisans created such
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things as - are you ready -
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intricately designed buildings: floors covered
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with magnificent mosaics, elaborate frescoes
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painted on walls, sculptures carved from marble,
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sumptuous pieces of jewelry fabricated from gold or silver,
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and then adorned with precious jewels.
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The use of ivory, especially in jewelry
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and furniture: fabulously designed furniture
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that was embellished with ornate elements made of bronze,
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silver, and gold and was then ordained with precious jewels.
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That is amazing that that is what a tekton did;
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and that is the word which is
wrongly translated in Matthew
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13:55 as the word carpenter.
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But it's important to note
that one scholar has noted
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that a tekton was so highly skilled
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that he could create shiny
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and splendid things whose extraordinary beauty almost made
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them appear to come to life.
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Thus, the principle meaning of a tekton was one
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who was a highly advanced,
skilled, versatile craftsman
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or artisan who had the technical skills
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to create wonders out of matter in ways
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that have never been seen before.
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And we find the same word tekton, was used to describe Jesus
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before he began his ministry.
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In Matthew 6:2
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and 3, the Bible tells us Jesus was the carpenter in
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Nazareth and in Greek there's a definite article,
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which means he wasn't just any carpenter,
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he was the best carpenter in the city of Nazareth.
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He had a reputation for being able to create shiny,
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splendid things.
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Wow, I think that is just amazing.
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But we find that this word tekton was used
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to describe both Joseph and Jesus
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and they were masterful artisans who possess the abilities
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to mentally envision what others could not see
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and who could create
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with their hands a fabulous final product.
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Jesus really could create wonders out of matter
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and could manipulate materials in a marvelous way
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that surpassed ordinary technical skills.
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And he had the ability to create shiny
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and splendid things with extraordinary beauty.
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He was a master artisan. And my friends,
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isn't that what he still is today?
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For example, we read in Ephesians 2:10,
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For we are his workmanship created in
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Christ Jesus.
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The word workmanship is from the same Greek root,
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which describes a poet
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who expresses his fullest creativity
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when he composes
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and writes. It pictures something artfully created by one
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who possesses the extraordinary ability to write
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or illustrate a masterpiece.
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Which means - the day we got saved, Jesus Christ
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the great artisan, released all of his creative genius
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to make us something shiny and splendid.
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He released all of his
genius to make us something
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so wonderful that people
would just stand in awe of
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what we have become.
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That's what the Bible
means when it says we are
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his workmanship.
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Of course, Jesus is a tekton.
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He has highly advanced artistic skills and he's taken us
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and changed us and made us something splendid.
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But the word tekton could also depict
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a master stone mason or a masterful stone carver
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or an architect who was engaged to architecturally design
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or construct a monumental building
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or a temple fashioned of stone.
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These craftsmen could take stone
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and cut them so
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that they would fit snugly
alongside one another.
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And that should not surprise
us about Jesus either
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because according to 1 Peter 2:6,
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we are living stones and Jesus is cutting us.
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He's sanding us down,
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putting us into the wall
in the house of God.
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He's still constructing his house.
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He's a master stone mason.
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But in addition, all of that, this word tekton,
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which is wrongly translated carpenter
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and Matthew 13:55 also really depicted the
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chief overseer who directed other builders
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and other artisans and a
massive building project
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or even a building supervisor.
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This is amazing.
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And people who possessed such skills were highly
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compensated, which means Joseph,
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who was a tekton was not a poor
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woodworking carpenter.
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Now if you come to the
very bottom of the list of
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what the word tekton means,
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it can also include a woodworking carpenter,
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but it's highly improbable that this word would've been used
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to describe Joseph because there wasn't even much wood in
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that area to work with, but
there was a lot of stone,
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and nearby was the big splendid city of Sepphoris,
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which was being embellished at the very time
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that Joseph was working there.
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because Herod Antipas made it his capital
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and to carry out the exquisite work
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that was being done in Sepphoris, there was a need
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for masterful artisans.
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but they lived in the villages that surrounded Sepphoris
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and that includes Nazareth where Joseph lived.
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Listen, they were specialists who could
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architecturally design
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and construct monumental buildings like temples, villas,
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and palaces: sculptures
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to be carved from marble: impressive stone capitals
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that gracefully set atop columns: floors designed
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and inlaid with magnificent mosaics:
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walls covered with outstanding frescoes:
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ostentatious furnishings fashioned from bronze, silver,
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golden veneered with ivory and
adorned with precious stones
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and lavish interiors of villas
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and subsequently created
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by extraordinary masterful artisans.
