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Pathway to Victory

What Child Is This? – Part 1

Pathway to Victory

Dr. Robert Jeffress

Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

When you picture Jesus Christ, what image comes to your mind? A tiny baby in a feeding trough? A grown man teaching the multitudes? Or a powerful monarch seated on a throne? Dr. Robert Jeffress looks at an unexpected passage from the New Testament that reveals the identity of Christ.   To support Pathway to Victory, go to ptv.org/donate.

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Hey, podcast listeners, thanks for streaming today's podcast from Pathway to Victory.

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Pathway to Victory is a nonprofit ministry featuring the Bible teaching of Dr. Robert Jeffers.

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And right now, your generous gift will have twice the impact thanks to the Now is the Time Matching Challenge,

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active now through December 31st.

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To give a special year-end gift, go to ptv.org slash donate, or follow the link in our show notes.

0:25.4

Now, here's today's podcast, from Pathway to Victory.

0:28.7

Hi, this is Robert Jeffers, and I'm glad to study God's Word with you every day on this Bible teaching program.

0:35.8

On today's edition, A Pathway to Victory. Who is this child that was

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born in the feeding trough in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago? Was he just another tiny baby? Or was he more?

0:49.6

Well, the best answer to what child is this that was born in Bethlehem is found not in Luke

0:56.3

Chapter 2, the traditional nativity account, but it's found in Colossians, Chapter 1.

1:03.1

Welcome to Pathway to Victory with author and pastor Dr. Robert Jeffers.

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When you picture Jesus Christ, what image comes to your mind?

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Maybe a tiny baby in a feeding trough, a grown man teaching the multitudes, or a powerful monarch seated on a throne.

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Well, today on Pathway to Victory, Dr. Robert Jeffers takes a look at an unexpected passage from the New Testament that reveals the identity of Christ. But first, let's take

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a minute to hear some important ministry updates. Thanks, David, and welcome to this Thursday

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edition of Pathway to Victory. Many, many months ago, I sat down with our creative team at

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Pathway to Victory and carefully mapped out our teaching schedule for December.

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And for this important reason, I wanted to give you the gift of celebrating our Savior in a

1:52.7

manner that's fresh and relevant for our times. And so we put our very favorite messages into

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this teaching series called Celebrate the Savior. At the end of today's

2:03.5

program, David will explain how you can receive the entire teaching series on CD and DVD.

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