1 00:00:01,431 --> 00:00:06,431 Hey everybody, we are back with the Advent Your podcast. 2 00:00:07,311 --> 00:00:09,111 I've got Ronnie and Tammy in the room 3 00:00:09,111 --> 00:00:11,071 and what we're gonna do is start out 4 00:00:11,071 --> 00:00:12,891 with the Christ in acronym. 5 00:00:12,891 --> 00:00:14,891 David wants us to keep Christ in Christmas, 6 00:00:14,891 --> 00:00:16,811 so he wants us to do a Christmas carol, 7 00:00:16,811 --> 00:00:19,711 or a highlight, or a recipe or refreshment, 8 00:00:19,711 --> 00:00:22,711 or an impact, something made an impact 9 00:00:22,711 --> 00:00:24,591 or it had an influence on you, 10 00:00:24,591 --> 00:00:28,711 or a story, or maybe some part of the Christmas story. 11 00:00:28,701 --> 00:00:32,821 or a tradition. So Ronnie and Tim are going to share one of those things with you, 12 00:00:32,821 --> 00:00:38,321 and then we will go right into the reading of their scriptures for today. 13 00:00:39,872 --> 00:00:40,712 Hello everybody. 14 00:00:40,712 --> 00:00:43,212 I guess for me, what I remember most of all 15 00:00:43,212 --> 00:00:46,132 about Christmas was the tradition in my home 16 00:00:46,132 --> 00:00:47,972 of putting up the Christmas tree. 17 00:00:47,972 --> 00:00:50,572 When I was a young boy, my dad seemed like 18 00:00:50,572 --> 00:00:52,392 that was his favorite time of the whole year 19 00:00:52,392 --> 00:00:54,552 was when we put the Christmas tree up. 20 00:00:54,552 --> 00:00:58,012 And so now today, at my age, I look forward 21 00:00:58,012 --> 00:01:00,292 to putting up the tree and hanging all the lights. 22 00:01:00,292 --> 00:01:01,952 And you know, there's a moment there 23 00:01:01,952 --> 00:01:03,432 when you plug in the Christmas tree 24 00:01:03,432 --> 00:01:04,512 and it really gets real. 25 00:01:04,512 --> 00:01:06,292 You see all the pretty lights and all the, 26 00:01:06,292 --> 00:01:09,312 everything's shining and it's just a beautiful notion. 27 00:01:09,302 --> 00:01:11,142 That's for me, that's what I love. 28 00:01:11,142 --> 00:01:13,642 You know, cause it seems like Christmas gets real 29 00:01:13,642 --> 00:01:14,642 when that happens. 30 00:01:14,642 --> 00:01:17,102 People are nicer at this time of the year. 31 00:01:17,102 --> 00:01:18,822 And I don't know, it just seems like everybody 32 00:01:18,822 --> 00:01:21,282 comes together, you know, during Christmas. 33 00:01:21,282 --> 00:01:23,782 And again, for me, it was the tree. 34 00:01:23,782 --> 00:01:26,062 When I grew up, we didn't really have a whole lot 35 00:01:26,062 --> 00:01:28,982 of traditions and celebrate a lot for Christmas. 36 00:01:28,982 --> 00:01:30,822 So what I see now, 37 00:01:31,088 --> 00:01:36,088 is people put their lives on hold during the season 38 00:01:37,268 --> 00:01:38,788 and they make time for each other 39 00:01:38,788 --> 00:01:40,468 and they think about each other. 40 00:01:40,468 --> 00:01:42,268 They buy gifts for each other. 41 00:01:42,268 --> 00:01:44,208 They send out cards to let you know 42 00:01:44,208 --> 00:01:45,828 they're thinking about you. 43 00:01:45,828 --> 00:01:49,808 They get together, they make time to have fellowship 44 00:01:49,808 --> 00:01:53,748 and spend time with family. 45 00:01:53,748 --> 00:01:56,708 And this is the time of year that they do that 46 00:01:56,708 --> 00:02:00,028 when I don't see that during the year on a regular basis. 47 00:02:01,750 --> 00:02:07,630 I'm reading Romans 6 verses 1 through 11, and I'm reading from the ERV. 48 00:02:08,530 --> 00:02:13,670 So do you think we should continue sinning so that God will give us more and more grace? 49 00:02:13,830 --> 00:02:14,670 Of course not. 50 00:02:15,130 --> 00:02:16,870 Our old sinful life ended. 51 00:02:17,070 --> 00:02:17,730 It's dead. 52 00:02:18,070 --> 00:02:20,310 So how can we continue living in sin? 53 00:02:21,030 --> 00:02:25,610 Did you forget that all of us became part of Christ Jesus when we were baptized? 54 00:02:26,067 --> 00:02:28,307 and our baptism we shared in his death. 55 00:02:28,467 --> 00:02:31,447 So when we were baptized, we were buried with Christ 56 00:02:31,447 --> 00:02:33,247 and took part in his death. 57 00:02:33,647 --> 00:02:35,787 And just as Christ was raised from death 58 00:02:35,787 --> 00:02:38,127 by the wonderful power of the Father, 59 00:02:38,467 --> 00:02:40,407 so we can now live a new life. 60 00:02:40,927 --> 00:02:43,947 Christ died, and we have joined with him by dying too. 61 00:02:44,167 --> 00:02:46,487 So when we will also be joined with him, 62 00:02:46,907 --> 00:02:49,987 with him by rising from death as he did. 63 00:02:49,987 --> 00:02:52,247 We know that our old life was put to death 64 00:02:52,247 --> 00:02:53,747 on the cross with Christ. 