The Gift of Christ (The Gifts)

Thank you. Son at morning church. Cody's still good, even if we don't feel like it. Even if we also cooked that we feel like we're ever a side of roast beef. He's still good. I'm going to move to the middle, John, if that's okay, you can follow me. SIU.

A challenging 24 hours. But you know what God is still on the throne. He's still for you. He's still with you and that's including those people at home as well. And those are going to be listing. Lights are Gatti's with you.

Other thing for this month is being the gift for the gifts. And I want to talk about the one and only gave that Isabel gifts the gifts of Christ. I might put a subtitle on this because I was thinking about you, some thinking, okay, to give to crises that for everyone. But not everybody opens that gift. I don't know whether you have an Ulta open to get for whatever reason. Some of us might have been given a gift by someone, we had a bit of an argument with, you know that maybe I'll do something and they come with a gift and we only put it down and we don't know how to put it.

Can I vote? I put my Sceptile for today in Forever on opened cuz there's always someone, there's always someone who needs to hear the good news of the Gospel is always someone, please. Do not assume, everybody knows many of us that I was referring to school in my generation. We went to school. We had school assemblies. We sang hymns. We sang about God. Corporate worshiping schools, he's much less common and is often not about go to toilets about the night tonight show creation. All responsibilities is ask you adors as a citizen

So you kind of assumed just cuz someone spends at school, that I've heard about Jesus, I've heard about this gift has been given to all of us.

If we picked your Christmas, we see a Christmas tree. Under a Christmas tree. Will see a whole pile of presents. I miss nothing sadder than a is not being on the rent. So my question for us tonight is have we actually tonight. So, I can know tonight. My wife, each question, today's, have we ever received the gift of Christ? I'll start with the scripture. We all know so well we can all recite it for God. So loved the world that he gave his one and only son that whosoever believes in Him. Should not perish but have everlasting life. What gods gave? God's gifts, God is a giver. Go to you. So give me a few if you ever think even even this to that was prying around the family situation around Devon and Eva. Eva Eva she was praying that God still got you go still giving. Look to heaven and leaned into him because he gave us the earth on which we live. He gave us friends to worship with it. Gave us his one and only son in 2 Corinthians 9:15. Thanks be to God for this Indescribable gift. River run out of words. Never run out of words to say how you sometimes you trying to describe a moment. Destructoid to describe a glorious Sunrise, trying to describe it SEAL team winning or your tennis player winning in the in the thing that we're in. At the moment, you describe that moment. In this B, we run out of words. Thank you for this Indescribable gift. Bull run out of words. We run out of words.

Let me encourage you. What's the most exciting part of receiving a gift?

Because he's not just guessing a gift. I've seen little children and they said birthday was Christmas and they'll open the present and I'll look at it and put it down in the site. What's the next one? And then they open it. And then the most exciting thing is beyond rapping but not looking at what's in the box and not looking at any of the gifts. I just excited by the unwrapping. So is for some people. Unwrapping is an important, but some of us is the anticipation. if somebody promise you that going to give you something the

and we we hear that in the the gospel story than the simple Nativity Story in Luke 2:11 to die in this town of David, a savior has been born to you. He is the Messiah, the Lord, I know, it's a Christmas message but you know what? Born to who Home to give us the gift has a name tag on it. And when you going to call the presents under the Christmas tree, you'll start looking at them. Sometimes people already organized not different colors for different people from the hole that from some people, right? Like was some people go. I think it feels like this one's for you cuz there's no labels on anything, you know what it's like when you lose a label, who is this gift for? I have been given the wrong gift. Sometimes it's cold enough. Why you giving me the address of the wrong thing? Bone to you? God has given a gift to you. The gift cost Gold Everything. What is more precious than a child? He's one and only some and what did it cost us? Nothing freely given, Grace is extended to us, it's infinitely costly to him, but free to ask Romans 6:23 for the wages of sin is death. But the gift of God is eternal life in Christ. Jesus, our lord. The gift of God. God has given. God is a giver. wages or unsweet talked about giving back gifts are given You cannot pay for this gift. You kind of learn it. It cannot be good enough for it. Sometimes, when I'm good I'll give you this.

What? He's not saying when you're good enough, I will give you this gift is not saying that. Because we are imperfect. We get it wrong from time to time. Who's got it wrong this week. We won't get it wrong some way or other. What do we do? You say, sorry, to the person, whatever it was turned away. Hopefully from that by choice, that we might look to God to say, Lord it, if it's something that's in our hearts will have to give me a ton in this.

Ephesians 2 vs. 8948 East, play Grace. You have been saved through faith and this is not of ourselves, it is the gift of God, no play works. So that man should boast

And some of us still trying to pay for what is already being purchased. we're still trying to be that good person to deserve that gift, striving performing hiding sometimes Yeah, we cannot buy what is already being given the cross is the price tag that having bull so that we would never see it.

I guess these offer to you into me but he's not possessed by you or me. It's received by us in John 1:12 yet to all who did receive him. To those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. Receiving God receiving Jesus. He's not a passive thing. He's not all think he's not like that. Thank you very much auntie. Thank you for that open hands. Receive our open house already. I'm with saying yes, Lord, The Samaritan woman at the well, when Jesus said to her, if you knew the gift of God and don't pretend she was standing next to the master next to living water and did not know it.

