-[Read Matthew 7:11] ----- -WE try to give presents that are meaningful but we aren't always successful. However, God's gift---His Son Jesus--is always the right one for everybody. This gift is:
**Heaven Sent. / Jesus was sent to earth from the heavenlies in order to fulfill God's plan (John 6:38). Every aspect of His life--from His birth as a little baby to His death on the Cross- --was part of the Father's gift to us.
**Needed. / God gave His Son to us because of our desperate need for rescue. Sin ruined the human race (Rom 3:23) and placed us all under divine condemnation (5:18). Since we are unable to pay the price justly demanded by God for our sin, our greatest need has always been for a Savior who could pay our sin debt for us (6:23). Only Jesus qualified because He was without sin. He became our Redeemer, reconciling us to God (5:10).
**Sacrificial./ God sent Jesus to die in our place so that we might become part of His family. The Son deliberately sacrificed His life to accomplish the Father's plan.
**Perfect./ Jesus was God in human flesh, walking among mankind. His character and will are flawless, and He works perfectly on our behalf (8:28,29).
**Precious./ Jesus Christ can do for us what no material thing or other person can. In Him, we become new creations belonging to God (2 Cor. 5:17).
God wrapped His special present to us in human flesh so we might know Him and identify with Him. How closely intertwined is Jesus' life with yours?
--IN TOUCH~~ --TO KNOW YOU IS 'TO WANT TO KNOW YOU MORE' /Casting Crowns <http://youtu.be/P4xp6ygQoAo> -------------------
Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]
--was part of the Father's gift to us.
