What We Are All Getting For Christmas

1 2 WHEN ERIN AND I GOT MARRIED • MY MOTHER HAD A TALK WITH HER ABOUT ME • ONE OF THE THINGS SHE TOLD HER WAS • TO NOT KEEP MY CHRISTMAS PRESENTS A SECRET 3 • SHE SAID HE GETS VERY NERVOUS IF • HE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT HE IS GETTING FOR CHRISTMAS • NOW, AT ONE POINT THIS HAD BEEN PERFECTLY TRUE • WHEN I WAS LITTLE I GOT VERY NERVOUS ABOUT MY CHRISTMAS PRESENTS 4 • BY THE TIME WE GOT MARRIED AT 19 • I WOULD LIKE TO THINK I HAD GOTTEN OVER THAT • I AM NOT SAYING I HAD GOTTEN OVER IT • I JUST LIKE TO THINK I HAD (PAUSE) 5 • JUST IN CASE THERE IS ANYONE HERE • WHO HAS THIS SAME PROBLEM • THIS MORNING I AM GOING TO TELL EVERYONE • WHAT WE ARE ALL GETTING FOR CHRISTMAS • THIS YEAR, AND EVERY YEAR • SO THAT WE WILL NOT BE SO NERVOUS ABOUT WHAT • OUR CHRISTMAS GIFT IS (PAUSE) • SOMETIMES EVEN THE BEST CHRISTIANS • GET CAUGHT UP IN THE WORLDLY SIDE OF CHRISTMAS 6 7 • THE DECORATIONS, THE FOOD, THE GIFTS • THESE THINGS ARE WONDERFUL WHEN WE KEEP THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE • WHEN WE KEEP THE FOCUS, THE PRIORITY ON THE GIFT GOD HAS GIVEN US. 8 • WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE WORLDLY SIDE OF CHRISTMAS • NEVER OVERSHADOWS THE GODLY GIFT UPON WHICH • CHRISTMAS IS FOUNDED 9 JOHN 3:16 “FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHALL NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. 10 • THIS VERY WELL KNOWN VERSE MAKES IT CLEAR • THAT CHRIST IS A GIFT GIVEN TO THE WORLD BY GOD THE FATHER • BUT WHAT EXACTLY IS INCLUDED IN THIS GIFT • WELL, FROM THE VERSE WE CAN CERTAINLY SEE 11 • THAT SALVATION IS INCLUDED IN THE GIFT • CHRIST ACTS AS SAVOIR BY LIVING A SINLESS LIFE • DYING ON THE CROSS TO PAY FOR OUR SINS • AND RISING AGAIN ON THE THIRD DAY 12 • THIS IS CHRIST’S WORK IN HIS ROLE OR OFFICE OF SAVIOR • AND THIS IS CERTAINLY AN IMPORTANT WORK • BUT CHRIST’S WORK IS NOT LIMITED TO SALVATION • HIS WORK OF SALVATION HAPPENED AT THE CROSS AND AT THE RESURRECTION (PAUSE) 13 • HE DID AMAZING WORKS FOR US BEFORE THE CROSS • AND HE DID AMAZING WORKS AFTER THE CROSS • AND HE WILL CONTINUE TO DO AMAZING WORKS ON IN TO ETERNITY • CHRIST DOES THESE AMAZING WORKS IN HIS VARIOUS OFFICES 14 • AN OFFICE IS AN OFFICIAL POSITION • WITH REQUIREMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES • THE OFFICES OF CHRIST ARE PROPHET, PRIEST, JUDGE, AND KING • HIS PROPHETIC OFFICE WAS INVOLVED WITH THE REVEALING OF GOD 15 • THE PRIESTLY OFFICE IS RELATED TO HIS SAVING AND INTERCESSORY WORK • IN HIS OFFICE AS JUDGE HE WILL DECIDE THE ETERNAL FATE EACH AND