D. JAMES KENNEDY MINISTRIES PRESENTS
TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM.
IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME.
BUT WHAT DOES CHRISTMAS MEAN FOR THE WORLD?
FIND OUT, ON TODAY'S TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM.
THIS IS TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM.
♪
MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND WELCOME TO TRUTHS THAT
TRANSFORM, A PRODUCTION OF D. JAMES KENNEDY
MINISTRIES, WHERE WE ARE STANDING FOR TRUTH AND
DEFENDING YOUR FREEDOM.
JESUS CHRIST, WHOSE BIRTH WE CELEBRATE THIS WEEK, IS
NOT ONLY THE SON OF GOD IN FLESH, BUT ALSO THE
GREATEST MAN WHO EVER LIVED.
NO ONE HAS HAD A GREATER IMPACT ON THIS WORLD.
IN ONE REALM OF HUMAN EXISTENCE AFTER ANOTHER,
THE IMPACT OF JESUS AND HIS FOLLOWERS THROUGH TIME
HAS BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF PHENOMENAL.
EVEN THIS VERY DAY, THERE ARE LITERALLY TENS OF
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING FED IN THE NAME OF
JESUS- POOR PEOPLE WHO COULD OTHERWISE STARVE.
GOD COMING INTO OUR WORLD THROUGH THE BABY BORN IN
BETHLEHEM IS STILL THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD.
LATER IN THIS PROGRAM, YOU'LL DISCOVER HOW CHRIST
INSPIRED ONE OF THE GREATEST WORKS OF ART THE
WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN.
AND YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN US IN
SEEING CHRIST TRANSFORM WASHINGTON DC.
AS WE BEGIN, WE ARE JOINED BY DR. TIM SANSBURY,
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY AT
KNOX THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, TO DISCUSS WITH US THE
VERY THING WE CELEBRATE TODAY, THE INCARNATION OF
JESUS CHRIST.
TIM WELCOME, GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE.
THANK YOU, GREAT TO BE HERE WITH YOU.
YOU AND I ARE BOTH FANS OF C.S. LEWIS AND HE CALLED
THE INCARNATION THE GRAND MIRACLE, AND SAID THAT ALL
THE OTHER MIRACLES REALLY ARE A REFLECTION OF THAT.
TALK ABOUT THE INCARNATION, WHY IS IT SO SPECIAL?
WHY DO WE MAYBE NOT FOCUS ON IT THE SAME WAY WE
SHOULD?
WELL THE INCARNATION IS THIS EVENT UNLIKE ANY
OTHER IN HUMAN HISTORY, WHERE THE CREATOR OF THE
WORLD DIDN'T JUST DO WHAT HE DOES THROUGH NORMAL
MIRACLES AND DISPLAY HIMSELF IN A SPECIAL WAY;
HE ACTUALLY BECAME A PART OF THIS WORLD.
HE TOOK ON TRUE HUMAN FLESH, TRUE HUMAN NATURE,
HE DID IT NOT JUST TO DISPLAY HOW GRAND HE WAS,
BUT ACTUALLY TO RESCUE HIS PEOPLE, HIS VERY CREATION
THAT REBELLED AGAINST HIM.
AND SO HAVING SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, WHERE THE
CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE BECOMES A PART OF IT, TO
REDEEM WHAT HE'S MADE, OUT OF HIS LOVE FOR WHAT HE'S
MADE, AND THEN DISPLAYS HIS GLORY THROUGH IT, IT'S
JUST, IT'S UNHEARD OF IN ANY RELIGION ANYWHERE.
SO GOD CREATED THE VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE WORLD, BUT
HE WAS NEVER PART OF IT, HE WAS TRANSCENDENT TO IT,
WHAT THEOLOGIANS SAY, IMMINENT, HE'S EVERYWHERE
PRESENT IN HIS CREATION BUT NOT PART OF IT, BUT HE
BECAME PART OF IT.
THAT'S WHAT'S SO ASTOUNDING ABOUT THE
INCARNATION?
