We don't normally associate the birth of Christ with concepts like justice, poverty, and oppression,

but this is one of the reasons Jesus came, to put an end to injustice and to change the way his people relate to the poor, the vulnerable, and the oppressed.

In this message, David Platt considers how the words of all holy night relate to Luke chapter 4 verses 16 through 21.

Christ came to save us from our sins and to free us so that we might give ourselves to serve those in need.

In his name, all oppression will one day cease.

This is the Radical with David Platt podcast.

Here is David with a message titled, O Holy Knife.

Well, if you have a Bible and I hope you are somebody around you does that you can look on with, let me invite you to open with me to Luke chapter 4.

Luke chapter 4, if you need to use table of contents to find it, feel free to do so.

As you're turning, I want to welcome those of you in Arlington and Loudon and Prince William and Montgomery County,

as well as those of you aren't able to join us in person and you're online.

It's really good to be together around God's Word and I want to especially welcome you if you're visiting with us.

We are really, really glad that you're here.

We're in the final week of a series leading up to Christmas called The Sound of Hope, where we're thinking together about the Biblical foundations of familiar Christmas songs.

So our plan is to do one today and then on Christmas Eve and all of our locations to do another.

So we're looking at the Biblical foundations for these songs and you can go to McLeanBabble.org slash Christmas and you can download recordings of these songs there.

And you can also see at McLeanBabble.org slash Christmas the times for our locations are gatherings on Christmas Eve.

Our teams are working really hard to make those gatherings really special and I want to encourage you to not just come to one of them, but to bring somebody with you to them.

Whether family or friends, coworkers, neighbors, particularly people in your sphere of influence who may not know Jesus or maybe even between now and Friday.

You come across somebody that you meet at a restaurant or a store or shop that you can invite to come with you.

Like don't come alone on Christmas Eve and invite somebody to be with you.

This morning we're looking at one of my favorite Christmas songs and I don't think I'm alone in this being one of my favorites.

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