James 1:7 says, "Every good GIFT and every PERFECT GIFT is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."
On that first Christmas, God the Father gave the world 3 gifts as well, just as the Wisemen did 2 yrs later.
The first gift was : Jesus Christ Himself!! "For God SO LOVED the world, that HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON..." John 3:16. Just as James 1:7 says, God the Father send His perfect gift of God in the flesh, EMMANUEL, to dwell among men. "And the WORD was made flesh, and dwelt mong us, (and we behold HIS GLORY as of the only begotten of the Father) full of grace and truth." John 1:14.
The second gift was: Eternal Life!!! "...BUT the GIFT OF GOD is ETERNAL LIFE through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23b. God's salvation is a GIFT that ONLY HE CAN GIVE!! It CANNOT BE EARNED! It has to be personally accepted by everyone of us in order to receive it, just as we receive gifts from others at Christmas!
The third gift was: The Holy Spirit! "If ye then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children: HOW MUCH MORE shall your Heavenly Father GIVE the Holy Spirit to them that ask HIM?" Luke 1:13. When we decide to receive God's gift of Eternal Life and ask Him for it, the Lord also at that same moment gives us the gift of the HOLY SPIRIT, our Comforter! He then indwells us forever! John 15: 26 & 27. What a gift, to know that the Saviour is ours PERSONALLY, AND HE WILL NEVER LEAVE US NOR FORSAKE US!!! Hebrews 13:5.
This Chrismas as you exchange gifts, REMEMBER THE TRUE GIFT OF GOD!!! JESUS CHRIST THE BABE, THE SON OF GOD, BECAME THE SON OF MAN, DIED FOR YOU, ROSE FROM THE GRAVE, AND IS NOW KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS, ON THE THRONE OF THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD THE FATHER!!! THIS is the PERFECT GIFT FOR YOU this Christmas!! If you have already received Him, thank HIM FOR COMING FOR YOU AND GIVING HIMSELF FOR YOU, AND COMING INTO YOUR HEART!! If you haven't received Him as your Saviour, YOUR PERSONAL PERFECT GIFT, there is no better gift to give back to HIM than YOUR HEART AND TO ASK HIM FOR HIS PERFECT GIFT OF SALVATION!! "FOR WHOSOEVER shall call upon the name of the LORD SHALL BE SAVED." Romans 10: 13. GOD TELLS NO ONE NO!! THERE IS NO ONE THAT IS TOO SINFUL, OR THAT HE DOES NOT LOVE!! This Christmas we can ALL HAVE THAT PERFECT GIFT!!!! Do you have that PERFECT GIFT FROM ABOVE?????
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU AND THANKS BE TO GOD FOR HIS UNSPEAKABLE GIFT!! (2 CORINTHIANS 9:15.
