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The Gift
Written By: Evangelist: Chuck Gibson 12/8/2004 2Cor. 9:15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift! (The gift of God (salvation) is indescribable) There are not adequate words to describe the feeling that the love of God sheds abroad in our hearts. It’s joy unspeakable, it’s full of Glory, it’s down in my heart to stay, peace that passes all understanding, wonderful beyond description! JN. 3:16 God so loved (which means that he loved us and the world so very much!) That he gave his only begotten son (He gave all that he had, the best gift, the gift of his only begotten son) (the only one of his kind “the first fruits” of the dead, a very unique and special gift!) The other place you will find the word begotten is when God told Abraham to take the life of his only begotten son. Abraham had many other children, yet God called Isaac his only begotten, and I believe it to be because, Isaac was a type and shadow of Jesus Christ and the sacrifice that he also gave. That whosoever would believe on him should not perish, but have the gift of everlasting life! That precious gift was also wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger! They called his name Emmanuel, “Which being interpreted, means God with us” The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God honey is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord! *1JN. 5:11&12 “This is the record, that God has given to us eternal life, and this life is in his son. He that has the son has life; and he that has not the Son of God has no life in him. If you do not believe on him the source of life then you live in condemnation and the curse of death abides on you! If you should die and go to a Devil’s hell (which was reserved for the Devil and the fallen Angels) it will because you have earned your way there! Go right ahead and say to your self this crazy preacher don’t know what he’s talking about. Don’ let Satan deceive you my friend. What I tell you is the truth and the truth will make you free from every lie the enemy of your soul would try to tell you! What I tell you is the word of God. O’ listen my friend the good news is that a child was given, the gospel, the good tidings of great joy has come unto you that you might escape this death sentence through faith in the gift of God! He came that we might have life and have it more abundantly (an abundance of God’s richest blessings which brings about a better quality of life! * James the Lord’s brother told us, “That every good and perfect gift comes down from the Father of lights” It is from above that all blessings flow, with whom there is no variableness (no respect of persons, which means there are no varying degrees of God’s love toward you. He loves you as much as he loves the president of the United States! There is no shadow of turning with God. He is consistent and faithful in all that he does. There are no gray areas; in him there is no darkness at all. * In him was light and that light became the life for all of humanity. His life here upon this earth, gave us light so that we might see through the darkness of this world and not stumble around in the darkness of our sin! If we walk in the light as he is in the light, then we have fellowship one with another. Light has come, but men love darkness rather than light! *EPH. 4:8 says, “that when he ascended upon high, he led captivity captive and gave gifts unto men” Jesus said, “It is much more blessed to give than to receive. There are many precious promises associated with the gift that we have been given. Isaiah 9:2, 6 “the people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. We have been promised light as part of the gift bestowed upon us. “The light is the life of men” (VS. 6) for unto us a child is born, unto us a child is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. All the promises of God are in him (Jesus) yea and amen. *He has given us the gift of grace, and we live in what is now called the grace dispensation. Which means that God has made a deposit into this world through the gift of his son. The question was asked some two thousand years ago, and is still asked of you today. “ What are you going to do the man called Jesus? He has given us mercy, and has shown us what true love is all about. Mercy is to grace, what justice is to punishment. When punished is rendered we say justice has been served, but when justice called for the payment for sin mercy came on the scene gave us the gift of grace which justified us in the sight of God (just as if we had never sinned) That is what justification is all about! Now what do you think of the gift? Tell me, how would you feel if you offered someone the ultimate gift, the gift of life. Let’s say it was lifesaving surgery and you offered somebody one of your lungs, and they absolutely refused the operation. How stupid would that be? Think of the rejection God feels every time you refuse his gift he has so freely gave! Rejection is such a terrible thing, yet he came to his own and his own received him not. Will you accept God’s gift today or will you just harden your heart against him? It’s your choice, and there are multitudes in the valley of decision. With the New Year approaching you can have a brand new life in the coming years. Quite literally this could be the first day of the rest of your life. How will it be neighbor? A sinner is born once and dies twice (one a natural death, the second death is the lake of fire) The Christian however is born twice and never dies, because death is only considered sleep! How is it with your soul? You must receive the gift of God, and then share it with others. You cannot be ashamed of the gift of God. For if you are ashamed of me Jesus said, I will be ashamed of you, and if you do not confess me before men then I cannot confess you before my Father, or all the holy Angels. So we can consider this gift as a chain, the kind of gift that you pass along to others. Has anyone ever received chain mail? You pass it on with the promise that you as well as others will be blessed. Today is the day of salvation, now is the accepted time. Tomorrow may be too late; tomorrow you may not be acceptable to God! Ever think about that? Today if you hear his voice harden not your hearts as they did in the days of provocation in the wilderness, when they tempted God. Come to Jesus right now don’t put it off any longer please, I plead with you.
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