The Annual Reading of the Christmas Story

This is episode number 271 of The Homeowner Show. Whether you're DIY or looking to hire, we're here to help you find the best information and options for you and your home. My name is Kevin Hackett, and here with me is Craig Williams.

Hello, hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of The Homeowner Show, live from the studio. How you doing, Kev?

I am fantastic. It is, uh, man, my favorite season of the year. Absolutely love it. It's Christmas. Yep, it's good. How are you doing, man? Good.

I think I've even got my official Merry Christmas shirt on.

Yeah, I see that.

Um, you got your Santa shirt on?

Yeah, so get the— you know, it's hard to see. There you go.

There you go.

Yeah, yeah.

So, well, every, every year, Kev, uh, we like to celebrate the reason for the season and drop a special episode where we share the Christmas story with everybody.

That's right.

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Right.

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That's right.

Um, but like I said, man, like, you know, you and I are both believers.

That's right.

Uh, we believe in the resurrection of Jesus. And we believe that the Christmas season is about celebrating his coming.

Yes.

And his prophesied coming.

That's right.

And so every year around this time, we enjoy sharing the story.

That's right. I mean, do you realize— I mean, you do, I know. Do you realize how many prophecies were fulfilled?

I know that there's people that have documented it and listed it. I mean, it's crazy how many.

It's over 400. Right. It's over 400. And it's not— and most of them are not just something that are coincidence. I mean, there, there are things prophesied about stuff that the way he was born, you know, like odd things that, that couldn't have been predicted, right?

Right.

So I mean, it's just, it's, it's something that, that, um, was ingrained in me as, as a young boy, but as I've, I've grown and studied and learned myself, um, confirmed, right? So, uh, so we're gonna read, we're gonna read the, uh, the story of, uh, Jesus' birth. And, uh, what's interesting about this, um, you may not realize is that to really get a full picture of the birth of Jesus, you got to kind of look in, in multiple different gospels to kind of figure that out. But, um, we're going to read specifically out of Luke chapter 2. We're just going to read, um, this account right now. You ready?

I'm ready.

All right, here we go. In those days, Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was the governor of Syria, and everyone went to their own town to register. So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem, the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. When he went there to register, with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no

guest room available for them. And there were shepherds living in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, Do not be afraid. I bring to you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David, a Savior has been born to you. He is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: you'll find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger. Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, Glory to God in the

highest heaven, and on earth peace to those who fear— on whom his favor rests. When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about. So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby who was lying in the manger, When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds had said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had seen and heard, which

were just as they had been told. There you have it.

Awesome. Yeah. Thanks for reading for us, Kev.

Absolutely. I may have stumbled a minute or two.

It's all good. Yeah, no, it's fine. I mean, the story needs to be read every year.

It does.

I know it's part of our family's tradition, and it's a tradition we've set up for the show.

Yep, absolutely.

Hope everybody has a Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Anything else we need to tell everybody?

No, no. Just thanks for being here, man. We appreciate all of you.

And We love getting to share this with you guys every week.

That's right. And look, if, if you have questions about this, Kirk and I would love to talk to you.

Yeah.

And, uh, but you know, we're here for lots of things. The Homeowner Show, Jesus, all of it. So until next time, we'll see you later.

See ya.