65 00:02:53,747 --> 00:02:55,967 This happened so our sinful selves 66 00:02:55,967 --> 00:02:58,167 would have no power over us. 67 00:02:58,167 --> 00:03:00,787 Then we would not be slaves to sin. 68 00:03:00,787 --> 00:03:04,887 Anyone who has died is made free from sin's control. 69 00:03:04,887 --> 00:03:06,347 If we died with Christ, 70 00:03:06,347 --> 00:03:09,647 we know that we will also live with him. 71 00:03:09,647 --> 00:03:11,687 Christ was raised from death 72 00:03:11,687 --> 00:03:14,307 and we know that he cannot die again. 73 00:03:15,342 --> 00:03:17,382 Death has no power over him. 74 00:03:17,382 --> 00:03:18,682 Yes, when Christ died, 75 00:03:18,682 --> 00:03:22,002 he died to defeat the power of sin one time, 76 00:03:22,002 --> 00:03:23,562 enough for all time. 77 00:03:23,562 --> 00:03:27,042 He now has a new life and a new life with God. 78 00:03:27,042 --> 00:03:30,342 In the same way, you should see yourselves as being dead 79 00:03:30,342 --> 00:03:34,582 to the power of sin and alive for God through Christ Jesus. 80 00:03:36,042 --> 00:03:38,602 I'm reading Genesis 8. 81 00:03:38,899 --> 00:03:40,339 1 through 19. 82 00:03:40,939 --> 00:03:43,139 But God did not forget about Noah. 83 00:03:43,379 --> 00:03:47,899 God remembered him and all the animals that were with him in the boat. 84 00:03:48,439 --> 00:03:53,079 God made a wind blow over the earth and all the water began to disappear. 85 00:03:53,779 --> 00:03:58,499 Rain stopped falling from the sky and water stopped flowing from under the earth. 86 00:03:58,980 --> 00:04:02,820 The water that covered the earth began to go down. 87 00:04:02,820 --> 00:04:06,520 After 150 days, the water was low enough 88 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,040 that the boat touched land again. 89 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:13,160 The boat stopped on one of the mountains of Ariat. 90 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:17,160 This was the 17th day of the 17th month. 91 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:19,100 The water continued to go down, 92 00:04:19,100 --> 00:04:22,040 and by the first day of the 10th month, 93 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:24,860 the tops of the mountains were above the water. 94 00:04:25,255 --> 00:04:29,455 Forty days later, Noah opened the window he had made in the boat. 95 00:04:30,055 --> 00:04:31,755 Then he sent out a raven. 96 00:04:32,055 --> 00:04:37,755 The raven flew from place to place until the ground was dry and the water was gone. 97 00:04:38,355 --> 00:04:40,255 Noah also sent out a dove. 98 00:04:40,655 --> 00:04:42,855 He wanted it to find dry ground. 99 00:04:43,055 --> 00:04:45,855 He wanted to know if water still covered the earth. 100 00:04:46,555 --> 00:04:51,555 The dove could not find a place to rest because water still covered the earth. 101 00:04:52,055 --> 00:04:54,255 So the dove came back to the boat. 102 00:04:54,769 --> 00:04:59,429 Noah reached out his hand and caught the dove and brought it back into the boat. 103 00:05:00,289 --> 00:05:03,949 After seven days, Noah again sent out the dove. 104 00:05:04,549 --> 00:05:07,669 And that afternoon the dove came back to Noah. 105 00:05:08,149 --> 00:05:11,209 The dove had a fresh olive leaf in its mouth. 106 00:05:11,749 --> 00:05:15,589 This was a sign to show Noah that there was dry ground on the earth. 107 00:05:15,709 --> 00:05:18,869 Seven days later, Noah sent the dove out again, 108 00:05:19,189 --> 00:05:21,609 but this time the dove didn't come back. 109 00:05:21,972 --> 00:05:24,872 After that, Noah opened the door of the boat. 110 00:05:25,352 --> 00:05:27,972 He looked and saw that the ground was dry. 111 00:05:28,512 --> 00:05:31,692 This was the first day of the first month of the year. 112 00:05:32,292 --> 00:05:34,952 He was 601 years old. 113 00:05:35,652 --> 00:05:40,792 By the 27th day of the second month, the ground was completely dry. 114 00:05:41,432 --> 00:05:44,292 Then God said to Noah, leave the boat. 115 00:05:44,692 --> 00:05:49,872 You, your wife, your sons and your sons' wives should go out now. 116 00:05:50,339 --> 00:05:53,739 Bring every living animal out of the boat with you, 117 00:05:53,739 --> 00:05:55,639 all the birds, animals, 118 00:05:55,639 --> 00:05:58,339 and everything that crawls on the earth. 119 00:05:58,339 --> 00:06:01,079 These animals will make many more animals 120 00:06:01,079 --> 00:06:03,419 and they will fill the earth again. 121 00:06:03,419 --> 00:06:07,319 So Noah went out with his sons, his wife, 122 00:06:07,319 --> 00:06:09,159 and his sons' wives. 123 00:06:09,159 --> 00:06:12,119 All the animals, everything that crawls, 124 00:06:12,119 --> 00:06:14,539 and every bird left the boat. 125 00:06:14,539 --> 00:06:18,159 All the animals came out of the boat in family groups.