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尽管我们欢欣鼓舞地庆祝耶稣的降生和祂的救恩，但是要注意一个重要问题，我们的救恩是以可怕的代价换来的。神的恩典和救赎对我们来说是白白得来的，但这份奇妙的礼物唯有藉着我们主痛苦的受难才能实现，祂放下自己的生命，为我们偿付了罪的代价。

当我们唱《这位奇妙婴孩是谁》的诗歌，这是一首众所周知的、受人喜爱的诗歌，以古老的英国曲调《绿袖子》为背景，带我们重新回顾耶稣降生的故事。

第一节讲述了君王基督卑微降生的故事，正如我们这个月已经留意到的事实。第二节则直接指出了耶稣到来的原因。它唱出这个婴孩将带来救恩，并详细描述了祂为这份给我们的救恩而承受的痛苦。

“钉子、矛头要刺穿祂，为我、为你承受十架。”这首歌用一句惊人的歌词描述了基督将为我们所有人承受的痛苦。这是一个谦卑的提醒，耶稣，“万王之王”，是在羞辱中出生的，必须受苦以救我们脱离罪的捆绑。而祂做这一切乃是心甘情愿的，皆出于祂对我们的大爱。

这首歌以一个简单的问题开始，其答案也很简单，却感人至深。“这位奇妙婴孩是谁？”祂就是耶稣，为拯救我们而生。

Though we celebrate Jesus’ birth and the gift of salvation with joy and gladness, it’s important to note that our salvation has come at a terrible cost. God’s grace and salvation are free to us, but these amazing gifts come only through the excruciating death of our Lord, who laid down his own life to pay the price of our sin for us.

As we sing "What Child Is This," a well-known and loved text set to the old English tune "Greensleeves," we again review the story of the birth of Jesus.

The first stanza tells the story of Christ the King’s humble birth, as we have noted a lot this month. And the second stanza points directly to the reason why Jesus came. It sings of the salvation this baby would provide, and it describes in detail the suffering he would endure to bring us salvation.

"Nails, spear shall pierce him through, the cross be borne for me, for you." In one stunning line this song describes the suffering that Christ would take on for us all. This is a humbling reminder that Jesus, the "King of kings," was born in humiliation and had to suffer to save us from our sin. And he did all of this willingly, out of his great love for us.

The song begins with a simple question, to which the answer too is simple—and yet deeply moving. "What child is this?" He is Jesus, born to save us.