Christmas is a wonderful story, but it is so much more than a story. It is a true story, it is history, and it is our story, the story of when love came down in the person of Jesus Christ. I would like to share with you three simple truths from our Scriptures passage of how love came down at Christmas. I) Love comes from God (7-8) Have you ever wondered where love comes from? Most people agree that love is the most beautiful thing in the world. But where does all this love come from? Did you ever wonder that? The Bible gives us the answer. Love comes from God, because God is love. There has never been a time when there was not God, and so there has never been a time when there was not love. Where does love come from? Love comes from God, because God is love. That’s our first truth for today. Love comes from God. II) Love came down to earth (9) Love began in heaven among the persons of the Trinity, but love came down to earth at Christmas. God sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. The miracle of Christmas is that the baby in the manger was God in human flesh. God became a man. The Son of God became the son of man. Jesus who had lived with God the Father for all of eternity entered our world on Christmas day. He left the glories of heaven and came to earth as a tiny baby. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. Love began in heaven. But love came down to earth at Christmas. III) Love came down to the cross (10) Love comes from God. That’s our first truth. Love came down to earth. That’s our second truth. And finally, love came down to the cross. God loves us so much that he not only sent Jesus to earth. He sent him to the cross at Calvary. This was God’s plan all along. It’s part of the Christmas story. Jesus lived his entire life in the shadow of the cross. Love not only came down to earth at Christmas. Love came down to the cross to pay the price for our sins so that we could be saved. As the angel said to the shepherds that first Christmas Eve: “ For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.” (Luke 2:11) This was the true gift of Christmas. Not simply the gift of a Son, but the gift of a Savior. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Love came down all the way. Love came down to the cross for sinners the likes of us. In Closing: Christmas is all about love. Where does love come from? Love comes from God. How did God show his love among us? He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. Love came down to earth. What is love? This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Love came down to the cross. Listen to us here on Soundcloud or watch us on our YouTube channel, Facebook page, or website. https://midwaybaptistnc.org https://facebook.com/midwaybaptistnc https://www.youtube.com/@midwaybaptistnc1670