EVERY PERSON • AND HIS KINGLY OFFICE WILL GIVE HIM THE RIGHT TO REIGN ON THE ENTIRE EARTH FOR ALL ETERNITY 16 • THE BIBLE ITSELF NOT ONLY DEFINES THESE OFFICES • IT ALSO DEFINES CHRIST AS FULFILLING THESE OFFICES TO THE FULLEST • FULFILLING THESE OFFICES IS 17 • THE PRIMARY MEANS OF INTERACTION BETWEEN CHRIST AND HUMANITY • THESE OFFICES ARE PART OF WHAT GOD GAVE US WHEN HE GAVE US HIS SON • THEY ARE THE TRUE GIFT WE GET EACH AND EVERY CHRISTMAS 18 THE GIFT OF CHRIST AS PROPHET • IN THE BIBLE THE WORD PROPHET IS USED • TO DESCRIBE SOMEONE WHO SPEAKS FORTH GOD’S WORD • WHO BRINGS A MESSAGE FROM GOD 19 • SOMETIMES THE MESSAGE IS ABOUT THE FUTURE • SOMETIMES ABOUT THE PAST, SOMETIMES ABOUT THE PRESENT • BEING A PROPHET DOES NOT MEAN SOMEONE PREDICTS WHAT WILL HAPPEN • IT MEANS BRINGING A REVELATION OF GOD TO MANKIND • THE BIBLE DESCRIBES CHRIST AS A PROPHET IN A NUMBER OF PLACES 20 DEUTERONOMY 18:15 21 “THE LORD YOUR GOD WILL RAISE UP FOR YOU A PROPHET LIKE ME FROM AMONG YOU, FROM YOUR COUNTRYMEN, YOU SHALL LISTEN TO HIM. • MOSES MAKES THIS STATEMENT ABOUT A COMING PROPHET • AND WE CAN KNOW FOR CERTAIN THAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT JESUS • BECAUSE PETER QUOTES THIS VERSE IN ACTS CHAPTER THREE 22 23 • WHEN HE TELLS THE PEOPLE OF JERUSALEM THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST • FROM THIS WE CAN KNOW THAT GOD • HAD APPOINTED JESUS TO THE OFFICE OF PROPHET MATTHEW 13:57 24 AND THEY TOOK OFFENSE AT HIM. BUT JESUS SAID TO THEM, “A PROPHET IS NOT WITHOUT HONOR EXCEPT IN HIS HOMETOWN AND IN HIS OWN HOUSEHOLD.” • IN THIS VERSE JESUS REFERS TO HIMSELF AS A PROPHET • I THINK WE SHOULD ALL CONSIDER THIS A CONFIRMATION 25 26 • THAT JESUS FUNCTIONED AS A PROPHET • THERE ARE OTHER VERSES THAT MENTION JESUS AS PROPHET • BUT I THINK ONE MORE WILL BE SUFFICIENT JOHN 12:49–50 27 “FOR I DID NOT SPEAK ON MY OWN INITIATIVE, BUT THE FATHER HIMSELF WHO SENT ME HAS GIVEN ME A COMMANDMENT AS TO WHAT TO SAY AND WHAT TO SPEAK. 28 “I KNOW THAT HIS COMMANDMENT IS ETERNAL LIFE; THEREFORE THE THINGS I SPEAK, I SPEAK JUST AS THE FATHER HAS TOLD ME.” 29 • IN THIS VERSE WE FIND A WONDERFUL DESCRIPTION • OF THE OFFICE OF PROPHET • A PROPHET DOES NOT SPEAK HIS OWN WORDS • GOD GIVES HIM THE WORDS TO SPEAK • JESUS DESCRIBES HERE HOW GOD THE FATHER 30 • HAS GIVEN HIM THE WORDS THAT HE SPEAKS • I KNOW THIS CAN BE CONFUSING • CHRIST IS GOD AND SO IS THE FATHER AND THE SPIRIT • BUT THE WORDS JESUS SPEAKS HAVE BEEN SENT FORTH • BY GOD THE FATHER 31 • JUST AS THEY WERE SENT FORTH TO ALL PROPHETS • THE OFFICE OF PROPHET FUNCTIONS IN A VERY SPECIFIC WAY • GOD’S