While Jesus is the greatest gift given to God’s people, there are difficulties in

receiving Him as our gift. The first involves accepting the Bible as being

historical and Jesus as being God incarnate. The second involves our

prideful expectation that similar to that of the first century Jews, God

would send a deliverer who would save us from the sin of our world.

Instead, Jesus comes to save us from our sin. When we by

faith believe in what the New Testament says of Him

and with humility accept the purpose of His coming we

will joyfully benefit from the gift He is to us.