The Unspeakable Gift

The Bible tells of Three Unspeakable Things.

2 Corinthians 9:15 - THANKS BE UNTO GOD FOR HIS UNSPEAKABLE GIFT.

This gift is from God. It is unspeakable. Nothing can compare with it! It’s a Gift too wonderful for words. Beyond description. Words cannot describe it.

1. You CAN'T BUY IT or PAY FOR IT. We simply have to receive it. We're talking about the greatest gift ever…
• The gift of salvation
• The gift of everlasting life

God is the Giver
• There is no greater Gift
• No greater treasure
• No greater Giver

Salvation is priceless. It's a Costly Gift - of Great Value.

1 Peter 2:7 Unto you …which believe he is precious… Christ was given for sinners. To be the sinner’s Friend. What a fabulous gift! The Lord Jesus is the gift of God to man.

2. You CAN'T WORK FOR IT. It is not something we can earn - it's been paid for. Salvation is always by grace - through faith. Salvation is the free gift from God.

Eternal life is a FREE GIFT – salvation and forgiveness - an absolutely free gift from God.

3. You CAN'T DESERVE IT. We are not worthy of it. Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. It's not something we gain by good works. Not something that we are worthy of. Salvation is a GIFT. NOT something we can buy, work for, or deserve. The good news, though, is…

4. You CAN RECEIVE IT! Salvation is God's gift to us, when we believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. Christianity is spelt DONE. God has done all that needs to be done. Salvation is God's forever gift of eternal life to us.

God freely gives salvation unto us. 1 John 5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

HE IS THE GIFT. The unspeakable gift.

Paul tells, also, 2 Corinthians 12:4 of UNSPEAKABLE WORDS... Referring to Heaven. (I knew a man who…) was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words... Paul caught a glimpse - of the great beyond - and he couldn’t describe it.

We can’t imagine it! We just can’t put it into words! Heaven will be more than we can dream about. Best of all, our loving Saviour will be there. The only thing on earth a man can absolutely gain is Heaven.

We tell of an unspeakable gift - It’s Christ - His salvation… And when we receive this Gift then another unspeakable thing happens…

This is the third unspeakable thing.

We can know an UNSPEAKABLE JOY: 1 Peter 1:8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory.

JOY to the world- Luke 2:10-11 - these were the tidings of great joy at His first coming. There’s JOY in believing. Joy in the GIFT He gives to us - Salvation. JOY in the HEAVENLY HOME He gives to us. And, also, there's JOY in the fulfilled life we can live, in the here and now - and in the hereafter…

You just can’t fully describe the joy of salvation by faith and trust in Jesus Christ! Real joy is finding peace with God. There’s life-transforming joy in Jesus today.

Consider this One who is the unspeakable gift… He GAVE HIMSELF. Titus 2:14 WHO GAVE HIMSELF FOR US, THAT HE MIGHT REDEEM US FROM ALL INIQUITY…

He gave His Life…
His HEAD, to wear the thorns, for me (John 19:2)

His EYES, to weep tears for me (Hebrews 5:7)

His CHEEK to be smitten, for me (Isa 50:6)

His TONGUE, to pray for me (John 17:20)

His SHOULDERS to bear the burden, for me (Luke 15:5)

His BACK, to be ploughed, for me (Psalm 129:3)

His HANDS and His FEET, to be pierced, for me (Psalm 22:16)

His EARS, to hear my cry (Psalm 91:15)

His precious BLOOD, to cleanse away my sin (1 John 1:7)

He gave up all His RICHES and became poor for me (2 Cor. 8:9)

He gave His LIFE, as a ransom, for me (Gal. 1:4)

The wages of sin is death; but the gift - the charisma - of God… Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.