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Joseph was a highly advanced masterful
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artisan and indeed,
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these were well compensated individuals that were very,
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very appreciated.
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Now, we appreciate all woodworking carpenters.
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Of course we need them. They're very important.
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But Joseph primarily did not work with wood.
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He worked with gems,
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He designed buildings.
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He was a building supervisor
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and he was very well
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for himself a reputation
in the city of Sepphoris.
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Everyone knew he was the carpenter
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or the tekton, the master artisan.
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That's who Joseph was,
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and he was well compensated for what he did.
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He was qualified to be entrusted
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with greater riches according to the Bible
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because we read in Luke 16:11 that Jesus said, If
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therefore you've not been faithful in the unrighteous
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mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
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Well, when God looked at Joseph,
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even though he was a young man,
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he had already proven himself. He had proven
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that he could be responsible
with really big assignments.
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because he had handled
many valuable assets
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and materials, God knew this was a man
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who could handle money.
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He had passed the test on so many levels,
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and when God saw him passing all these tests, God knew, wow,
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this is a man who can be trusted with true riches, which
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of course would be Jesus, the son of God.
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He would be the foster father of Jesus.
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But there's something else.
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Joseph was very merciful
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and this qualified him to be
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How do we know that he was merciful?
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Because Matthew 1:18 says - Now the birth
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of Jesus Christ was on this wise when as his mother,
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Mary was a espoused to Joseph, before they came together
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before they had legally formulated their marriage:
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before they had had the official ceremony:
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before they had ever had sex: she was found to be with child
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of the Holy Ghost.
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Mary was supernaturally pregnant with Jesus,
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but the way that Joseph handled this situation revealed
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something about his character.
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And we read about that in Matthew 1:19,
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which says - Then Joseph her husband being a just man
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and not willing to make her a public example, was minded
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to put her away privately, which means in a moment
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what he could have had her stoned for being pregnant,
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he took the root of kindness and mercy.
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This was important because Joseph was a man
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who went to synagogue.
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He was a man who loved the word of God,
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but he was not religiously mean.
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He didn't have a religious mean streak.
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Mercy was very prevalent in his life.
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We see that in the way
that he treated Mary
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and God chose Joseph
because he had kindness
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and mercy, the kind of foster father
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that God wanted Jesus to have.
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But Joseph was also spiritually attuned
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and very quick to obey the Lord.
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We see this in Matthew 1:20,
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where the Bible says - While he thought on these things,
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behold the angel of the Lord appeared
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to him in a dream saying, Joseph thou son of David, fear not
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to take unto thee Mary thy wife for
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that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
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Joseph was really in a difficult place naturally speaking,
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his wife to be is pregnant
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and it doesn't have anything to do with him.
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But God says, don't be afraid.
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What is conceived in is of the Holy Ghost.
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And though he could have argued, he simply said, yes Lord,
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I'll take her to be my wife.
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Which shows us he was spiritually attuned
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and he was a man who was willing
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to obey God even in a very difficult moment.
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And that is why Matthew 1:24
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25 in the New Living Translation says,
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When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel
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of the Lord commanded and
took Mary home as his wife,
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and he had no union with her until she gave birth
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to a son. He didn't hesitate.
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He was quick to obey.
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So he was spiritually
sensitive and he was obedient
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and he had a deep trust in God.
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We know that from Matthew 2:13 to 14,
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where the Bible says the angel of the Lord appeared
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to Joseph in a dream saying, arise, take the young child
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and his mother and flee into Egypt
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and be thou there until I bring the word
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for Herod will seek the
young child to destroy him.
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And the Bible says, and
he arose immediately
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and took the young child
in his mother by night
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and departed into Egypt.
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It is remarkable that Joseph
so quickly obeyed this word
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because Egypt was a very foreign land.
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It was a pagan land.
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He did not have a work permit to even go there
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and get a job; and to go there,
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he had to leave Sepphoris where he had established himself
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as a master artisan, as a young man,
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he already had a good reputation.
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He was being well compensated,
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but he was quick to obey
when God spoke to him.
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And of course, God made sure
provision showed up when the
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Magi came with treasures
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and those treasures gave them
all the funds they needed
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for their flight into Egypt. My friend,
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do you see how many reasons there was that God chose Joseph?
