There is nothing in creation as glorious as the Gospel of Jesus Christ,which we remember at Christmas, the Christian Post website reports today (Dec. 17, 2024).
Consider what was proclaimed as the Savior's birth. An angel declared that Jesus would save people from their sins. Mary exclaimed that God's mercy had come on those who fear Him. Zechariah praised God for redeeming His people. Angels sang to the shepherds immediately following the Messiah's birth.
As we mark the celebration Christmas brings, we should consider why the Gospel is full of joy, hope, peace, love, and grace as was so powerfully described at Jesus' first coming.
The Gospel is good news because it reveals God's greatest gift given in His Son. It is the message of salvation freely given by God to His people from every tongue, tribe, people, and nation.
When God sent Jesus into the world, He gave us a bountiful number of gifts because the Son is infinitely glorious. This Christmas, we are focusing on. four of those gifts that are ours in Christ. In the first gift, Christians receive the the gift of God's wisdom.
The second and third gifts Paul describes are righteousness and holiness.
The righteousness Paul has in mind is the forgiveness of sins . When God bestows the gift of righteousness, He erases our sins.Our sins are removed from us as far as the east is from the west, and God remembers them no more.
However, we could never achieve a perfect righteousness before the Lord on our own. God, then, gives us the gift of the imputation of Christ's righteousness. Not only does God pay off the debt of our sins, but He deposits Christ's righteousness into our account through faith.
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