God Gave His Son Jesus Christ

-December 8, 2024-

Good morning beloved, happy Lord’s Day,

Lori Today’s verse is really a Christmas verse. God so loved the whole world, every person, so much that He gave His only begotten Son. Jesus willingly came down to this world, knowing He would be reproached, reviled, and rejected.

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

(John 3:16).

“If our greatest need had been education, God would have sent us an educator. If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent us a scientist. If our greatest need had been money, God would have sent us an economist. If our greatest need had been pleasure, God would have sent us an entertainer. But our greatest need was for forgiveness, so God sent us a Savior.”

God planned it before the foundation of the world, before Adam and Eve were created and sinned. There is hymn we love to sing, written by William R. Newell, entitled, “At Calvary.” The fourth verse says, “O the love that drew salvation’s plan! O the grace that brought it down to man! O the mighty gulf that God can span at Calvary.”

God’s motive was love, His mission was love, His map to this earth was love for you and for me. Jesus was born to die to save us from sins. He paid the price in full. 1 John 4:10 tells us, “In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”

God gave heaven’s best to save earth’s worst. We are all wretched sinners in need of a Savior. I once received a Christmas card with the most wonderful words that summarized why God sent our Lord Jesus Christ. It comes from an unknown writer.

Let us worship our Father who sent His Son to give His life for us on the cross; to suffer, bleed, and die in our place so that through faith in Him we have forgiveness, salvation, and eternal life.

Have a blessed Lord’s Day. Stay safe and healthy.

God is the greatest Lover who loved the unlovable, reached the unreachable, and saved the incorrigible.

Dean