1 John 4:9-14

The story of Jesus on Christmas has one massive difference compared to all those other Christmas stories we know and love. Unlike Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Elf, this story is REAL. A story about our God who became a REAL man to take on our problem and solve it once for all with a cross and an empty tomb. A real story about real love. A story that stirs real Christmas spirit in the hearts of God’s people through the Holy

Spirit. Let’s listen to our favorite true story again tonight. Let’s sing with the angels, run with the shepherds and ponder with Mary. This is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for sin.