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Lead Off Question
What is your favorite gift/present you have ever received?
Illustration
[Jeff Gordon Bicycle]
Transition
In Santa’s world there are two lists: the naughty and the nice.
In God’s world, without Christ, there is one 'list’, sinner.
Yet even though we were sinners God gave us a gift.
The gift that changes our eternity.
Bottom Line
God’s grace is evident through his gift to us.
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Context
We come into tonight with the past three weeks of study on our minds.
We have studied how God was gracious in the garden, in the exodus from Egypt, and in the birth of Jesus.
Tonight, as we look at God’s gift, we must first recognize it as that; a gift.
We didn’t deserve, or earn this gift.
The gift was God’s choice to give us, and without it, we would have no chance at life with God again.
Bible Verse
God’s gift to us is victory!
Breakdown
Jesus was not a partial victory.
If you look back at the wording your see a difference is the two words used in v. 15. “He (Jesus) will strike your head” but then if you look down one more, “and you (Satan) will strike his heel.”
Anytime there is a significant or traumatic injury the first question is always, “Did you hit your head on anything?”
Why might that be?
It’s because the head contains the brain, the head is a critical body part.
A nurse or an EMT aren’t showing up to a car accident checking people’s heels.
This shows the importance of Jesus’ strike.
Jesus’ strike would not just injure Satan, rather, it was going to claim victory of Satan and his club.
Bottom Line
God’s grace is evident through his gift to us.
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Bible Verse
God’s gift to us is free!
Breakdown
We have earned something, but that is not what we have received, if we have a relationship with Jesus.
We we have earned is eternal separation from God, but what we find in this gift is an invitation to an eternal relationship with God.
Bottom Line
God’s grace is evident through his gift to us.
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Bible Verse
God’s gift to us is eternal!
Breakdown
God’s gift doesn’t have an expiration date like milk.
It doesn’t fade.
It is eternal and it is life giving.
We don’t need more ‘water’ we are never going to thirst again because of his gift.
Bottom Line
God’s grace is evident through his gift to us.
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Application
Have you accepted your free gift?
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