The Gift!

Since we are in the month of December I would like to talk about gifts! Biblically thinking there are three types of gifts. There are gifts that we give to one another, like on special occasions, such as birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays. Then we think of sacrificial offerings presented to God. And lastly, there are gifts God gives to us, such as salvation, righteousness, and His grace.

God is the ultimate gift giver and a perfect one at that! I'm referring to especially salvation!

In James 1:17 KJV it 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. 

In 1 John 2:27 it says, But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you,...

This anointing that abides in you is a special gift, the preparation!

Then in Ephesians 2:8-9 it says, For by grace are ye saved through faith: and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God. Not of works, lest any man should boast.

No man is to boast of their salvation or abilities, because it is not of themselves but given to us by God!

We see in 2 Corinthians 3:5-6 it says, Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; 6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

God our father has given us all things sufficient until His return. He never stops giving to us!

In 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 it speaks on gifts by saying, 4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. 6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. 8 For to one is given the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: 11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

God has given us all gifts, even if its just faith and salvation, because we all need faith to believe in Him! God gave His son, He have us the Holy Spirit, and He gave us the Bible to instruct us and to communicate to us His love for us! Receive His gifts and live a life filled with the fruits of the spirit, which are explain in Galatians 5: 22-23.



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