What’s the greatest Christmas gift you’ve ever received? That’s an easy one it is the first Christmas gift, Christ Himself! Consider a few amazing features to this gift today:

First, Jesus is gifted to the world from the Father. What an amazingly expensive gift! Jesus wrapped in rags, given to the world as a Savior. “Name Him Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21). Through Him we have peace with God, although planned from eternity, gifted to us in time as the little baby in Bethlehem. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him will have eternal life (John 3:16)!

Second, the gift of Jesus Christ grants us eternal life. The Bibles states that clearly: “And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life” (1 John 5:11–12). As you come to Jesus as Savior and Lord, He gifts you with the eternal life that He earned. What a glorious truth to remember this Christmas Day!

Third, the gift of eternal life is for today. It’s not something we wait for after we die. Eternal life is now! Jesus clarified what “eternal life” is in His amazing prayer to the Father the night He was betrayed: “This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God and Jesus Christ Whom You have sent” (John 17:3). This eternal life is not just a future in heaven with God. It is a life here and now spent in His presence. This is the greatest present – the Gift of God’s Presence! Know Him. Spend time with Him casting burdens on Him, knowing He cares and watches out for you. This is eternal life! And it is now. What a glorious Christmas present!

So, brothers and sisters, rejoice in this greatest gift that you have this glorious Christmas Day!

Grace to you,

Tim

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