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00:00 Blessed Christmas to everybody. I thought we start off with a
00:06 questionnaire. There's there's there's no such thing as a perfect Christmas, but there is such a
00:12 thing as a great Christmas, right? And of course, what we want is that everybody here has a great Christmas or
00:20 maybe from Christmas Eve, today, Boxing Day. So, let me just ask a simple question from the heart and the question
00:27 is this. What would make a perfect or what will make a great Christmas for
00:32 you? I mean really just just ponder ask yourself what will make a great
00:38 Christmas. Perhaps it could be you know um
00:43 some spending time with people that you it really matters to you that that's
00:48 that's relational, right? Or maybe getting a gift for someone you loved and it wasn't one of those gifts that they
00:55 simply got from somewhere and every year they wrap it up. It's one of those meaningful gifts. Or maybe you you came
01:03 to church and the choir was great,
01:09 the worship was fantastic, speaker a bit long-winded.
01:14 Anyway, I'm going to give you half an hour already give you really but what makes a great Christmas maybe you see
01:22 you know I I went to church and wow I just left felt something good you know
01:27 you see you really break it down Christmas is in a sense a birthday
01:32 celebration I mean it's true to a certain degree so I want to give an example
01:38 my wife's birthday is in January so let's just say I tell her look it's your birthday Yeah, let's go and have a
01:47 great dinner. Let's go to the food that I like to eat. I I love Indian food.
01:52 Let's go and eat banana leaf. You know what? It's your birthday. Let's
01:58 go watch a movie. Let's go watch a movie which I really like. Let's watch row
02:04 one. Again, I'm a Star Wars geek. So, or you know, let's go for holiday and go to
02:10 go to Bali. go to somewhere where I being a very lazy person don't need to do anything and just rest. You see where
02:17 we're going with this? You see, if you're honest yourself, how we answered just now in many ways reflects a bit on
02:25 our self-centeredness because really today is not about us.
02:32 It's about Jesus. It's really about how today you and I
02:39 honor God. is really quite self-centered to say, you know what, a great Christmas is
02:46 something that makes me happy, makes me feel loved, then why call it Christmas? So, I want
02:54 us to ponder this question. And in many ways, there's no fixed answer to this. I
02:59 I think there's a specific answer to each one of you in your own where you're
03:04 coming from and where you are in life. I really want that to be the message. Here's a simple message that we're going
03:09 to go through scripture today. At the end of today's message, I just want you to answer this for yourself. What would
03:17 Jesus want from you this Christmas? First, come before God in prayer. God,
03:23 Lord, God, we thank you. It's Christmas day. We thank you. And in in the busyiness of Christmas as we rush, we
03:30 try to prepare for dinner and we have presents and activities and we feel so
03:35 tired sometimes teach us to be like Mary and just ponder and ask yourself what is
03:42 really the purpose of it all. And we start off today's message by
03:47 saying it's about you and not us. And let us understand what that means, oh
03:52 Lord, as we just go through scripture. And we say this in Jesus name. Amen. Now
03:58 one thing interesting about Christmas or difficult is that you know speakers a lot of pressure because how often can
04:03 you repackage a Christmas message? Every year you hear people sit down there oh another Christmas message. How often
04:09 must I hear about a baby in a stable? So people just switch off. So speaker a
04:14 lot of pressure I'm being honest with you. So here here is how people you you
04:20 can preach Christmas. One is old testament Isaiah is one. uh Mary, Joseph, you can even take Simeon and
04:26 John the Baptist, Elizabeth, angels, Song of the Angels, wise men. I mean,
04:33 the Star of Bethlehem really deals with the wise men, shepherds, shepherds in the field, and of course, Apostle Paul
04:39 has a long section on Christmas in the book of Philippians, chapter 2. Now, here's what what's missing in this list?
04:46 What's what's the most obvious person we should listen to about Christmas which is missing?
04:53 Jesus. So I wanted to find a text which uh
04:58 Jesus spoke about Christmas. So I found one and then I discovered nobody speaks
05:04 about it in Christmas. I only found one speaker called John Piper who did a very
05:09 old sermon on it. And but I thought this was really about Christmas and and and the placing of this is interesting. So
05:16 here it is. We're going to do one verse. It's found in John 18:37. The ESV has a
05:22 really great translation of it. The NIV not so fantastic, but ESV says this. Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a
05:29 king." Jesus answered, "You say that I'm a king." And here's the Christmas message. For this purpose, I was born
05:36 and for this purpose I have come into the world. You can't get clearer than that. That's Christmas.
