Hello Everyone,
I think Paul called Jesus indescribable because of His purpose in coming to earth. The angels announced to the shepherds, "Unto you is born this day in the City of David, a Savior who is Christ the Lord."What do we celebrate at Christmas? We celebrate the fact that Jesus came into our world to save us. God saw that mankind needed saving.
When God looked at our world He knew that our greatest need is not for more wealth, nor better schools, not even a better welfare system. Our greatest need is for a Savior. Our greatest need is to be saved from the very flames of hell, itself.How do you describe that? How do you put into words what God accomplished when He sent His only begotten Son into the world?I think that Jesus, God’s gift, is indescribable because of His nature, because of His purpose in coming to earth, & thirdly, because of the grace that Jesus is given. You know, every gift that I give this Christmas will be given because the recipient of that gift has some claim on me.Now you might not like that idea, but that is true. I’ll buy a gift for my wife because she is my wife. I’ll buy gifts for my children because they are my children. I’ll buy gifts for my grandchildren because they’re my grandchildren.
We buy gifts for family members because they are family.Now if I buy a gift for you & you are not in my family, it is probably because you bought a gift for me last year & I didn’t buy a gift for you. So I owe you one this year, & so the cycle keeps on going.If I give a gift to feed the hungry, or clothe the naked or to take care of the homeless, I do it because down deep inside I recognize that I have a debt, a feeling of obligation to them. That is what makes God’s gift so special. He doesn’t owe us anything. We are in constant rebellion against Him & His will for our lives.With that in mind, Paul says something remarkable in the 5th chapter of Romans. He says, "While we were yet in our sin, while we were yet the enemies of God, Christ died on the cross for us."God gives a gift, not because He feels obligated to give a gift but because His love is so overwhelming. It’s a gift of grace.And when you stop at the manger at Bethlehem & look at the Christ child, you must realize that He is a gift of grace. And there are no words adequate enough to describe God’s grace towards us in Jesus.

Oh How HE Loves Us!
Pastor Phil