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shepherds who are waiting for the coming of


             the Messiah.  The wise men traveled from the



             Far  East  to see  the Messiah, the baby Jesus,


             and  yet  the  leaders,  Herod  and  others,  are



             worried. They're concerned that there's a king


             that's been born into this world.  And you know



             what?  Listen.  Christ was hated as a baby, and



             Herod had all the children from two years old


             and under killed. Hundreds were martyred. The



             first martyrs for Jesus Christ were babies, and


             they were martyred because of the baby Jesus



             who  was  born  into  this  world.  Hatred  by


             religious leaders, civic leaders, and by man in



             general  began  when  Jesus  was  born.  The



             hatred began at that very moment.



               I want you to think about this. Truth divides



             between  the  genuine  and  the  phony.  Truth





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