How many of us know, someone? Who does not know that they have access to Living Water standing, right next to you living with you, living in your street? Jesus has hair the gift for two-day Abundant Life. Now John 10:10 one of my favorite scripture says, I have come that they might have life and have it more abundantly all to the full depending on the translation. and if the father keeps on giving, he gave us his son. But his son returned to him, and sit to his right hand. So he sent as Jesus Promised. I will send one Who Will Comfort, you, you will receive a gift of the Holy Spirit Acts 2:38. We are a Spirit-filled people. If you find more of yourself coming out in pressure situations, Osco 24 you again. You find nothing. Coming out in pressure situations like a dried-up sponge, Scott to fill you again.

He also gives us his peace. In John 14. 27 piece I leave with you peace. I give you. We need his face today. Anybody need his place today or whatever you'll suck. These priests will help. Peace about a child that's far from God. Piece about employment situation speaks about finances. Can provide in amazing ways. God can do it outside off but he's peace, and it comes from within we look to that last month but he also promises his purpose. We are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus to do. Good works if Asians to 10 every one of us carries the potential to be the gift of Christ to others.

Living Epistles. God is not looking for us to go to the Tower of London. If you get into the Tower of London, there's the jewelry minute Behind These Gulf stream's. All these most amazing things made of diamonds and rubies, and sapphires. I mean that very, very valuable. I'm not talking about getting a table, just Admire from afar. Not talking about that kind of gift. I'm talking about the kind of well-worn gift that you have at home. Some of you have a very precious friend of mine gave me my wallet. My wallet is got worn around the corners. Now, it gets used every day but everytime, I type my wallet out. I think of that person. You probably got other things that well, use skips my Bible hair, which was that she bought for me by in about, but you remember that A&M foul with us in my, I spoke to that first church little jobs. I keep speaking in that house to that first cell group. As they started, the new church in Calgary, and I brought me a Bible. And as you can see, it's very, very, very well worn. Another good friend of Oz in a lb. I know don't know what you like, but if you give me your Bible, And I'm trying to remember a particular scripture, I know some some scriptures I know exactly where they are on the pipes are on the right hand side halfway down and they'll be some writing around them cuz I've written something about it. That's all I don't even have to cut, I just looking for you. So if I look at your Bible you laid out slightly differently but it's a well-used gift. Can I find couches next? Not describe the gift that's not talk about again, about how amazing people to use the gift. He's given us to use the gift of the Holy Spirit. Let's use the gifts of the holy spirit, but I see if it was us as he equips us. He equips us to say something or what if I pray for a miracle to bring a word of Prophecy? In 2 Corinthians 5:20. It says it says this. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ as though God were pleading through us. We employ you on Christ's behalf. Be reconciled to God. What is an ambassador mean? It means you represent. When when did ever you cross the border you pull out your passport passport? I am a citizen. Where are you a citizen? Is it heaven? All We proclaiming the gift, declaring the gift. Our relationship with Christ. He's not so religious relationship. It's a precious gift that we receive and we press into it. So let me pray this morning. Christy, I want to pray for those who maybe haven't even open the gift that I've been talking about all morning this morning. You've seen the gift. You seen the gift another's? You seen? You heard about this Jesus, but you've never opened it for yourself. If I see you today, let me encourage you go back and read again. Gospel of John, read John chapter 33, Romans chapter 8. Let's read them for yourself and if they got a fuel rail, show yourself to me cuz he gives and he gives without counting the cost. Play. Father, I pray that look for those who out for the first time on wrapping a gift to Christ, I pray that you be real to them. You speak into that lives in into their circumstances. In Jesus time, I want to pray for those who opened the gift to know Christ, they received the gift of Christ. The savior But, maybe there's something else that we sang, Lord, I need more of you, more of your peace, more of your spirit. More of your purpose in our lives. That's you. I'm just going to ask you to stand where you are if you just need something more right now, just got to play for an importation of mole. I don't know what that is but if that's you would you stand at home, closest thing like to Lowe's in the room, if you need more of God's right now. Can I have a picture of a a jog the trucks, got a couple of minor flaws in its and cracks and it leaks a bit when he's on the pressure when it's hot it looks a bit mold of the liquid evaporates for The Jug has always never empty but often is Never full. You'll sign today. Lord, fill me up again. Fill me up again. Fill me up again. So father, I pray for those people, standing those at home, no soliciting, like the father, I pray that Lord you come along with the biggest jogging heaven and lose it. Never never never runs dry, never runs out. And would you fill us up one by one? Would you fill us up with the piece that we need? Would you give us the confidence to step into the circumstances that we are faithful or father, would you give up out and she'll get the bonus today for those who need to step forward? Father, I pray for a fresh sense of identity for those who was standing right now, there's some people are standing cuz you just need a reshaping in a clarification. You want someone to draw a line around, you know what the edge of you is that you want not bolted in right now and God's going to come and bring a boat picture to you, of who you are in him, who you are, as a worker who you are, as a husband, or a wife. He's screwing around and highlighting again. He's you You're not a mistake, you've not. Got it wrong, you're in the right place. Just hang on in there and be filled and overflow. Finally, there are those who are overwhelmed by the things but three things I wanted to talk about overwhelmed by circumstances. Overwhelmed by situation.

So father I pray that Nora chefs. Refresh us, renew us Lord God in Jesus name. I pray that you'd fill us up from the tips of all ties to the tips of our fingers to the top of our head philosophical, god with a gift from Heaven. Father, thank you for your holy spirit. Thank you that your holy spirit is imported an imputed. And father we receive it lured. Our hands open. We are ready for more of you and less of ourselves. All the help us to put aside. Things that we do sometimes we don't do them and they don't glorify you. Help us to put them down and pick out that which glorifies you in Jesus mighty name, man.