Hello Everyone,
This is one of the most wonderful times of the year…it’s just a few days until Christmas and a lot of people are waiting with anticipation to see what gifts they getThe gifts are wrapped in beautiful wrapping paper, and then decorated with bows, and tinsel, and pretty ribbonsAnd the sad part is, there almost seems like a let down after you have unwrapped all of your giftsNot because you didn’t get what you wanted…but there is something magical about unwrapping those gifts in anticipation and excitement as to what is in the box beneath the bow.And probably most of us…if I were to ask…couldn’t remember what we got for Christmas last year. But I want all of us to know that there is a gift that we can unwrap everyday of our livesIt is “THE GIFT THAT TAKES A LIFETIME TO UNWRAP”…and I want us to look at that gift this week as we are on the doorstep of the celebration of Christmas.
First, I want us all to see that on that day…when baby Jesus came…He gave us all…AN INSTANT GIFTLuke 2:6-7 “While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son”.Because of the birth of this baby…because of the life that now existed in Him…we all instantly received the gift of life…to never have to die againMatt 1:21-23 says: She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins." 22All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23"The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"—which means, "God with us." It is an instant gift that God promises to all who would ask for it…John 1:12 Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—

This gift “The Son of God” comes with an eternal warranty.

Oh How HE Loves Us!
Pastor Phil