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But wait, there's one more.
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Joseph was a spiritual leader for his family.
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How do we know that? Because of Luke 2:41
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& 42, it says - Now, Jesus' parents went
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to Jerusalem every year at
the feast of the Passover,
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and when he was 12 years old, they went to Jerusalem
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after the custom of the feast.
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These verses say
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that Joseph took his family
every year to Passover.
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He wasn't one of those
parents who stayed at home
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but sent his kids to church.
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He set the example of spirituality
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and being faithful to
God by going himself.
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God knew this was a man
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who would spiritually lead his family.
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So when we look at the story of Joseph
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and wonder why did God choose him,
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we find there were several reasons. God had been watching,
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he had been looking for a man
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that he could trust with a big assignment.
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First of all, Joseph was a
descendant of the lineage
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of David, and God knew many
things about his character
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because God had been watching
just like God is watching you,
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he could see that Joseph was trustworthy with his talents,
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with his business, and with his money:
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so he could handle true riches.
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He had been watching and he saw that he was merciful instead
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of judgmental. God knew
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that Joseph would be a spiritual leader for his family
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and that he was attuned to the voice of the Holy Spirit
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and he had a track record of prompt obedience
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and showed he was willing to do anything
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that God asked him to do.
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And when God put his eyes on Joseph,
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he knew this was the man that he could tap
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for this big job.
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Now, let me ask you - God is watching you.
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What does God see in your character?
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Does God see things in you that lets him know you are ready
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to be tapped for a new assignment?
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Today we've been looking
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chose Joseph.
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Tomorrow we're going
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what are swaddling clothes
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You are going to learn
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We're sitting by the phone
waiting for it to ring
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so we can talk to you and pray with you.
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If you'd prefer, you can send us an email,
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and when your email shows up in our inbox,
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we're gonna really release
our faith for Jesus
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to do something splendid in your life.
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Remember, we saw today that
Jesus is the great artisan.
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He knows how to take regular materials
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and turn them into something
shiny and magnificent,
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and when we pray,
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Jesus will take whatever
is going on in your life,
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he'll turn it around and he'll
make it something wonderful.
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But let us know how to pray for you.
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But hey, we're offering
you my brand new series.
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Please order it. It's called Christmas, The Rest
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of the Story, 15 parts, and it comes in multiple formats.
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The subtitle says,
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Amazing insights about Christmas you've never heard before.
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Are you learning new things? Wow!
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Well, this series is jam packed with all kinds
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of new insights about the Christmas story,
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and it comes with a marvelous study guide. My friend,
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the study guide is just loaded.
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I put so much work into these study guides,
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and when you have the study guide
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and the series together,
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you'll really get the teaching down deep inside you.
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And we're offering you right now my big new book,
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which is called - Christmas, The Rest of the Story.
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300 illustrated pages, which are designed
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to take you into the heart of
the greatest story ever told.
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But I wanna pray for you.
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Father, if you put your eyes on Joseph
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to see if he qualified for a
new assignment, then I know
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that you're watching me and
you're watching my friend.
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Lord, help us to qualify,
help us to be faithful.
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Help us to be so faithful with
what we're doing right now
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that you'll know we can be trusted with a bigger assignment.
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I pray this in Jesus' wonderful name - Amen.
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I'll be back tomorrow, but until then,
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remember Ecclesiastes 8:4 says, "Where the word
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of a king is, there is power."
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If you've never received
Jesus as your Savior
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and Lord, now is the time for
you to experience a new life
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Jesus has to give you.
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Pray this prayer with me right now - Lord,
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I repent of my sin and
receive you as my Savior
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and Lord. Wash away my sin
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and make me completely new.
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I thank you that my sin is removed
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and Satan no longer has any
right to lay claim on me.
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I faithfully promise that
I will serve you as my Lord
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for the rest of my life -
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Amen.
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If you just prayed the
prayer of salvation with us,
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would you please let us know by going
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to renner.org/salvation?
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We would love to connect with you.
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Renner Ministries is proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ
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through every available media avenue
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to the uttermost parts of the earth.
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Discover the many ways you can
help us make a difference in
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lives around the world
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We invite you to partner with
us in teaching, strengthening
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and rescuing lives for the glory of God.
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Together we can make a difference
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that will last throughout eternity.