The Greatest Gift of All
K. Doug Allen
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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
Jesus Christ gave humanity the greatest gift they could ever receive; the opportunity to know the One by whom they were created. In so doing, He gave us the opportunity to become the sons and daughters of God.
The Greatest Gift is the Ability to Change
The Greatest Gift is the Ability to Change
Christ is Given
Christ is Given
1 In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 He existed in the beginning with God.
3 God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him.
4 The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone.
5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.
6 God sent a man, John the Baptist,
7 to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony.
8 John himself was not the light; he was simply a witness to tell about the light.
The coming of John the Baptist was foretold by the prophet Malachi in in chapter 3, verse 1. He was loved by the lost; the religious community? Not so much.
9 The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
10 He came into the very world he created, but the world didn’t recognize him.
11 He came to his own people, and even they rejected him.
I believe that Jesus is once again coming to those who claim to be His, and again, they are rejecting Him.
12 But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.
13 They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God.
Sons and Daughters Scriptures
Romans 8:16, Galatians 4:6, Romans 8:14, Galatians 3:26, John 1:12,
2 Corinthians 6:18, Hosea 1:10, Romans 9:26, Luke 6:35, 1 John 3:2
1 John 3:1, Luke 20:36, Revelation 21:7, Isaiah 53:10, Hebrews 2:10
John 11:52, Romans 9:8, Galatians 4:7, Hebrews 12:5.
Christ was the great game changer! No longer under the law, but rather under grace.
17 For the law was given through Moses, but God’s unfailing love and faithfulness came through Jesus Christ.
24 Let me put it another way. The law was our guardian until Christ came; it protected us until we could be made right with God through faith.
25 And now that the way of faith has come, we no longer need the law as our guardian.
26 For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
10 For the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as a person who has broken all of God’s laws.
It’s all in, or all out. There is no such thing as half-hearted Christianity, true Christianity that is.
17 “Don’t misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose.
18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not even the smallest detail of God’s law will disappear until its purpose is achieved.
19 So if you ignore the least commandment and teach others to do the same, you will be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But anyone who obeys God’s laws and teaches them will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
20 “But I warn you—unless your righteousness is better than the righteousness of the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven!
8 These people draw near Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts hold off and are far away from Me.
13 And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near Me with their mouth and honor Me with their lips but remove their hearts and minds far from Me, and their fear and reverence for Me are a commandment of men that is learned by repetition [without any thought as to the meaning],
Russian TV interview question:
Sin
sin1 /sɪn/
■ noun
1 an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law.
2 an act regarded as a serious offence.
Homiletics / hermeneutics - Law of first mention.
7 You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But you must subdue it and be its master.”
2403. חַטָּאָה chaṭṭâʾâh, khat-taw-aw´; or
חַטָּאת chaṭṭâʾth, khat-tawth´; from 2398; an offence
2398. חָטָא châṭâʾ, khaw-taw´; a prim. root; prop. to miss; hence (fig. and gen.) to sin;
2632 חַטָּאָה (ḥǎṭ·ṭā·ʾā(h)): n.fem.; ≡ Str 2402, 2403; TWOT 2726b, 638e—LN 88.289–88.318 sin, wickedness, i.e., what is an offense to a moral standard
1 “On that day a fountain will be opened for the dynasty of David and for the people of Jerusalem, a fountain to cleanse them from all their sins and impurity.
21 And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
266. ἁμαρτία hamartia, ham-ar-tee´-ah; from 264; sin (prop. abstr.):—offence, sin (-ful).
264. ἁμαρτάνω hamartanō, ham-ar-tan´-o; perh. from 1 (as a neg. particle) and the base of 3313; prop. to miss the mark (and so not share in the prize), i.e. (fig.) to err, esp. (mor.) to sin:—for your faults, offend, sin, trespass.
There is a difference between WEAKNESS and WICKEDNESS. When we are weak we know we have failed, we feel the need to seek God for our actions, we pray, and God reaches down and wraps his loving arms around our soul. When people are wicked they proclaim that what they do is NOT wrong. They have seared their conscience and thumbed their nose at God. They don't want God or Christians poking around in their life. But in all that, the wicked demand that you to tell them it is all OK.