WORD IS COMMUNICATED TO MANKIND • THROUGH THE PROPHET 32 • THE PROPHET SPEAKS FORTH GOD’S WORDS • THESE WORDS CAN BE ABOUT FUTURE EVENTS • THEY CAN BE ABOUT PRESENT EVENTS • THEY CAN BE ABOUT PAST EVENTS • PROPHETS POINT OUT OUR SIN AND FAILURE 33 • PROPHETS GIVE FORTH COMMANDS OF GOD • PROPHETS TELL OF GOD’S COMING JUDGMENT • REALIZE JESUS CHRIST DID ALL THESE THINGS • HE TALKED ABOUT FUTURE EVENTS 34 • HE TALKED ABOUT EVENTS IN HIS DAY • HE TALKED ABOUT EVENTS IN THEIR PAST • HE POINTED OUT THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE • HE GAVE THE COMMANDS OF GOD 35 • HE TOLD ABOUT THE COMING JUDGMENT • WHEN WE UNDERSTAND THAT JESUS HOLDS THE OFFICE OF PROPHET • IT SHOULD AFFECT HOW WE READ HIS WORDS • SOME PEOPLE READ JESUS’ WORDS AS GOOD ADVICE • SOME READ IT AS WISE SAYINGS • SOME READ IT PRACTICAL TEACHINGS • BUT IT SHOULD BE READ AS THE WORDS OF GOD • BEING TRANSMITTED TO MEN • WORDS THAT TELL US HOW GOD WOULD HAVE US LIVE 36 37 • WHAT TO DO AND WHAT NOT TO DO • WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN • WE SHOULD CHERISH THESE WORDS • HOLD ON TO THEM AND TRY TO LIVE BY THEM ON CHRISTMAS MORNING A YOUNG GIRL • OPENED A GIFT FROM HER GRANDMOTHER • IT WAS A SOMEWHAT SIMPLE LOOKING NECKLACE • SHE WAS EXCITED BY THE GIFT 38 39 • HER PARENTS DID NOT READ THE ENCLOSED NOTE • AND THE GIRL PUT THE NECKLACE ON AND WENT OUT TO PLAY • LATER THAT DAY THE MOTHER CAME ACROSS THE NOTE • WHILE CLEANING UP THE PILE OF WRAPPINGS 40 • THE NOTE SAID • “THIS NECKLACE BELONGED TO MY GREAT GRAND-MOTHER” • THE SIMPLE LOOKING NECKLACE WAS DESCRIBED AS • A PRICELESS FAMILY HEIRLOOM HANDED DOWN GENERATIONS 41 • THE MOTHER RAN OUTSIDE TO FIND THAT THE LITTLE GIRL • HAD PLACED THE NECKLACE ON ONE OF HER STUFFED ANIMALS • AT A TEA PARTY IN THE GARDEN • WHEN WE UNDERSTAND THE GIFT • GOD HAS GIVEN US IN THE PROPHETIC WORDS OF CHRIST • WE WILL CHERISH AND KEEP THEM IN OUR HEARTS • WE SHOULD CHERISH NOT ONLY CHRIST’S WORDS • BUT HIS WORK AS WELL 42 THE GIFT OF CHRIST AS PRIEST • A PRIEST IS ONE WHO IS CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY • OF MEDIATING BETWEEN GOD AND HIS PEOPLE • ENSURING PROPER WORSHIP 43 • AND MAINTAINING THE SPIRITUAL HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD • THE PRIMARY DISCUSSION OF CHRIST AS PRIEST • IS FOUND IN THE BOOK OF HEBREWS 44 45 HEBREWS 7:17 • FOR IT IS ATTESTED OF HIM, “YOU ARE A PRIEST FOREVER ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK.” 46 • THIS IS A STRAIGHT FORWARD DECLARATION • THAT JESUS CHRIST FUNCTIONS IN THE OFFICE OF PRIEST • THE AUTHOR OF HEBREWS WILL GO ON TO SAY THAT • CHRIST HOLDS THIS OFFICE FOR ALL ETERNITY 47 HEBREWS 7:21 (FOR THEY INDEED BECAME PRIESTS WITHOUT AN OATH, BUT HE WITH AN OATH THROUGH THE ONE WHO SAID TO HIM, “THE LORD HAS SWORN AND WILL NOT CHANGE HIS MIND, ‘YOU ARE A PRIEST FOREVER’ ”); 48 • IN THIS VERSE WE SEE THAT CHRIST WAS APPOINTED TO THIS OFFICE • AND THAT HE WILL FUNCTION AS A MEDIATOR BETWEEN • GOD AND MAN FOR ALL TIME • IN THIS OFFICE OF PRIEST HE MEDIATES BETWEEN GOD AND MAN HEBREWS 7:23–25 49 THE FORMER PRIESTS, ON THE ONE HAND, EXISTED IN GREATER NUMBERS BECAUSE THEY WERE PREVENTED BY DEATH FROM CONTINUING, BUT JESUS, ON THE OTHER HAND, BECAUSE HE CONTINUES FOREVER, HOLDS HIS PRIESTHOOD PERMANENTLY. 50 THEREFORE HE IS ABLE ALSO TO SAVE FOREVER THOSE WHO DRAW NEAR TO GOD THROUGH HIM, SINCE HE ALWAYS LIVES TO MAKE INTERCESSION FOR THEM. • THIS VERSE TELLS US OF THE SUPERIORITY OF CHRIST AS A PRIEST • ALL PRIESTS THAT CAME BEFORE HIM WERE TEMPORARY • BECAUSE THEY DIED 51 52 • SINCE CHRIST HAS RISEN FROM THE DEAD HE IS PRIEST FOREVER • THEREFORE HE CAN INTERCEDE FOR US FOREVER • SO HOW DOES THIS MEDIATION, THIS INTERCESSION WORK? 1 JOHN 2:1 53 MY LITTLE CHILDREN, I AM WRITING THESE THINGS TO YOU SO THAT YOU MAY NOT SIN. AND IF ANYONE SINS, WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER, JESUS CHRIST THE RIGHTEOUS; 54 • WHEN A CHRISTIAN SINS (AND WE ALL DO) • SATAN WHOSE NAME MEANS ACCUSER • ACCUSES US BEFORE GOD • “LOOK WHAT THAT ONE DID” • CHRIST AS MEDIATOR • SITTING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER 55 • SAYS; “THAT ONE IS WITH ME, I PAID FOR HIS SINS ON THE CROSS” • THE ULTIMATE EXPRESSION OF HIS WORK AS PRIEST • IS FOUND IN HIS SACRIFICE AT THE CROSS • IT WAS THE JOB OF THE PRIESTS TO MAKE SACRIFICES 56 • AT THE CROSS CHRIST WAS NOT ONLY THE ONE SACRIFICED • HE WAS THE ONE WHO MADE THE SACRIFICE • HE WILLINGLY WENT TO THE CROSS • WHEN WE UNDERSTAND CHRIST’S ROLE AS PRIEST 57 • WE WILL NEVER SEEK ANOTHER WAY TO GOD • OUR PRAYER WITH BE IN CHRIST’S NAME • OUR WORSHIP WILL BE THROUGH CHRIST • OUR FAITH WILL BE IN CHRIST’S WORK ON THE CROSS 58 • SOME MAY PRAY TO SAINTS • SOME MAY TRUST IN THEIR WORKS • SOME MAY WORSHIP WITH CANDLES AND SMOKE AND BEADS • BUT WE ONLY HAVE ONE MEDIATOR BETWEEN MAN AND GOD • THE MAN CHRIST JESUS • GOD IN HIS GIVING US HIS SON TRULY GAVE A GIFT • THAT KEEPS ON GIVING, A PRIEST, AN INTERCESSOR FOR ALL TIME • BUT CHRIST NOT ONLY MEDIATES BETWEEN GOD AND MAN • CHRIST DETERMINES OUR ETERNAL DESTINY 59 60 THE GIFT OF CHRIST AS JUDGE • A JUDGE IS ONE WHO IS APPOINT TO ADMINISTER JUSTICE • FROM THE BIBLICAL TEXT WE CAN SEE THAT IT IS CLEAR • JESUS CHRIST HAS BEEN APPOINTED • TO THE OFFICE OF JUDGE BY GOD THE FATHER 61 JOHN 5:22 “FOR NOT EVEN THE FATHER JUDGES ANYONE, BUT HE HAS GIVEN ALL JUDGMENT TO THE SON, • AND THIS JUDGMENT IS NOT JUST OF SOME PEOPLE AT SOME TIME • IT IS OF ALL PEOPLE ACROSS ALL TIME ACTS 10:42 62 “AND HE ORDERED US TO PREACH TO THE PEOPLE, AND SOLEMNLY TO TESTIFY THAT THIS IS THE ONE WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED BY GOD AS JUDGE OF THE LIVING AND THE DEAD. 63 • THIS PHRASE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD • COVERS EVERYONE WHO WILL EVER EXIST 2 TIMOTHY 4:1 64 I SOLEMNLY CHARGE YOU IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND OF CHRIST JESUS, WHO IS TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD, AND BY HIS APPEARING AND HIS KINGDOM: • AT HIS VERY ADVENT CHRIST DID NOT ACT AS JUDGE • AS IT SAYS HERE HE WILL ACT AS JUDGE • AT HIS APPEARING OR HIS SECOND COMING • AND HE WILL ACT AS JUDGE IN THE KINGDOM 65 66 • THIS OFFICE OF CHRIST AS JUDGE IS SOMETHING THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE • HE WILL JUDGE ALL, THOSE IN CHRIST AND THOSE • WHO HAVE REJECTED CHRIST • THOSE WHO HAVE REJECTED CHRIST HE WILL JUDGE 67 • AT THE GREAT WHITE THRONE • AND ALL WHO ARE JUDGED THERE WILL BE FOUND WANTING • AND BE CAST INTO HELL • CHRIST WILL JUDGE THOSE WHO HAVE TRUSTED • IN HIS DEATH ON THE CROSS AT THE BEMA SEAT JUDGMENT 68 • THIS JUDGMENT IS NOT FOR ETERNAL SALVATION • BUT FOR OUR REWARDS FOR SERVICE TO GOD IN OUR CHRISTIAN LIFE • THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED FOR GOD • WILL RECEIVE CROWNS WHICH THEY WILL LAY AT HIS FEET 69 • THOSE WHO SPENT THEIR LIVES SERVING THEMSELVES • WILL SEE THEIR WORKS BURNED UP (PAUSE) • WHEN WE UNDERSTAND CHRIST AS JUDGE • WE WILL STRIVE TO LIVE ACCORDING TO HIS WORD • IF WE HAVE TRUSTED CHRIST WE SHOULD LIVE LIFE • TRUSTING IN THE ASSURANCE OF OUR ETERNAL DESTINY • WORKING FOR GOD AND NOT FOR SELF • OUT OF THANKS AND GRATITUDE FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR US 70 71 • BECAUSE IN CHRIST JESUS WE HAVE A JUDGE THAT HAS ALREADY RULED • FOR OUR ETERNAL SALVATION • A JUDGE THAT HAS ASSURED US • THAT BY FAITH IN CHRIST’S DEATH ON THE CROSS • OUR ENTRANCE INTO HEAVEN IS CERTAIN (PAUSE) • GOD HAS GIVEN US THIS RIGHTEOUS JUDGE WHO WILL COME AGAIN • TO MAKE HIS JUDGMENTS AS NOT ONLY JUDGE BUT KING 72 THE GIFT OF CHRIST AS KING • A KING IS THE RIGHTFUL RULER • ONE IS QUALIFIED TO RULE • ONE WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO RULE 73 • IN CHRIST WE HAVE THE KING OF KINGS • LORD OF ALL CREATION • WE HAVE MANY VERSES