THAT'S CERTAINLY A PIECE OF IT, FOR, TO UNDERSTAND
GOD'S, THIS THING THAT CHRISTIANITY HAS THAT
OTHER RELIGIONS DON'T HAVE, WHERE GOD IS OUTSIDE
COMPLETELY OF THIS UNIVERSE THAT HE'S MADE,
HE'S NOT CONTAINED IN IT, AND YET HE'S PERSONALLY
ACTIVE IN IT, AND HE WANTS TO PAY ATTENTION TO IT,
AND HE'S THERE IN ALL OF THE PARTS AND PIECES,
THAT'S IN AND OF ITSELF A REMARKABLE THEOLOGICAL
BELIEF, AND THEN THAT THAT GOD WOULD SOMEHOW SEEM TO
BE CONTAINED IN IT, EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THAT CHRIST
DIDN'T GIVE UP HIS DIVINITY, BUT THAT IT WAS
THAT TRANSCENDENT GOD HERE IN THE FLESH IS, WELL IT
STILL IS A MYSTERY.
WE DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND IT.
WE SAY WHAT GOD HAS REVEALED TO US OF THIS
EVENT THAT SAVED US, THAT WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND,
THAT'S BEYOND UNDERSTANDING.
THE INFINITE ETERNAL LORD OF THE UNIVERSE BECOMES A
BABY THAT THEY LAY IN A MANGER IN BETHLEHEM,
THERE'S A MESSAGE OF HUMILITY THERE SOMEWHERE.
IS THERE SOMETHING IN THAT FOR US AS WELL?
WELL THAT THE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE WOULD HUMILIATE
HIMSELF, AND THAT IS THAT LANGUAGE OF HUMILIATION IS
ONE THAT HAS BEEN USED IN THEOLOGY, I THINK
APPROPRIATELY AND INAPPROPRIATELY, BUT MOST
OFTEN APPROPRIATELY, THAT THE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE
WOULD HUMILIATE HIMSELF OUT OF LOVE FOR THE SAKE
OF WHAT HE HAD MADE AND WHAT HAD REBELLED AGAINST
HIM, OUGHT TO BE A SYMBOL TO US OF THE NEED TO GIVE
UP AND BE WILLING TO BE HUMILIATED IN WHATEVER
WAYS POSSIBLE FOR THE LOVE OF OUR FELLOW MAN, FOR THE
LOVE OF GOD'S CHURCH, AND ULTIMATELY, OF COURSE, FOR
THE LOVE OF THE SAVIOR WHO DID THAT FOR US IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
JESUS SPOKE TO THE CHURCHES IN EARLY PART OF
THE BOOK OF REVELATION AND TO ONE OF THE CHURCHES HE
SAID, "REMEMBER THE HEIGHTS FROM WHICH YOU
HAVE FALLEN, REPENT AND DO THE THINGS YOU DID AT
FIRST."
WHAT DOES THE CHURCH NEED TO REMEMBER IN OUR DAY?
WHAT HAVE WE FORGOTTEN?
THE CHURCH SEEMS TO BE ADRIFT IN MANY RESPECTS.
I THINK THE CHURCH AS A CORPORATE GROUP OF PEOPLE
NEEDS TO REMEMBER THAT CHRIST GAVE AWAY HIS
DIGNITY, THAT THERE WAS HUMILIATION IN THE CROSS,
AND WE BECOME OVERLY FOCUSED ON OUR POWER, OUR
WEALTH, OUR POSITION IN CULTURE, INSTEAD OF BEING
WILLING TO SACRIFICE OURSELVES FOR THE GOOD OF
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AROUND US, THOSE WHO KNOW CHRIST
BUT NEED TO BE DISCIPLED AND STRENGTHENED IN THEIR
WALK, AND THOSE THAT HAVE NEVER HEARD THE GOSPEL,
AND EVEN IF IT'S EXPENSIVE FOR US IN WHATEVER THE
KIND OF EXPENSE, THAT THEY NEED TO HEAR THAT,
REGARDLESS OF THE SACRIFICE AND WHAT IT
COST US.
TIM THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
ABSOLUTELY, IT'S MY PLEASURE, GLAD TO BE HERE.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND TO ALL OF THE AUDIENCE.
THANK YOU.
WHEN YOU DRIVE BY A SCHOOL, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER
THAT EDUCATION FOR THE MASSES WAS A CHRISTIAN
INVENTION.
WHEN YOU OR A LOVED ONE IS ILL, YOU MIGHT SAY A
PRAYER OF THANKS TO GOD FOR THOSE CHRISTIANS, LIKE
BASIL OF CAESAREA WHO IN THE 300S HELPED INVENT THE
IDEA OF THE HOSPITAL.
