This Must Be The Place
Fresh Life Church
Pastor Levi Lusko
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
One of the most shocking parts of the Christmas story isn't the virgin birth or the angels—it's who got invited first. Pastor Levi shares how Shepherds, who were outcasts, couldn't testify in court, religiously unclean, and totally unwanted, were the VIPs at Jesus' birth. This reveals something stunning about God's Kingdom: it operates completely upside-down from everything we expect. If you've ever felt unqualified, too messy, or like you're in the wrong place for God to use you—this Christmas message will show you why those are exactly the credentials Heaven celebrates!GIVE YOUR YEAR-END OFFERING:Be a part of building the Kingdom: https://freshlife.church/give/NEXT STEPS:Ask for prayer or connect with a pastor: https://freshlife.church/contactRegister your decision to follow Jesus and receive free resources: https://freshlife.church/know-godGive a financial gift to support what God is doing as we take steps forward to see the Gospel reach far and wide: https://freshlife.church/giveSUBSCRIBE:Sign up to receive encouragement straight to your inbox, and to stay up to date with announcements, events, and more: https://church.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=6ea4d82b2567db3e86b7767cd&id=451f2fe63eDon’t miss a video! Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/freshlifechurch?sub_confirmation=1CONNECT ON SOCIALS:Website: https://freshlife.churchInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshlifeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/freshlifechurchTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/freshlifeYoutube: https://youtube.com/c/freshlifechurch/Fresh Life Church was pioneered by Pastors Levi and Jennie Lusko in 2007. We exist to see those stranded in sin find life and liberty in Jesus Christ. Today Fresh Life’s ministry impacts people with the radical, life-changing message of Jesus’ grace, spilling across Montana, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho… and beyond.
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| 0:00.0 | We're doing it right. We're going to find ourselves at some point in the Christmas season in Luke 2, which is where we're going to be at today. I have a different message for Christmas Eve, but Luke 2 is very familiar. Now, there were in the same country, this is the night Jesus was born, shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. |
| 0:24.7 | And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, |
| 0:33.1 | and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them, do not be afraid. One more of the 365, |
| 0:42.2 | do not be afraid in the Bible, one for every day of the calendar year. I bring you, he says, |
| 0:51.5 | behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy. |
| 0:55.5 | If you underline things, underline this next phrase, which will be to all people. |
| 1:00.3 | How many of the people is this joy for? |
| 1:03.2 | This joy that's not just regular joy, but great joy full of good tidings for all people. |
| 1:09.4 | For there is born, and I love this, you can say this about yourself this Christmas. There is born to you. Who's this present for? In my family, my dad never could label presents right. I can't tell you how many presents I opened in my life. And he's like, oh, that's not for you. And he would, you know, and then hand it to your sister, hand it to your brother, and then you get yours half open from your sister, |
| 1:28.5 | right? He forgot to put his name, the names on him until after he wrapped him, so he was, he was sure it was so-and-so, right? It was just one of the funniest Christmas traditions in our family was opening a half-open present when he realized, put the lid back on, that's not for you. But there's no mistaking who Christmas is for. |
| 1:45.4 | Come on, touch your own heart. |
| 1:46.8 | It's to you. |
| 1:48.1 | This gift, Jesus, God's gift to this world is to you. |
| 1:52.5 | It's for you. |
| 1:54.0 | There's born to you this day in the city of David. |
| 1:58.6 | What? |
| 1:59.6 | A savior. A savior who is Christ the Lord. And this will be the sign to you. |
| 2:07.0 | You will find a babe wrapped in swaddling cloths lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the |
| 2:14.7 | angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, |
| 2:22.4 | glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace, goodwill toward men. So it was when the angels |
| 2:30.9 | had gone away from them into heaven that the shepherds said to one another, |
| 2:35.5 | let us now go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made |
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