The joy of Christmas comes from understanding the depth to which God gave us everything so that we can be saved from our sins.

Testimony from Roderick Tagle.

​As an introduction to the sermon please watch the video below from The Bible Project. ​

​To download a PDF copy of the sermon slides click on file attached below. ​

We are reluctant to approach a holy God because of our struggle with sin, pain and sorrow, but the love of God expressed through the empathy of Christ invites us to come to Him with confidence - knowing that He understands us and receives us with open arms.

It’s not until we realize how utterly impossible it is to meet God’s demands through our own strength that we begin to truly understand why we need God’s grace in order to be saved. As our Champion, Jesus not only paid the penalty for our sins, but also lived the perfectly righteous life that we couldn’t live and credited it to us.

The gospel is the story of God's forgiveness, but why did God sacrifice His Son to accomplish this forgiveness? God saw that the only solution to this problem is that He himself must pay the penalty for our sins. 

​The following message was given by Pastor Steve Lee at ICC's Christmas Eve service and comes from John 1:9-18 and is entitled "God's Grace Revealed".