Our text for today is a battle between the conventional wisdom of the day & the ancient story of a God who comes for his people in the form of a little child. And we’re encountering this idea that… Part of what it means to be the people of God is that we agree to throw in our lot with God over & against conventional wisdom of the day. 

The way God has been leading us toward since the days of Jacob & Esau… Is a way of answering hate with love... Meeting hostility with hospitality… answering violence with peace… answering the grudge with forgiveness.