We live in a world driven by effort, performance, and self-improvement. Try harder. Do better. Be more disciplined. But what if the heart of Christianity isn’t about what we do at all?

In Romans 8:1–4, the apostle Paul tells the Christmas story in a surprising way—not as a celebration of human potential, but as an announcement of divine intervention. When the law could not save us, when effort failed, when guilt and inner conflict exposed our limits, God did it.

In this Advent message, we explore:

• Why the law can diagnose sin but cannot cure it
• What God accomplished by sending His Son as a sin offering
• How there is now no condemnation for those in Christ
• Why obedience flows from acceptance, not toward it

This is not better advice. It’s good news.

Not humanity reaching up to God—but God coming down to us.

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If you’re weary, discouraged, or exhausted from trying to be “good enough,” hear the hope of Advent according to Paul: Your salvation rests not in what you can do for God—but in what God has already done for you.