Please enjoy this series of Christmas Classics written by our Founder, Dr. Paul D. Lindstrom for his radio program “There’s No Place Like Home.” The final article will be published on Christmas Day and, as a gift to our readers, will include a link to download the series in an E-Book.
The Most Powerful Verse
In John 3:16, we read the familiar words, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life.”
It is singularly appropriate that we look at this greatest of all verses on Christmas Day, for it records the greatest of all gifts. The theme of giving is very prominent in the Bible with such words as, “give,” “gift,” “gave,” and so on, occurring more than 2100 times. The first is Genesis 1:17, when God created the sun, moon, and stars to give light upon the earth; and the last is Revelation 22:12, when Christ will return with His rewards to give every man according to his work according as it shall be. He gave us rain from heaven and fruitful season, as well as life and breath and all things, we read in Acts 14 and 17.
The Greatest Gift
But the greatest gift, clearly, was when God gave Himself as a ransom for many. It was the greatest gift because it met the greatest need, revealed the greatest love, and had the greatest scope and the greatest purpose of any gift that could ever have been conceived in the heart of an omniscient Creator. But that was not the end of His giving, of course. “He that spared not His own Son but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?” (Romans 8) “trust in the living God who giveth us richly all things to enjoy” (1Timothey 6:17).
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Christian Liberty Homeschools wishes you blessings for this Advent and Christmas season. During this time, Christians reflect on the prophecies concerning the coming Messiah and the hope these biblical messages instill in their faith.
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