05:42 To bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of truth listens to my voice. Now, why do I like this? because it's
05:49 spoken not at his birth but just before he dies. So before he dies he reminds everyone
05:57 why he was born and this is a time where he's being caught for treason for some trumped up
06:03 charges and Pilate the governor is interrogating him and and and the purpose of Christmas is sandwiched
06:09 between two verses. one about a king. Those was an earlier verse. And then one about truth. And we're going to wrap
06:15 ourselves a little bit about what it means about truth. What it means about being a king, being born a king this
06:23 Christmas. So let's go about the first one. What would Jesus want for Christmas? You cannot talk about
06:29 Christmas without looking at the cross. You really can't. That's what Jesus is
06:34 really saying. And so we got to understand why he was born into this
06:39 world. And there are two things here. One is about him being a king. One of
06:44 them being him being truth. You have to wrap yourselves around that. So what is
06:50 it about truth? What is it about being a king? And understanding that will tell
06:55 us why he was born into this world. Either that we just rattle off, yeah, he was born in this world to save us from
07:00 our sins. Really doesn't get there. So let's look at the the verse again. And
07:05 this is what he says. Uh to bear with us to the truth. Everyone who is of truth listens to my voice. Now the reply from
07:13 Pilate is a classic is a great reply. You know what Pilate says? He says this.
07:18 What is truth? That's really really like nowadays what we live in. Okay. So here's the first
07:26 thing about Christmas. Truth is relative.
07:32 Let me give you an example. Let's just say me and Dr. Peter climb up a mountain. If you see Peter nowadays,
07:38 he's lost a lot of weight. Quite healthy, you know. He used to have a bit of that. So now he's So we climb Mount
07:46 Pikachu. Is it what they call it? Mount can't what do they call it? Mount what?
07:51 Okay, something like that. It's a big mountain. All right. And we stand on top of there and me and Peter are there. We
07:58 look out there and I tell Peter, you know what? I'm going to jump.
08:03 Peter will look at me and I say, "If I jump, I'm going to fly." Peter said, "Don't be stupid. I know you're an architect, but you're not that stupid,
08:09 are you? If you jump, you're going to die." Then I tell Peter, "Whoa, whoa,
08:14 whoa, whoa, whoa. What's what's what's you Christians? You're very pushy. You know, you have your truth. I have my
08:21 truth. You want to believe that if you jump, you're going to die. I respect
08:26 your view. I believe if I jump, I'm going to fly." Why can't you respect my
08:31 view? What's wrong with all you Christians? very pushy. You know, you have your truth, I have my truth.
08:37 That's relative truth. Now, you you you can tell that's such a stupid thing to answer. I mean, architect is not very
08:43 intelligent. Why? Kyouong is maybe not me. But it's stupid. Why? Because truth
08:49 in the physical world is absolute. The laws of physics apply to Peter and
08:56 me. They are absolute. Now, I want you to dwell a bit on that. Now if it is true
09:03 on the physical plane, how about we take it to say the emotional plane. If I
09:09 neglect my daughter, she will grow up dysfunctional. Okay. Is that is that relative? Can I
09:15 say oh no, no, no, no. Everyone knows that because everyone knows cognition, psychology,
09:22 parent bonding, you need to bond if you are going to have a relationship. So
09:27 that's absolute. So what's true on the physical plane or the physical world is true on the
09:34 emotional world. And what's true on the emotional world is true on the spiritual world. But
09:41 here's the strange thing. When it comes to the spiritual world, everybody wants to be relative. You have your God, I
09:47 have my God, you have your truth, I have my truth. All the truths are the same. The truths are not the same.
09:53 Truth is absolute. Now I want you to build a bit on that
09:59 because that also takes us on a very personal level because let me break it
10:05 down to a simpler thing you can all connect with. Let's just say you had an argument with somebody or um something
10:12 bad happened to you or something you had something unpleasant.
10:17 What is your immediate reaction? And your immediate reaction is to believe I'm right. The other party is wrong.