AND WHEN YOU GO TO VOTE, YOU MIGHT THANK GOD FOR
FREEDOM AND CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH ARE
DIRECT PRODUCTS OF CHRISTIANITY.
LATER, WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU HOW CHRIST IS
IMPACTING WASHINGTON DC TODAY- AND HOW YOU CAN
HELP.
BUT THE POSITIVE INFLUENCE OF JESUS ON OUR WORLD
CONTINUES TO UNFOLD.
DR. D. JAMES KENNEDY EXPLAINS, IN THIS PORTION
OF HIS MESSAGE, "THE GREATEST MAN WHO EVER
LIVED."
CHRISTMAS IS NOT ONLY A SPECIAL DAY- A VERY
SPECIAL DAY- IT IS, IN THE TRUEST MEANING OF THE
WORD, A UNIQUE DAY.
THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT IN ALL OF THE WORLD.
THERE NEVER HAS BEEN AND THERE NEVER WILL BE.
STOP AND THINK FOR A MOMENT IF SOMEHOW WE COULD
BE LIFTED UP FROM THIS PLACE, FROM THIS CITY,
FROM THIS PLANET, AND LOOK DOWN UPON OUR NATION AND
SEE WITH EAGLE VISION WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN EVERY
HOUSE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.
WE WOULD DISCOVER THAT IN EVERY SINGLE CITY IN
AMERICA, IN EVERY TOWN, IN EVERY VILLAGE, IN EVERY
HAMLET IN AMERICA THERE WOULD BE PEOPLE WORSHIPING
JESUS CHRIST.
THERE IS NO NATION, THERE IS NO TERRITORY ON THE
FACE OF THIS EARTH WHERE HE WILL NOT BE WORSHIPED
THIS NIGHT.
THERE IS NOTHING- THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING LIKE THIS
ANYWHERE BEFORE.
IT IS THE GREATEST PHENOMENON THAT THIS
PLANET HAS EVER SEEN.
IT IS THE KINGDOM, THE EVERLASTING KINGDOM, OF
OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST- THE GREATEST
PERSON THAT EVER WALKED UPON THIS PLANET.
NOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GO TO SEMINARY, ONE OF THE
THINGS THEY TELL US IS THAT WE HAVE THIS TREASURE
IN EARTHEN VESSELS, THAT WE ARE NOT TO PREACH
OURSELVES, BUT TO PREACH CHRIST JESUS THE LORD.
AND IF YOU WOULD LOOK AT THE GREAT PREACHERS AND
FOUNDERS OF RELIGION, YOU WILL FIND THAT THEY DIDN'T
PREACH THEMSELVES.
THEY PREACHED GREAT TEACHINGS, SUPPOSEDLY,
MOST OF WHICH HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN, BUT THEY DIDN'T
TALK ABOUT THEMSELVES.
WHEN IT COMES TO CHRIST, AU CONTRAIRE, IT IS
TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
JESUS PREACHED AS HIS MAIN THEME, HIMSELF, DIDN'T HE.
IN ANY OTHER PERSON IT WOULD ALMOST BE LOOKED
UPON AS MEGALOMANIA- AS IF HE WERE SOME KIND OF AN
EGOTIST.
AND YET WHAT DID HE SAY?
HE SAID, "LEARN OF ME," AND THEN HE ADDED, "FOR I
AM MEEK AND LOWLY OF MIND" (MATTHEW 11:28), AND HE WAS.
HE SAID, "I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE:
NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER, BUT BY ME" (JOHN 14:6).
HE SAID, "I AM THE DOOR: IF ANY MAN ENTER IN BY ME,
HE SHALL BE SAVED" (JOHN 2:9).
HE SAID, "I AM THE TRUE SHEPHERD: WHO GIVETH HIS
LIFE FOR THE SHEEP" (V.11).
HE TALKED ABOUT HIMSELF, AND HE URGED US TO LEARN
OF HIM.
NOW, IS THAT SOME KIND OF EGOTISM?
NOT AT ALL, BECAUSE YOU SEE HE IS THE ONE THING IN
THIS WORLD THAT WE NEED TO LEARN ABOUT.
