Welcome to Gospel and Life. In our broader culture, you may have heard that working hard to help others and making the world a better place is the true meaning of Christmas.

But if you look at the story of Christ's

birth in the Gospels, you'll find a completely different message that Jesus

came to Earth because we absolutely cannot save ourselves by our good works.

Listen now as Tim Keller shares the amazing news of the Christmas message and the gift

we have in Christ. Colaians chapter 1 versus 15 to 20.

Colaians 1 15 to 20.

Colaians 1 15 to 20. He is the image of the invisible God, the first born over all creation.

For by him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,

whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities, all things were created by him and

for him. He is before all things and in him all things hold together and he is the head of the body the church

he is the beginning and the first born from among the dead so that in everything he might have the supremacy.

For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him and through him to reconcile

to himself all things, whether on earth or things in heaven,

by making peace through his blood shed on the cross. This is God's word. Now Christmas is about the doctrine of the

incarnation.

God becoming human, veiled in flesh the Godhead

see, hail the incarnate deity.

That's what we sing about.

And the passage you just read is a breathtaking, a breathtaking

roller coaster ride through the doctrine of the incarnation. And let me just let me show you just a couple of the hairpin turns, just a couple.

And then what I like to do is instead of looking so much at the doctrine, I would like to talk

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