10:26 Of course, the other side will say they are right, you're wrong. What has happened? Truth has become relative. But
10:31 it's not. Truth is absolute. There is a objective truth in that thing. So put
10:40 that at the back of your mind. Okay? You may say, "What's this got to do Christmas?" A lot. Hang in there. All right. Second thing, truth is obscured.
10:48 But it's not because Jesus tells Pilate, "Everyone who is of truth." That's quite
10:56 loaded, you know. I mean, Christians are seen to be often listens to my voice.
11:02 Truth is not something you analyze and tear apart and you have your view. I have my view. Truth is revealed by God.
11:12 It's a revelation especially on spiritual matters. If God doesn't reveal himself to you,
11:20 you and I will have different views about God. You can think God is this, God is that. I believe God is whatever
11:26 you want to be. But God reveals himself. And that's what really Christmas is. God
11:32 reveals himself in a form of a baby. Now
11:37 pause again. I remember when I wasn't a Christian, I say, you know, this Christians very pushy. Must only be
11:43 their religion. I mean, why can't we just do good? You hear that quite often,
11:49 just do good. And whoever is up there when I die and if I do wake up and find
11:56 out, oh, really there is an afterlife, whoever is up there, that spirit in the sky, he will look at my good deeds, and
12:04 he will reward me. He will reward me with the afterlife or whatever it is.
12:10 Well, have you noticed how close that sounds like this?
12:15 It's the same thing. You better watch out. You better not
12:20 shout. Santa Claus is coming to town. Sorry, I can't sing. He knows if you are
12:27 naughty. He knows you're nice. He's got a list.
12:32 And so we treat God like his Santa Claus. So if I do good, God,
12:39 wherever you are, you're going to reward me. And and it goes to this current world. So we think if we do charity, we
12:45 do this, God's going to give me good health. If I if I do a lot of good deeds, God will give me what I desire
12:53 most. If I do a lot of if I'm nice, this is what should happen. And conversely,
12:58 when bad things happen to me, isn't it true? We all ask ourselves, you know, why why do bad things happen? Is God
13:05 punishing me? You see how the thinking is going? So here's the second thing.
13:10 Truth is objective. And secondly, truth is revealed. Now, here's the clinker.
13:19 Here's what I really want us to drive home for all of us, and it's this. Truth
13:25 is a matter of choice. You see what you see here in these verses, you see this line coming across
13:32 again. I find no guilt in him. Meaning
13:37 Pilate has come to a truth. The truth is Jesus is innocent. But what happens?
13:44 Because of social pressure. He decides to let Jesus be crucified.
13:52 And so today we have some simple deep things to look at. Whether it's in
13:59 an argument with somebody or how I view God or
14:05 what happened to me in my life, I can choose to believe what I want to
14:12 believe. And very often we believe lies.
14:19 That's painful to say, right? But you see, when you look at Pilate, you understand one thing. He's not a bad
14:25 guy. He's not like he's not a murderer. He's not a killer. But yet, even though he knows the truth,
14:33 he crumbles. His social conditioning influences him. So this Christmas, I
14:39 want you and I to take a deep look at ourselves. Maybe look back the last week
14:45 and I know it's not nice. You say, "Wow, Christmas, this speaker really making me feel uncomfortable. There's some good things at the end. Bear with me." But
14:52 ask yourself this whole last month some is it is it really what is the absolute
14:58 truth or are you believing that because it just makes you feel better if it is
15:04 it reveals a particular sin and that's why Jesus came into this world is this
15:11 thing called I want to be king of my life in fact that's the bottom line of sin
15:18 and Christmas in many way is the answer because Christmas is the birth of the
15:25 king of all kings. And why is God telling us that? Why did he send a king
15:32 in the form of flesh? He's telling us because you and I want to be kings of
15:38 our lives. And we relegate God to Christmas.
15:43 Once a year we show up in church or once a week.
15:48 And when I leave Christmas today and I go off to work, I'm king of my lives. I
15:54 blot out God. What I do at work, how I raise my kids, how I deal with my finances,
15:60 what I do privately with my computer, what websites I serve.
16:05 It's nothing to do with you. Nothing to do with God. I'm king. And that's sin.
16:11 And that's why Christmas reminds us that God loved us so much. That this is the king that saved us. And that's why the
16:19 birth of the of the savior has to end with the cross. And that's why Pilate is
16:24 told this before Jesus is crucified. And on that cross, he took our sins away.
