ஜ★ஜ۩۞۩ The Purpose of the Gift ۩۞۩ஜ★ஜ۩۞۩ The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! .. The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” .. Book of John 1:29 *༒༺*♔*༻༒* When you are planning to give a gift to someone, you usually start thinking about it ahead of time ... What would this person really want? ... Then, of course, you start searching for it and saving for it ... It is not something you do at the last minute—if so, you are a poor planning giver .... If you haven’t planned ahead to get a gift for your family yet, you are a poor planning giver .... Maybe you are planning on finding a shopping mall that is open until the last minute ... Maybe you have been working really hard and you haven’t had time!! ... But I think if you really love someone, then you will take the time to select a gift for them in advance, with thoughtfulness, love and care . . . *༒༺*♔*༻༒* This gift God gave to us was not an afterthought!! . . . Long before there was a manger in a stable in Bethlehem, long before there was a garden called Eden, long before there was a planet called Earth, a decision was made in the counsels of eternity .*༒༺*♔*༻༒*. God decided to send His one and only begotten Son to save us from our sins. God knew that Adam would fall!! . . . God knew he would cross the line and eat the forbidden fruit and sin, and God knew that as a result, we all would be sinners . . . That is why the Bible says that Christ was slain from the foundation of the world ... Revelation 13:8. The all-knowing, ever-present God made the decision long before our actual sin that Jesus would come to this earth, be born, and would live, die, and rise again from the dead to save us from our sins. This was the purpose of the GIFT gave to us .. amein, hoshanna and amein ... Pastor Mark
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:44:50 +0000
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