CHRISTMAS EVE 2025 (LIVE) @EdgewaterChristianFellowship

And like midway through the conversation, he's like, you know what you should do in your new building? I'm like, no, what should I do? He said, you should have Ozzy Osbourne do a men's conference. I said, what? What are you talking about? We're not Satanists. I go, what are you talking about? He's like, no, no, no, you really should. He goes, Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne are members of this church. [00:23:16] (24 seconds)  #BelieversComeInAllKinds

I'm like, he's really a believer? Oh, yeah. Hell froze over and pigs were flying that day. Matt, what does that have to do with Christmas? Well, let me read a story and I'll try to put the pieces together. [00:24:04] (16 seconds)  #UnexpectedChristmasStories

Who got this message? Shepherds in a field. We miss this today because we think shepherds are awesome. We like goats, like goats are kind of a status symbol now. If you've got goats, you're a cool person. I had goats for a while. I don't have them anymore. And I'm glad I don't have them anymore. They're not that awesome. But 2,000 years ago, shepherds weren't awesome. [00:25:26] (31 seconds)  #NotGlamorousShepherds

In fact, in the culture 2,000 years ago, they were viewed as outsiders. In the land of Israel where this happens, there was laws against shepherds coming into the temple and offering sacrifice. They were considered to be continually unclean. Shepherds were not allowed to hold public office. Pious citizens wouldn't buy anything from a shepherd. They wouldn't buy a lamb or a goat or milk or cheese or wool because they believed the only way a shepherd got it was he must have stolen it. [00:25:57] (32 seconds)  #StigmatizedShepherds

In the land of Israel where this happens, there was laws against shepherds coming into the temple and offering sacrifice. They were considered to be continually unclean. Shepherds were not allowed to hold public office. Pious citizens wouldn't buy anything from a shepherd. They wouldn't buy a lamb or a goat or milk or cheese or wool because they believed the only way a shepherd got it was he must have stolen it. [00:26:02] (27 seconds)  #ExcludedByLaw

And his point is real simple. No one is too far from my love. No one. There's no one that cannot be saved. There's nothing that God will not do to bring his message to the wrong kind of people. That's what's happening right here. That we are now actually the ones that now get to bear that same thing, taking his message to the ends of the earth. [00:28:35] (27 seconds)  #TakeGraceToTheWorld

Because Jesus saves in an instant. If you're here today and you have not trusted in Jesus Christ as your Savior, you can do it today. Put your faith in him alone. He saves shepherds. He saves Ozzy Osbourne. He saves me. He saves the worst sinners and turns them into some of the greatest saints. And he'll do that for you today. [00:30:32] (30 seconds)  #SavedByJesusToday

If you're here today and you have not trusted in Jesus Christ as your Savior, you can do it today. Put your faith in him alone. He saves shepherds. He saves Ozzy Osbourne. He saves me. He saves the worst sinners and turns them into some of the greatest saints. And he'll do that for you today. [00:30:36] (26 seconds)  #HeSavedEvenMe