16:30 Now, we all have heard this so often that it it doesn't enter here. So, I want to really tell you why it doesn't
16:36 enter. It doesn't enter because we are scared. Because the idea of God running my life
16:43 is frightening. Because sinful nature wants to run our lives our own way and we bury it away.
16:51 We come to church, we do a lot of stuff and we tell everyone we are good Christians. Actually, we're not because
16:57 we have not surrendered our entire lives to God. And this is really coming to
17:03 what Jesus really wants. Now, how do you how do you get that? Very often in
17:08 Alpha, we do a lot of work in Alpha. We meet a lot of people and they're like pilot. They know it's true, but they're
17:14 not going to cross that line because they're scared. Because being a Christian is difficult. Wow. Carry my
17:20 cross, give up everything. Whoa. No, I rather live a lie. And God knows
17:26 that. And this is the heart of Christmas. You see, it's not just enough. You know why? Here. You need to
17:32 do this. You need to marvel at Jesus.
17:38 A lot of the scriptures are talking about adoration and awe and just having
17:44 that wow his god. Did he do that? I want you to
17:50 just break this down a little bit. You see, because the question is this, what pilot does is that he says, "What is
17:57 truth?" And what does it do? After he said it, he went back outside. meaning
18:02 like Francis Bacon wrote in a book he didn't have time to pause to ponder
18:11 one of the best preachers in the world is Francis Chan is very well known he's famous best-selling author and one
18:19 Christmas sermon and he he was quite right about this he said at Christmas sermons we get very preoccupied of let's
18:26 get the choir right let's get the worship right the sermons got to be very slick
18:31 the whole thing then becomes a performance. So one Christmas service he
18:36 he he prayed and prayed and he said that God was telling him you know what Francis I don't need you because you're
18:42 a super superstar preacher. So he said I'm not going to preach on this
18:47 Christmas day and he gave the preaching duties to a teenager. I should really do
18:52 that one day in Sunday. Peter I feel I'm not preaching and you know what get what a youth to preach it.
18:58 But you see, there's something different about this youth. And this is her. She
19:03 she preached 15-minute message and then she sang. I I couldn't get a better picture of her on the net. Her name is
19:09 Eliza. And this was the best Christmas servant I heard. You know why? Because Eliza is
19:15 blind. She's blind. And what Francis Chan was
19:21 trying to tell everyone was, "You know what? come to church and you are distracted
19:28 and when you hear her speak and she says, you know, I'm blind since birth. I have never seen a manger. I
19:37 don't know what sheep look like. I don't know what a shepherd looks like. I don't
19:43 know how a wise man looks like. I have never seen stars.
19:48 But I read and I believe and I thought, "Wow."
19:55 And you understand why scripture says, "The blind shall see."
20:01 And those of us who see, in many ways, we are blind.
20:08 Why? Because we don't take time to have
20:13 awe and wonder. And the blind girl pauses and she takes it in and her soul
20:20 sings out. Oh holy night. You see the song we sang just now. It's great. Look
20:28 at it. It's about a king. Countless days on a journey they led so far. Endless
20:33 nights they traveled to follow the star. They did not find a palace which is what
20:38 kings live in. There's a humble village home and searching for a king but
20:46 finding a child. No crown, no throne. You can imagine they arrive and says this is it. This is the king of
20:54 kings. This is God. Unbelievable.
20:59 Not not not possible. And the next verse is great. Still they bowed down.
21:06 And then God builds something in them in the three wise men or don't know whether they're three expectations turned to
21:13 mystery for nothing was like anything they dreamt anticipating the royal
21:19 throne honored by the world. Instead they gazed at the aruck eyes for a lowly
21:26 peasant girl and it struck home that God
21:32 would be born in flesh in a lowly manger
21:37 with animals and shepherds. Why?
21:43 If that doesn't get you on your knees and says, "Wow, you're missing Christmas."
21:50 So, I'm going to encourage you to do something today because we get distracted so easily. Take 10 minutes
21:58 today from your dinner preparation, opening gifts. Take 10 minutes. That's
22:03 that's not too much to ask, right? Find a corner, lock the door, and
22:12 consider and be amazed at this baby Jesus.
22:18 the baby who became a man, died for my sins,
22:23 a king who was willing to be humiliated, who took on the form of a servant. But
22:30 that's only half the story because he is victorious.
