Advent Alphabet - "U" _ "Un..."

“To Him be the glory to Who is able to do super abundantly above all we could dare ask or think, infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes or dreamed of!” (Ephesians 3:20) The prefix “un” in the English language means: “not.” Jesus is the most unique person ever to be born, or will ever be born, therefore there are a lot of “un” words associated with Him. Jesus was unthinkable! His birth, life, death and ascension are all “unthinkable.” No imaginative mind could ever think up the incomprehensible plan the Father had for our salvation. His words spoken to the blind and they could see; to the deaf and they could hear; to the crippled and they could walk; to the demon possessed and they were made free; and to the dead and they were raised. Jesus is unthinkable! Jesus was unpredicted. The Jews had predicted a coming Savior for many years, but when He came in the form of a baby from a lowly, unknown family, the majority couldn’t accept Him, and the majority still does not accept Him as their predicted King and Savior. Jesus did not fit into their time table or social status. He surprised the world with His coming – He was unpredicted. Jesus was also unpredictable. Who would have predicted this unknown man could have stilled the winds and waves on a stormy sea? Who would have predicted he could do the miraculous by opening blind eyes; by causing the crippled to walk, by setting free those who were bound by demon spirits, by healing the ear which had been cut off by Peter, by forgiving the Jewish leaders and the Roman soldiers who crucified Him. Who would have predicted He would save the thief on the cross by Him and promise Him a place in heaven? Jesus was unpredictable. Jesus was unexplainable. Mary couldn’t explain why she had been chosen to give birth to the Son of God, and all that came about after His birth, but she wondered. The shepherds couldn’t explain why the angels announced Christ’s birth to them first, and were able to see the Baby Jesus lying in a manger, as the angels had told them. These events were all unexplainable to those who were participants in this most wonderful event. But Jesus is unexplainable! Jesus was unstoppable! Jesus had a mission that neither angel nor devils could force an alternative or divergence in His steadfast journey to the cross. He was unstoppable! Jesus is unspeakable! The world could not hold the books about the ways Jesus was unspeakable. The songwriter says “He was joy unspeakable and full of glory, and the half has never yet been told.” His entire existence was and is unspeakable. Jesus is unspeakable! Jesus is unblamable! He came into the world pure and holy. His entire life was lived without sin. When seeking to lay blame on Him, the Jews and even Pilot could find none. He died without reviling those who crucified Him. He died the pure Lamb of God to take away the sins of the world. He lived an unblamable life. He couldn’t have been our Savior if He was tarnished in any way. Jesus was unblamable! The Love Of God (by – Fredrick Lehman) The love of God is greater far than tongue or pen can ever tell; It goes beyond the highest star and reaches to the lowest hell; The guilty pair, bowed down with care, God gave His Son to win; His erring child He reconciled, and pardoned from his sin. When hoary time shall pass away, and earthly thrones and kingdoms fall, When men who here refuse to pray, on rocks and hills and mountains call, God’s love so sure, shall still endure, all measureless and strong; Redeeming grace to Adam’s race—The saints’ and angels’ song. Could we with ink the ocean fill, and were the skies of parchment made, Were every stalk on earth a quill, and every man a scribe by trade; To write the love of God above would drain the ocean dry; Nor could the scroll contain the whole, though stretched from sky to sky. Refrain: Oh, love of God, how rich and pure! How measureless and strong! It shall forevermore endure— The saints’ and angels’ song.