God’s Great Gift
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What is the greatest gift that has ever been given? What is the greatest gift you have ever received from someone?
Not all gifts are created equal. A gift can be given and not received. A gift is not fully appreciated until it has been both given and received. We cannot benefit from, experience, or enjoy a gift we have not received.
In John’s gospel, Jesus said, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16, ESV).
This is God’s gift—his love for the world. God loves the world so much that he gave.
What did God give to express his love for the world? God gave his only son.
Why did God give his only son? God gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him would not die, but would have life everlasting.
Jesus is God’s greatest gift—given to us for everlastingly life. God loves, so God gave.
May we experience Jesus, God’s greatest gift ever given, and experience God’s eternal life.
In Christ alone, Robbie
A Prayer For Knowing And Loving God: “O God, the light of the minds that know you, the life of the souls that love you, and the strength of the wills that serve you: Help us so to know you that we may truly love you, and so to love you that we may fully serve you, whom to serve is perfect freedom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.” (#72., Book of Common Prayer, 2019).
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