The Indescribable Gift

A Christmas Message
2 Corinthians 9:15

2 Corinthians 9:15
Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

Luke 2:11-12
11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. 

Isaiah 53:1-5
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our grief’s, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflictedBut he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 

 How Do You Wrap An Unspeakable Gift?

God’s Gift was wrapped in PROPHESIES

  • He would be conceived in a virgin’s womb
  • He would be born in Bethlehem.
  • He’s was to come from the rod of Jesse. (Isaiah 11)
  • He would grow up as a root out of dry ground his life is a tender plant. He would make his grave with the wicked in his death.

God’s Gift was wrapped in the POPULACE (common appearance)

God’s Gift was wrapped in PAIN

  • He was MISTREATED  (despised and rejected)  (We esteemed him not)
  • His pain was MISREPRESENTED (we esteemed him smitten by God)
  • His pain was Misunderstood (a man of sorrows and grief)

God’s Gift is wrapped today in PEOPLE that believe

Colossians 1:27
to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

God’s gift is wrapped in a PROVISION

John 5:40
And YE WILL NOT COME TO ME, that ye might have life.

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