The Best Gift: the Indescribable Gift!

Dec 24, 2023 • Mike McGovern

“God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God” (Eph. 2: 8) NLT

“…the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom. 6: 23) NKJV

“Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins” (Mt. 1:18)

1. indescribable gift of His patience

“The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth” (Ex. 34: 6).

2. His Indescribable leading

“unschooled, ordinary men” (Acts 4:13) BSB

3. His indescribable gift is His presence

“I can never get away from your presence! If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the grave you are there. If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me” (Psalm 139: 7-10) NLT

4. His Indescribable unconditional love and grace

“For it is by grace [God’s remarkable compassion and favor drawing you to Christ] that you have been saved [actually delivered from judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [not through your own effort], but it is the [undeserved, gracious] gift of God” (Eph. 2: 8) AMP

5. His indescribable gift is He wanted me/us a part of His forever family.

“…were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world” (Eph. 2:12).

“Now you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God” (Eph. 2: 19)

“and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together” (Rom. 8: 17).

“For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren” (Heb. 2: 11)

“But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children. And because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, “Abba, Father.” Now you are no longer a slave but God’s own child. And since you are his child, God has made you his heir” (Gal. 4: 4-7) NLT