On Sunday 9 December Pastor Yai gave a sermon about the characteristics of Jesus' birth. The first characteristic is that the Jesus' birth was supernatural. Mary, Jesus' mother became pregnant even though she was a virgin. God had impregnated her to bear a child who was to become everybody's Saviour. God had told about his plan ahead of time. There are 333 promises in the Old Testament regarding Jesus' birth and life (for example Genesis 49:10, Isaiah 11:9, 35:5, 40:30, Psalm 132:11, Amos 8:9, Micah 5:10).
Jesus was born to become a perfect sacrifice for our sins that allows everyone to come to God. Jesus solved the problem of sin. Paul says in Romans says that "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23) and tells that "the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6:23).
God has demonstrated his love in Jesus. In Romans 5:8 Paul says that "God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." God's gift of salvation is free and based on grace (Ephesians 8:28), anyone who receives Jesus in their heart as personal saviour will make peace with God and will be saved.