IT'S NOT BRAGGADOCIO, AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT, AND TO
UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE HOST OF OTHER MYSTERIES THAT
ARE INVOLVED IN THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, THERE
IS ONE SINGLE KEY, AND THAT KEY IS SIMPLY THE
IDENTITY OF THE PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST.
HE IS THE INFINITE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE.
HE IS THE ONE THAT FLUNG THE GALAXIES FROM HIS
FINGERTIPS.
HE CREATED IT ALL.
FURTHERMORE, HE IS THE ONE THAT WILL RAISE THE DEAD.
HE IS THE ONE THAT WILL JUDGE ALL MANKIND.
HE IS THE ONLY SAVIOR OF MEN.
WHEN YOU KNOW WHO HE IS, THEN YOU KNOW WHAT HE
MEANT WHEN HE SAID, "I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND
THE LIFE.
NO MAN COMETH TO THE FATHER BUT BY ME.
HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE, HE ENDURED THE AGONIES OF
MEN, HE SANK INTO HELL, HE ENDURED THE WRATH OF
ALMIGHTY GOD, HIS FATHER- ALL FOR OUR SAKE, TO PAY
FOR OUR SINS AND TO SAVE ALL OF THOSE THAT WILL
TRUST IN HIM.
CHRIST OFFERS US PARADISE, AND WONDER OF WONDERS, HE
OFFERS IT TO US FREELY.
HE PAID IT ALL.
HE PAID THE PRICE.
HE ENDURED THE PUNISHMENT.
HE DECLARED, "IT IS FINISHED."
"IT IS PAID."
"IT IS DONE."
"IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS.
I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU" (JOHN 14:2).
THAT IS WHAT CHRISTMAS IS ALL ABOUT.
DO YOU HAVE THAT GIFT OF ALL GIFTS?
IF NOT, DON'T GO IN TO CHRISTMAS WITHOUT IT.
IT MAKES A MOCKERY OF THE WHOLE THING.
JESUS CHRIST IS THE GREATEST MAN WHO EVER
LIVED, BECAUSE IN HUMILITY THE EVERLASTING AND
ETERNAL GOD WAS WILLING TO TAKE UPON HIMSELF HUMAN
FLESH.
HE SET ASIDE HIS GLORY AND CAME TO SAVE POOR AND
DESPERATE SINNERS LIKE US.
MUCH OF THE GOOD IN WESTERN CULTURE HAS BEEN A
RESULT OF- AND A RESPONSE TO- THAT GOOD NEWS.
ONE OF THE GREATEST PIECES OF ART EVER CONCEIVED IS
ALSO AN ACT OF WORSHIP TO JESUS CHRIST.
I AM REFERRING TO HANDEL'S MASTERPIECE ORATORIO,
MESSIAH.
HERE IS OUR OWN DR. JERRY NEWCOMBE WITH MORE.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2010.
NOONTIME.
IN A BUSY FOOD COURT OF A SHOPPING MALL,
ONTARIO, CANADA.
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THIS VIDEO OF THE ENTIRE HALLELUJAH CHORUS BY
PROFESSIONAL SINGERS HAS GONE VIRAL ON THE INTERNET
AND HAS NOW HAD MORE THAN 50 MILLION VIEWS FROM
AROUND THE WORLD.
PEOPLE STOPPED.
PEOPLE WERE AMAZED.
PEOPLE APPLAUDED.
PEOPLE WERE TRANSPORTED BY THIS INCIDENCE.
♪
I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL IS
BEST KNOWN AND PROBABLY WROTE ONE OF THE BEST
KNOWN, IF NOT THE BEST KNOWN, CLASSICAL PIECES IN
THE WORLD AND THAT IS THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS FROM
MESSIAH.
PEOPLE KNOW IT WORLDWIDE.
♪
HANDEL'S MESSIAH IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT PIECES OF MUSIC ESPECIALLY FOR OUR
CHRISTIAN HERITAGE IN THE WEST.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT DURING
THE TIME OF HANDEL'S LIFE, THE ENLIGHTENMENT CAME
INTO BEING AND THERE WERE MANY MANY PEOPLE THAT WERE
REJECTING CHRISTIANITY.
AND DEISM WAS THE RELIGION OF THE ELITE.
