At Christmas time, the whole world thinks about gifts, given and received.
But believers ought to think and talk about the great Gift that God gave to us in His Dear Son, our Lord Jesus!
He is our Savior, Who is Christ the Lord! He is called Jesus, because He will save His people from their sin! He is Emmanuel, meaning God with us!
No wonder the Angels cried out, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men!
God's great gift was a present to all mankind, unto the saving of whoever trusts in Jesus.
The Scriptures exult over and over again, that Jesus coming and dying to save His people from their sins, begins all spiritual blessings in heavenly places for us. It is the gift whereby God's people are brought unto holiness and blamelessness before God. Jesus is the One by Whom we are accepted before a perfect and righteous God.
Christ's birth and death are the manner in which we are adopted as sons of God in Jesus. It is in Christ that we are given an inheritance.
All of this is done according to the purpose of God Who does all things according to His good pleasure for us!
There is, then, an exceeding greatness in God's gift to His people, far above any other gift, and abiding forever with great joy and happiness for us.
But amazing to say, none of God's people would ever accept the gift, or count it of any value, were it not for the accompanying gift, the powerful work of the Holy Ghost in our hearts, to raise us from the dead, and cause us to lay hold of God's gift of Christ and His sacrifice for us, with joy and gladness forever.
All that raises an important question: what sort of gifts ought we to bring to Jesus? |
