Jesus: The Indestructible Gift of God

The Gift That Cannot Be Returned

Every year around this time, we talk about gifts. What we give. What we receive. What we hope is still within the return window.

But Jesus does not fit into that category.

Christ is the Gift of God, and unlike everything else we exchange during the holidays, He is not seasonal, temporary, or optional. He is permanent. He is God’s final and full revelation of Himself to humanity.

You cannot return Him.You cannot exchange Him.And you cannot reduce Him to sentiment.

Jesus Is Not Just a Gift, He Is the Gift

When Scripture speaks of Jesus, it does not describe Him as an idea or a feeling. It presents Him as a person.

A child born.A Son given.

That distinction matters.

He was born into time, into flesh, into limitation. He grew tired. He felt hunger. He wept. He was rejected. Yet He was never anything less than God. He did not become divine later. He was divine from the beginning.

Jesus is the noun. He is the embodiment of God in the earth.

But He is also the verb.

The Gospel is not passive. It is not simply information to be admired. It is the power of God at work. When this gift is received, something happens. Lives change. Hearts shift. Direction is altered. Salvation is not theoretical. It is causative.

The Incarnation Was Not a Compromise

I often hear people speak of Jesus as if His humanity weakened His divinity. That is not biblical.

The incarnation was not God lowering His standard. It was God revealing His intention.

Jesus showed us what a life filled with the Holy Spirit looks like when there is no compromise. He did not sin because He could not. He did not fail because He would not. He lived as a man submitted fully to the Father.

That matters because it removes our excuses.

Authority Does Not Negotiate Truth

There is a warning in Scripture about having zeal without knowledge. Passion is powerful, but passion without truth is dangerous.

Jesus did not come to redefine righteousness according to culture. He came to reveal righteousness according to God.

We are living in a time where people want the benefits of grace without the responsibility of transformation. But righteousness does not originate with us. It is established by God, and it is revealed through Christ.

The gift of God carries authority. Authority does not ask permission from culture to exist.

Beware of the Revisionist Spirit

There is a growing temptation to soften the Gospel so that it is easier to receive. To revise truth so it feels more accessible.

But truth that has been revised has also been weakened.

Grace does not need to be diluted to be effective. The Gospel does not need to be rewritten to remain relevant. Its power is found in its fullness, not its flexibility.

Jesus did not come to make us comfortable. He came to make us new.

A Gift That Still Demands a Response

Christ is the Gift of God. He remains active. He remains authoritative. He remains unchangeable.

And like every gift, He demands a response.

Not admiration.Not nostalgia.Not tradition.

But surrender.

That is the only way this gift works.