AND THERE WAS ONE MAN NAMED CHARLES JENNINGS WHO
WANTED TO COMBAT THAT AND HE ALSO WAS AN ARDENT
ADMIRER OF HANDEL.
AND SO WHAT HE DID IS HE PROVIDED THE LIBRETTO AND
AS A RESULT OF THAT WORK, NOW THAT THIS INCREDIBLE
MASTERPIECE OF MUSIC WITH A CHRISTIAN EMPHASIS HAS
BEEN A MAJOR WORK THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES
SINCE IT HAS BEEN WRITTEN.
♪
WHO WAS GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL, WHO WAS ORIGINALLY
FROM GERMANY, AND WHAT WAS THE SOURCE OF THIS MOST
INSPIRING WORK, MESSIAH?
WELL, HE WAS ONE OF THE GREAT COMPOSERS OF ALL
TIME.
HE LIVED DURING THE TIME OF JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH.
HE SPENT MUCH OF HIS TIME IN ENGLAND, WAS ONE OF THE
GREAT COMPOSERS OF ENGLAND AND I THINK HE IS BEST
KNOWN FOR MESSIAH ALTHOUGH HE WROTE MANY OPERAS AND
SONGS AND ORGAN WORKS AND ORGAN CONCERTOS AND
ORATORIOS.
CERTAINLY PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD KNOW HIS
MESSIAH AND THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS.
♪
FOR YEARS, HANDEL'S SPECIALTY WAS IN WRITING
AND PERFORMING ITALIAN OPERAS.
INITIALLY, HE WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AT IT.
ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER ABOUT HANDEL IS
HANDEL WAS A CHAMPION OF OPERA.
AND ITALIAN OPERA WAS WHAT HE MADE HIS LIVING ON.
HE WAS THE HEAD OF A THEATER IN LONDON THAT
PRODUCED ITALIAN OPERA.
AND AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, WHAT HAPPENED IS
THAT BEGAN TO GO OUT OF FASHION.
HE WAS STILL WELL-RESPECTED BUT
FINANCIALLY HE WAS HURTING BECAUSE WHAT HE WAS DOING
WAS BECOMING PASSÉ.
THE LIBRETTO, THAT IS, THE TEXT, OF MESSIAH CONSISTS
OF 73 VERSES FROM THE KING JAMES VERSION OF THE
BIBLE- 42 FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT, 31 FROM THE
NEW- ALL POINTING TO JESUS OF NAZARETH AS THE CHRIST,
THE ANOINTED ONE, THE MESSIAH.
♪
WHEN HANDEL WAS SO DOWN AND DESTITUTE AND CHARLES
JENNENS SENT HIM A LIBRETTO THAT HE LOOKED AT.
IT WAS LIBRETTO TO BE USED FOR MESSIAH.
WHAT JENNENS WANTED TO DO WAS TO PROVIDE THE
STRONGEST POSSIBLE ARGUMENT FOR THE FACT THAT
JESUS CHRIST IS THE MESSIAH, THE SAVIOR
OF THE WORLD.
AND, OF COURSE THERE'S NO GREATER ARGUMENT THAN THE
WORD OF GOD.
AND SO EVERY WORD IN MESSIAH IS TAKEN DIRECTLY
FROM SCRIPTURE.
WHAT HE DID WAS HE INTERPOSED BOTH NEW AND
OLD TESTAMENT IN A NARRATIVE THAT IS
ABSOLUTELY ASTOUNDING IN THE WAY THAT IT PRESENTS
THE CASE FOR THE MESSIAH.
AND HANDEL LOOKED AT THIS TEXT AND STUDIED THIS TEXT.
AND WAS SO INSPIRED BY IT THAT HE WAS ABLE TO WRITE
MESSIAH HARDLY WITHOUT EATING, HARDLY WITHOUT
LEAVING HIS ROOM, HARDLY WITHOUT SLEEPING IN 24
DAYS WHICH IS A MIRACLE.
HANDEL WAS SO INSPIRED AS HE WROTE MESSIAH, THAT
JUST AFTER HE FINISHED WRITING THE HALLELUJAH
CHORUS, HE CRIED OUT TO HIS SERVANT, "I DID THINK
I DID SEE ALL HEAVEN BEFORE ME, AND THE GREAT
GOD HIMSELF."
