Dec. 21, 2025

Background:

• There are no words in the human language that can explain God's nature
• The wise man bringing the gifts to Jesus
• Jesus the son of Mary
• Though Jesus was a baby He was older than Mary and the same age of His Father
• The gifts of Jesus were better than the gifts of the wise men
• There are no words in the human language that can explain the gift of the human Savior

Key Sermon Points:

1. God's love for fallen humanity

• God's love is unconditional
• God's love is not earned, it is freely given
• God's motive for giving is that He loved the evil and sinful falling world
• If it was not for Jesus Christ, we would not be saved
• Thank God for demonstrating the gift He gave (Romans 5:8)
• We love because God first loved us
• God's love is lasting until the end
• Our love is conditional but God's love is unconditional
• God loved us first so that we might know how to truly love (1 John 4:10-19)
• We cannot blame our environment on our situation, we can take the good from the bad and make a choice

2. The extent of His Gift

• A person must receive what Christ has done to receive the gift
• God gives all of us the choice to receive His gift, the choice is ours to decide (2 Peter 3:9)
• When we see people who are sinning and have been sinning for a long time we question God and His response  "I'm giving them a chance, the same one I gave you"

3. The result and the promise of His Love

• The Magi that came with the gifts weren't Jews but Gentiles
• We too are Gentiles
• When we embrace Jesus we are drafted into the Tree as a Jew
• The road is narrow, broad is the way that leads to destruction but narrow leads to eternal life
• We have been sealed with God's stamp of approval until the day of redemption (Ephesians 4:9)
• We have been brought with a price and the price is high
• Our bodies don't belong to us
• The baby Mary birthed will one day save her