THE GREATEST GIFT

004 – DECEMBER 2003


JN 3:16 “FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER SHOULD BELIEVE IN HIM, SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.”

GIFT GIVING IS A CHRISTMAS TRADITION. IT IS BASED ON THE GREATEST GIFT THAT HAS EVER BEEN GIVEN.
I WANT TO PRESENT YOU THIS GIFT. THE GIFT IS NOT FROM ME … BUT I AM A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GIVER. I AM AN AMBASSADOR FOR HIM WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EXPLAINING THE GIFT AND INTRODUCING HIM TO YOU.
THE GIFT IS QUITE NICE AND THE ONLY REQUIREMENT ON YOUR PART IS THAT YOU BELIEVE (IN YOUR HEART) THE GIVER AND RECEIVE THE GIFT.
THE NICE THING ABOUT THE GIFT IS THAT IT IS UNWRAPPED. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU CAN SEE THE WHOLE THING BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO RECEIVE (OR REJECT) IT. IT IS ONE GIFT YET IT CONTAINS 100’S OF EFFECTS AND REVERBERATIONS. AS YOU BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART THAT THE GIVER AND THE GIFT IS TRUE … AS YOU REACH OUT TO RECEIVE THE GIFT … YOU WILL ENTER INTO A VERY MARVELOUS KINGDOM OF MIRACULOUS ADVENTURE.
THE GIFT IS ABUNDANTLY REWARDING BUT I WILL LIST A FEW OF THE MAJOR COMPONENTS:
1. FORGIVENESS OF SINS – BECAUSE THE GIFT CANNOT BE MADE TO ANYONE WITH SIN - THIS PART OF THE GIFT IS VITAL TO ALL OF THE OTHER PARTS. PROVIDING THAT YOU SINCERELY ASK FOR FORGIVENESS, THE GIVER HAS PAID A TREMENDOUS PRICE TO ELIMINATE THIS SNAG FOR YOU. AS YOU RECEIVE THIS GIFT, YOU CAN BE ASSURED THAT ALL OF YOUR SINS WILL BE FORGIVEN - AS FAR AS THE EAST IS FROM THE WEST.
2. A NEW BIRTH – THIS PART OF THE GIFT WILL LAUNCH INTO A NEW KINGDOM. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE AND HEAR NEW THINGS … THINGS THAT YOU COULD NOT PRIOR TO THE GIFT. IN FACT, YOU WILL CHANGE. FOR THE REST OF YOUR EARTH LIFE, YOU WILL BE A NEW CREATION - AND OLD THINGS AND WAYS OF THINKING WILL SIMPLY PASS AWAY.
3. ETERNAL LIFE – THIS PART OF THE GIFT ENSURES YOUR LIFE FOR ETERNITY. IT’S TRUE! WHEN YOU BREATHE YOUR LAST BREATH IN THIS “EARTH-SUIT” … WHEN YOUR BODY GIVES UP AND DIES … WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT YOU AND SAY “HE’S DEAD!” - YOU CAN BE ASSURED THAT YOU ARE NOT. YOUR SPIRIT, AS A RESULT OF THE NEW BIRTH, IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING WITH THE GIVER OF THE GIFT.

WHAT A GIFT! A HUGE GIFT! THE ULTIMATE GIFT! WHY WOULD ANYONE REFUSE IT? CHILDREN RECEIVE IT WITHOUT HESITATIONS AND WITHOUT QUESTIONS.
THE GIFT DOES NOT COST YOU A THING (OTHERWISE IT WOULD NOT BE A GIFT.) HOWEVER, IT WAS VERY COSTLY. MAKE YOUR DECISION TODAY TO THANK GOD FOR HIS SACRIFICE AND TO RECEIVE CHRIST. HE WILL ERASE YOUR SINS, INFLAME YOUR SPIRIT AND INITIATE YOU INTO ETERNAL LIFE.


LUKE 2:11 “FOR UNTO YOU IS BORN THIS DAY IN THE CITY OF DAVID, A SAVIOR, WHICH IS CHRIST THE LORD.”


DO A BUNCH OF THINGS TO KEEP CHRIST IN YOUR CHRISTMAS,


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