♪
WHEN KING GEORGE II FIRST HEARD THE HALLELUJAH
CHORUS IN THE MESSIAH'S FIRST LONDON PERFORMANCE
IN 1743, HE STOOD UP.
I THINK THAT HE WAS ACKNOWLEDGING THOUGH HE
WAS THE KING OF ENGLAND PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST
POWERFUL COUNTRIES OF THE TIME- THAT HE WAS IN THE
PRESENCE OF THE KING OF KINGS AND THE LORD OF
LORDS AND STOOD.
AND WHEN HE STOOD, EVERYONE ELSE STOOD.
AND THIS IS A TRADITION THAT HAS LASTED EVEN TO
THIS DAY.
♪
THE MESSIAH, WHEN IT'S PERFORMED, IS ONE OF THE
MOST POPULAR AND ENDURING PIECES OF MUSIC.
IT'S THE MOST PERFORMED PIECE OF MUSIC.
I KNOW IN MY OWN PERSONAL LIFE.
I MUST HAVE PERFORMED IT EITHER AS A CONDUCTOR, AS
A TRUMPET PLAYER OR AS A SINGER IN THE CHORUS AT
LEAST 300 TIMES IN THE COURSE OF A 40 YEAR CAREER
AS A MUSICIAN AND SO IT'S JUST AMAZING BECAUSE IT'S
DONE AT EASTER TIME, IT'S DONE AT CHRISTMAS TIME,
IT'S DONE AT SPECIAL CONCERTS, IT'S JUST AN
AMAZING PIECE OF MUSIC.
HANDEL TOOK SCRIPTURE AND PUT INTO MUSIC AND THIS IS
THE WORD OF TRUTH THAT NEEDS TO GO OUT TO
EVERYBODY IN THESE STATES AND STILL COMES THROUGH
WHEN YOU HEAR THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS THAT
THE LORD GOD- JEHOVAH GOD- WILL REIGN FOREVER AND EVER.
KING OF KING, LORD OF LORDS.
♪
FOR MANY, CHRISTMAS SEEMS ALMOST INCOMPLETE WITHOUT
ATTENDING A PERFORMANCE OF HANDEL'S MESSIAH.
WHAT A TRIUMPH THAT IS.
SOME HAVE DESCRIBED THAT WORK AS THE APEX OF
WESTERN CULTURE.
EVERY WORD IN THE LIBRETTO OF MESSIAH IS PURE
SCRIPTURE.
SADLY, THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF IGNORANCE OF
SCRIPTURE IN OUR TIME.
ONE STUDY FOUND THAT MORE AMERICANS COULD NAME THE
INGREDIENTS OF A BIG MAC THAN COULD NAME THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS.
BUT WE HAVE A GREAT RESOURCE TO HELP MORE
CHRISTIANS GO DEEPER IN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE
GREAT TRUTHS OF THE BIBLE.
AND HERE IS MY GOOD FRIEND JENNIFER KENNEDY CASSIDY
TO TELL US MORE.
JENNIFER WELCOME, AND MERRY CHRISTMAS.
THANK YOU, FRANK, AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU.
THE RESOURCE IS MY FATHER'S POWERFUL BOOK
TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM.
MY DAD MADE IT KNOWN THAT HE WANTED TO HAVE THIS
BOOK PUT BACK INTO PRINT BECAUSE HE FELT IT WAS SO
IMPORTANT, AND WE HAVE PUBLISHED A BRAND NEW
EDITION AS PART OF OUR "DEEPER WALK" SERIES.
THIS BOOK EXAMINES KEY PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIAN
DOCTRINE SUCH AS HOLINESS, CHRIST'S RETURN, ETERNAL
SECURITY, HEAVEN, AND MUCH MORE, AND WE WANT TO SEND
IT TO YOU AS OUR THANKS FOR YOUR GENEROUS DONATION
TO THE ONGOING WORK OF THIS MINISTRY.
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AMBITIOUS INITIATIVE IN THE HISTORY OF THIS
MINISTRY- THE NEW D. JAMES KENNEDY CENTER FOR
CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP, OPERATING OUT OF OUR
WASHINGTON DC OFFICES.
THE GOAL OF THIS INITIATIVE IS TO IDENTIFY
300 PROMISING YOUNG CHRISTIAN LEADERS PER
YEAR, AND TRAIN THEM IN BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW,
CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT, AND PRACTICAL AND
POLITICAL LEADERSHIP SKILLS.