22:36 And that's why he can die for my sins because he can rise from the dead. And
22:41 here's the last part of Christmas that we very often don't ponder upon. And
22:47 that is this. The King of Kings, the Lord of Lords
22:54 will return. And when he returns,
22:59 everyone will be amazed. But for some, it will be too late.
23:06 You see, think about this. Christmas is a time to be aed by the
23:14 majesty of God who came as a baby. What have we done? We have replace it with a
23:19 fat guy with a white beard carrying presents. Pause again.
23:26 Christmas is about majesty and meekness as we look at angels coming descending
23:33 upon and star of David guiding. What have we replaced it off? Christmas
23:39 trees, glittering lights, bling bling. Christmas is about real people. Joseph,
23:46 Mary, shepherds. They replace it with the North Pole and snowman and elves.
23:54 And Christmas ends at the cross. And what have we replaced that with? An
24:01 Easter bunny. Have you thought about that? You see what the world is doing or
24:07 the devil, we don't know. Christmas is for me to be odd. Instead, it's been
24:12 trivialized, trivialized and mocked and made to be
24:18 fantasy. This Christmas be odd.
24:23 Send a few moments. It will do so much to break that fear. Let me just end with
24:30 this. You see, in the end, what's important is to note every day is Christmas.
24:39 Why? Because Christmas, the celebration of Christmas isn't found in the Bible. We really don't know if Jesus was born
24:44 on 25th of December. No one knows. It was something the Roman Empire instituted.
24:50 But you see, the moment we understand why he was born, the moment we learn to
24:56 be awe of God, learn to adore him, it becomes Christmas every day. Let let me
25:01 explain this to you. King Bumipole is probably one of the most loved kings
25:07 in the world. Why? Because in his majesty as a king, there's a lot of
25:14 meekness. He was a king that went down to the commoner
25:20 and he spent time with them. He went to spend time with the poor, the old, the
25:25 elderly. And he was a king. They were deeply loved by the average Thai person.
25:33 And so when he died, Chula Long tellers put out an addict asking everyone to
25:39 sort of just do what the king used to do. And so people came out in droves,
25:46 collected rubbish, planted the tree, did charity, all the things the king did
25:51 which many other kings did not do. And I saw this t-shirt which I thought
25:57 was interesting. All you young men don't look at a girl.
26:02 You see, I can't read Thai. But you know what the t-shirt says? It
26:08 says this, "Follow the father." I thought it was interesting. You see,
26:15 why did the ties turn out in droves? Because they saw the love of the father.
26:25 They saw the love of the king. And the love of the king so changed them. They
26:32 loved the king back. What did Jesus want from you Christmas?
26:38 To love him back the way he loved us. That he loved me and you so much. He
26:46 came into the world as a baby. And you you really if you pause about that that's really like wow
26:52 died for me and you'll return in majesty really go home and pause it will just
26:58 amaze you and that and that's why Jesus says you know he tells us this
27:05 I am the light of the world whoever follows me will never walk in darkness
27:12 will have the light of life and this morning God is challenging all of us for the light of life. I'd like to ask the
27:18 worship team to sort of slowly make themselves back up here. But let me just end with a challenge. You see, two
27:25 things will happen at the end of this service. And only two, not three, but two. One, you were entertained.
27:35 You was thought the choir was great. The violinist was great. The speaker was
27:41 long-winded. But three out of five stars isn't so bad.
27:47 And what you did was you hung your problems at the door like a coat at a
27:52 performance. And when you left, you took back your coat, put it back on, and
28:00 life goes on. Christmas was just a temporary relief. Made no difference to
28:07 your life at all. Can I challenge you? That's a lie. And if you if you really feel that way,
28:14 I challenge you to be not like Pilot and walked away and say, "What is truth? I don't believe everything you just said.
28:20 Stay back, talk to us. Come join us on Wednesday night. Come
28:26 back next Sunday." Secondly, you heard his voice
28:32 and God speaks in many ways. And he says again in that verse we read, "Everyone
28:37 who is of truth listens to my voice." And he speaks through his scripture. He
28:42 speaks through the friend who brought you. He speaks in an inner prompting
28:48 this Christmas. If you sit there and you're not a type of guy who likes to be too religious, you come to church
28:55 occasionally. You're a person who really have areas in your life which you have not surrendered
29:01 to God. This is what Jesus wants from you. this Christmas to give your lives
29:07 to him. And if you're not a Christian and you you're quite close to becoming a Christian, we have quite a few of them
29:13 in alpha. Can I suggest today the best Christmas gift you can give God is to
29:19 make that decision. You see, life has darkness.
