this evening since I got here on campus I was in a yet again interview with newsmax about

Christmas and they were just asking a moment ago um you know there's a lot of people saying that

christmas never happened that jesus was nothing but a fraud and the woke movement is saying

that jesus came from a dysfunctional home and what do you say to that?

And I had to laugh. I just had to laugh.

And the strong suit for all of us is always the same.

And that is I just pivoted immediately to the fact that we have not follow some sort of a dream or some sort of a concoction,

but that God's word and the coming of Jesus Christ is a prophetic fact.

It actually happened.

And not only that, it happened in light of Bible prophecy.

We are here tonight because we're not following a story.

We're here tonight because Christ coming into the world is a reality.

And the beautiful thing about that is,

strong thing for me, a very, very convincing argument for me,

is the fact that God wrote that down in advance before it ever happened.

And I love that.

And so we are continuing now with

our beyond theme. And I'm going to ask you to stand, even though I just had you sit down.

I'm going to ask you to stand. And I'm going to read through this, but we're going to stand

in honor of God's word. It's a big chunk of scripture, but we have a short time together tonight,

and I'll read fast, and we'll touch on some points that I pray will be a blessing to you guys this

evening and for this entire holy week. Luke chapter 1, verse 26, the Bible tells us,

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