THERE'S NO TRAINING BEING DONE LIKE THIS ANYWHERE
TODAY.
AND THINK OF THE IMPACT 3000 SOLID, WELL-EQUIPPED
CHRISTIAN LEADERS COULD HAVE ON AMERICA OVER THE
NEXT DECADE.
YOU CAN HELP MAKE IT HAPPEN WITH YOUR GENEROUS
DONATION.
YOU'LL ALSO BE HELPING US TO CONTINUE THE VITAL
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YOU'LL BE HELPING US TO FINISH 2017 IN THE BLACK,
AND READY TO HAVE A POWERFUL IMPACT IN 2018,
WHICH WILL BE A PIVOTAL ELECTION YEAR.
AND YOU'LL BE HELPING US LAUNCH THE D. JAMES KENNEDY
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WE ONLY NEED LOOK AROUND US TO SEE THAT WE LIVE IN
A WORLD IN BONDAGE TO CORRUPTION.
OUR LEADERS DISAPPOINT US IN THEIR WEAKNESS AND SIN,
DISASTERS AND HURRICANES AND EARTHQUAKES BRING
SUFFERING AND DEVASTATION, AND OVER THE YEARS EVEN
OUR OWN BODIES BEGIN TO BETRAY US.
YET AT CHRISTMAS, WE FIND REASON TO CELEBRATE.
WHEN THE ANGELS PROCLAIMED GOD'S ENTRY INTO THE WORLD
IN THE PERSON OF THE BABE OF BETHLEHEM, THEY
ANNOUNCED THE ARRIVAL OF A KING.
BUT HERE'S SOMETHING THAT IS OFTEN MISSED.
JESUS DID NOT COME TO TAKE HIS PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE
EARTH.
HE CAME TO BRING GOD TO HIS PEOPLE ON THE EARTH.
JESUS' BIRTH, DEATH, AND BODILY RESURRECTION FROM
THE DEAD WERE THE DOWN PAYMENT ON THE REDEMPTION
OF ALL OF GOD'S CREATED ORDER.
IN TOLKIEN'S CLASSIC BOOK THE RETURN OF THE KING,
THE FINALE OF HIS LORD OF THE RINGS SERIES, THE
SO-CALLED RING OF POWER, FORGED BY THE DARK LORD
SAURON, BRINGING CORRUPTION AND EVIL WITH
IT, IS FINALLY OBLITERATED BY FIRE.
SAM GAMGEE AWAKENS, HAVING THOUGHT HIMSELF DEAD, AND
EXCITEDLY ASKS GANDALF,
AND THAT IS A WONDERFUL METAPHOR FOR THE SAVING
WORK OF JESUS CHRIST.
IN HIS INCARNATE VICTORY ON THE CROSS, EVERYTHING
THAT WE GRIEVE IN THIS WORLD- DEATH, DESTRUCTION,
ILLNESS, INJUSTICE, LONELINESS- ALL WILL
BECOME UNTRUE.
TOLKIEN'S GOOD FRIEND, C.S. LEWIS, ECHOES THIS
IDEA IN HIS MARVELOUS FABLE, THE GREAT DIVORCE,
IN WHICH HE WRITES:
CHRIST INAUGURATED THIS RENEWAL IN BETHLEHEM SOME
2000 YEARS AGO.
AND HE WILL COMPLETE IT WHEN HE RETURNS.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS OF THAT TIME:
D. JAMES KENNEDY MINISTRIES IS STANDING FOR TRUTH AND
DEFENDING YOUR FREEDOM.
I'M FRANK WRIGHT.
WE WISH YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND PRAY THAT
THE BABE OF BETHLEHEM WILL BE BORN ANEW IN YOUR
HEARTS.
THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THIS EDITION OF TRUTHS
THAT TRANSFORM, WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
NEXT WEEK ON TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM.
IT'S A TIME WHEN MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD ARE
MAKING NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS.
I WONDER ABOUT YOU?
WE CHRISTIAN BROADCASTERS, WE NEED TO PREACH THE
GOSPEL AND GOSPEL MESSAGE AND THE BIBLICAL MESSAGE
TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO AS REMOTE AREA
AS POSSIBLE.
THAT'S NEXT WEEK.
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