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🗓️ 23 December 2023
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A Roman census led Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem in time for the birth of Mary's baby. But Caesar wasn't the only king whose decree caused this to happen. Today, R.C. Sproul considers three kings involved in the story of Jesus' birth.
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0:00.0 | No president, no premier, no senator, no congressman can lift a finger apart from the sovereign authority that God has given his only begotten son. |
0:12.0 | That's why we're here. We're here to celebrate the birth of a king, the |
0:16.7 | birth of our king. And the greatest Christmas carol that can come from your lips is the song God save the king. |
0:27.0 | It seems that less people are offended if you mention only the baby in a manger at Christmas. |
0:39.0 | Even many unbelievers sing Christmas hymns, unaware of the truths that they're singing. |
0:45.0 | But things get more uncomfortable when you mention that this baby is actually the King of Kings |
0:51.0 | and Lord of Lords, why he came and that he'll return again. |
0:56.3 | I'm Nathan W Bingham and you're listening to the Saturday edition of Renewing Her Mind. Don't forget that you can learn more about the arrival of this King of Kings when you |
1:06.0 | request Arcey Sproll's new Christmas Devotional, the Advent of Glory at renewing her mind dot all. |
1:13.8 | Reading the familiar Christmas story of Luke chapter 2, |
1:17.6 | today R.C. Sprawl will skip over the usual characters, |
1:21.0 | angels, shepherds Mary and Joseph, and instead deliver a Christmas |
1:25.4 | message focused on the three kings of the story. Here's Dr Sproll. |
1:32.0 | This morning I'm going to preach on the subject a tale of three kings and the text |
1:42.1 | for that is from the Christmas story in the second chapter of the |
1:47.0 | Gospel according to St Luke. I will be reading from verse one through |
1:52.4 | verse 14. |
1:56.2 | And it came to pass in those days |
2:00.6 | that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, |
2:05.0 | that all the world should be registered. |
2:10.0 | This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. |
2:15.0 | So all went to be registered everyone to his own city. |
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