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Unspeakable gift
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
There are many things in this passage that stand out
Bt I want to focus on this it said you will find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in the manger.
We think about christmas you know what most of us do we go get a gift and wrap that gift and put it under the tree till the appointed time than we give gifts to one another and rejoice.
Well God did not do that he on the appointed time wrapped the gift and laid it in a manger
Here is what he said about the gift
Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
That gift should not cause you to fear .
It caused herod to fear
That gift was be good tidings of great joy
It was to all people God has a gift for you this morning
For God so loved the world that he gave.
Did you ever consider as you looked at the manger scene that was a gift for you
Did you ever consider as you looked at a baby that God one day gave his child for you?
Why would he do that ?
Why he gave the Gift
2Co_9:15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
It is unspeakable to think that he would give his only begotten son that was with him before the world began to us evil humans.
You mothers that wont leave your kids some moms are like that that is ok.
But no mother would leave their baby to have animals watching them God left his only begotten son to people to care for raise
Think of it it is truly a mystery
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
It was a gift of good will.
Can you imagine leaving your child with your enemies ?
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
Never forget that God is good everything he does is good and for good reason and the bad things that happen to us he will work them for out good to make us like him
Nothing should be needed as further proof of His good will than he gave us his son
How dare we question his motive
This has been a great truth that has been helping me everything he does is with good motives good intention good character not possible for him to do anything with a wrong motive
And he does hard things things that hurt us he does it with good will.
I should be like him
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
That was a gift of peace.
I was reading the book bury my heart at wounded knee and before the us would make a treaty with many tribes they had to give up certain members of the tribes for the crimes they committed
And many of them said we will never do it and they fought to the last man and all died rather than give up their loved ones even though they had done wrong in many cases
The devil said you can't have them they are mine and the only way you will get them is to give up the perfect one your only begotten son
And you know what the Lord did he gave his son to evil humans for an offering of peace.
Heb_9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
And the only way to have peace between God and man was the demands of the law had to be met
For the wages of sin is death the soul that sinneth it shall surely die
He told adam in the day you eat there of you will die.
He told abraham when he rejected Issac as the sacrifice that God would provide himself a lamb
And here was that lamb lying in the manger
Why was it important that He was God's only begotten son because if he was a son of adam
He would be a sinner and the only peoples sin he could die for was his own.
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Our dominion was lost by a man.
The only way it can ever be returned to us is by a man, another man—and that other man is the Lord Jesus.
All of us today are represented by one of two men: either Adam or Jesus.
“In Adam all die.”
“In Christ shall all be made alive.”
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there are really only two men who have ever lived, and the rest of us are part and parcel of those two men.
Now Jesus Christ, the last Adam, came, born of a virgin, to undo what the first Adam did.
Now apart from Him there is no hope of salvation.
And if he never became a man he could not have done it because he could not have taken the sin on him because that is opposed to his nature.
Like oil and water it does not mix
And he would have had no blood
God is a spirit Luk_24:39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Act_20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
How did god get blood ?
In Jesus
The great eternal I AM is Spirit.
Well, the great eternal I AM cannot die.
The great eternal I AM cannot bleed.
But this salvation was lost by a man.
This dominion was lost by a man.
Therefore it must be redeemed by a man.
For “without shedding of blood is no remission.”
But not just any man can do.
This man must be a perfect man.
He must be sinless.
And He also must be innocent.
Whose blood was in that baby?
It wasn’t Mary’s blood.
And by the way, when a little baby is being carried in its mother’s womb, that little baby has a separate life from that mother.
There’s a different blood in that baby.
The mother may have one blood type; the baby has another blood type.
Sometimes in a paternity suit in a law court a father may prove that he did not sire a baby by blood tests.
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