29:26 I don't want to walk out there tomorrow and you don't want to walk out there tomorrow. And when darkness hits you and darkness could be it could be in many
29:32 ways. It could be a health problem a a breakdown in your family something that
29:38 takes your happiness away and there's no light. That's why Jesus says he's the light. I
29:44 want to share a story from Sharon Kong. I don't know whether she's here today but uh she wasn't at first service but
29:49 she gave a great story at Alpha on Men's Day and she said something about life. She said life is like this. You you get
29:56 on a train and you go on life and life goes on quite well but sometime that that life that that train goes into a
30:03 tunnel and sometime that tunnel is dark and it's dark for a very long time
30:10 and maybe some of you are in that tunnel maybe maybe is a health issue is something you came to church and you
30:16 didn't expect anything but maybe God is telling you you know what you're in that tunnel and and what Sharon shared with
30:22 us on Wednesday you feel like jumping off that train
30:27 because life is just so like why God and and so she quoted something which I
30:32 thought was interesting and this from Cory Tanbon this is what she said when a train goes through a tunnel and it gets
30:39 dark you don't throw it a ticket and jump off.
30:46 You trust the engineer in Jesus' own word. The light shines in
30:51 the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it. I
30:56 want to challenge you to to persevere if you're going through a difficult time and and and talk to us if after the
31:03 service. Let us pray over you. Don't throw away that ticket.
31:09 Light has come into this world and the darkness has not overcome it. Let us
31:14 close in prayer as we prepare our hearts with this song. Lord, we just ask we quieten ourselves and as we pray prepare
31:21 for worship, we ask that Christmas is meaningful and we just ask for again just one
31:29 question that all of us have to answer our own way and is this
31:35 what do you want from us at Christmas? And we say this in Jesus' name.
31:43 So, we're going to sing a song and we're going to sing this song seated.
31:50 Why seated? Because I want you to sort of really take it in. That wasn't a lecture you heard. This is
31:57 my prayer God spoke to you. And we're going to let the words just sort of sweep over us and let the Holy Spirit do
32:04 his work as Chuch Chan will just lead us into worship.
32:20 Holy night, the stars are brightly shining.
32:29 It is the night of the dear sest.
32:41 Long lay the world in sin and narrow up
32:51 till he appeared. And the soul fell this world.
33:03 The thrill of hope. The weery world rejoicees
33:12 for yonder grace. A new and glorious morning.
33:23 Oh, on your knees.
33:32 Oh, here the angel voicees.
33:42 Oh, divine.
33:51 Oh my when Christ was born.
34:00 Oh
34:06 divine.
34:20 As the uh as the musicians just play,
34:26 we like to ask and we invite the Holy Spirit to just move in our midst.
34:33 And Lord, we say this is not a performance. This is not a meaningless ritual,
34:39 but this is an encounter with you. This Christmas, we we get on our knees.
34:49 Teach us, oh Lord, to be amazed, to be awed.
34:55 And Lord, we we confess very often we have just trivialized Christmas. So
35:01 Lord, we have just reduced it to a merry Christmas with no
35:06 meaning. We ask, oh Lord, for every single person
35:12 here today that we will find a moment,
35:17 a quiet time in after the service perhaps at home to
35:24 just wonder at how you, oh God, Lord of Lords, was born as a baby
35:34 and that would just drive us to our knees. ease and we would just wonder and
35:40 and be amazed and be odd and we would
35:45 sense Christmas. And then the meaning of Christmas will just become so much more real to us, oh
35:52 Lord. And when the meaning of Christmas becomes real to us, oh Lord, when we say, oh Lord, that you are king of our
35:59 lives and king of every area in our life, oh Lord, that are not just the empty words, but you are truly king of
36:06 kings and you are really lord of lords. Hallelujah. Would you just stand up
36:12 right now? Will you all stand as we praise God and raise our hands to God this Christmas and just give thanks and
36:20 adore him for who he is for he is king of kings. He is lord of lords and
36:26 deserving of all our worship. Praise God this Christmas and we will just adore
36:32 him. Oh Lord, just come in our midst right now and let us just adore you.