THAT DESCRIBE CHRIST AS KING 74 LUKE 1:32–33 75 “HE WILL BE GREAT AND WILL BE CALLED THE SON OF THE MOST HIGH; AND THE LORD GOD WILL GIVE HIM THE THRONE OF HIS FATHER DAVID; AND HE WILL REIGN OVER THE HOUSE OF JACOB FOREVER, AND HIS KINGDOM WILL HAVE NO END.” • HERE WE SEE A DECLARATION BY A MESSENGER OF GOD • THAT JESUS WOULD BE A PHYSICAL KING THAT WOULD REIGN ETERNALLY 76 • ALL KINGS BEFORE CHRIST LIVED AND DIED • AND THEIR REIGN ENDED • BUT CHRIST’S KINGDOM WILL ENDURE FOREVER 77 JOHN 18:37 78 THEREFORE PILATE SAID TO HIM, “SO YOU ARE A KING?” JESUS ANSWERED, “YOU SAY CORRECTLY THAT I AM A KING. FOR THIS I HAVE BEEN BORN, AND FOR THIS I HAVE COME INTO THE WORLD, TO TESTIFY TO THE TRUTH. EVERYONE WHO IS OF THE TRUTH HEARS MY VOICE.” • HERE WE HAVE A STATEMENT OUT OF CHRIST’S VERY MOUTH • CONFIRMING THAT HE WAS BORN FOR THE PURPOSE OF BEING A KING 79 REVELATION 19:15–16 80 FROM HIS MOUTH COMES A SHARP SWORD, SO THAT WITH IT HE MAY STRIKE DOWN THE NATIONS, AND HE WILL RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON; 81 AND HE TREADS THE WINE PRESS OF THE FIERCE WRATH OF GOD, THE ALMIGHTY. AND ON HIS ROBE AND ON HIS THIGH HE HAS A NAME WRITTEN, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.” 82 • THIS VERSE SPEAKS OF THE MANNER IN WHICH HE WILL RULE AS KING, • STATING THAT HE WILL BE KING OF KING AND LORD OF LORDS • THIS IDEA OF A KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS • MEANS THAT HE WILL FULFILL PERFECTLY AND TOTALLY 83 • HIS FUNCTION AS KING AND LORD • ALL OTHER KINGS MADE MISTAKES, FAILED, SINNED • BUT CHRIST IS THE KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS • PERFECT IN HIS RULE WITHOUT ERROR, WITHOUT SIN 84 • CHRIST’S RULE AS KING WILL BEGIN AT HIS SECOND COMING • HE WILL RULE FOR 1000 YEARS ON EARTH • THEN THE NEW HEAVENS AND THE NEW EARTH WILL COME • AND HE WILL RULE FOR ETERNITY 85 • WITH CHRIST AS KING JUSTICE WILL BE PERFECT • GOVERNMENT WILL BE PERFECT • THERE WILL BE NO CORRUPTION NO ABUSE OF POWER (PAUSE) • JUST KNOWING THIS KING IS COMING • SHOULD CHANGE HOW WE LOOK AT THE WORLD TODAY • YES THERE IS CORRUPTION, AND SIN FILLS THE WORLD • BUT GOD HAS A PLAN HE IS DEALING WITH EVIL 86 87 • AND SUFFERING, PAIN AND LOSS • ALL THESE THINGS THAT UPSET US ARE • JUST A MOMENTARY LIGHT AFFLICTION • THEY ARE A PASSING MIST COMPARED TO • ETERNAL GLORY THAT IS TO COME (PAUSE) I GET A LOT LESS STRESSED OUT • ABOUT MY CHRISTMAS GIFTS NOW DAYS • I THINK PART OF THIS IS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND • THAT I HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN THE GREATEST GIFT WE CAN EVER RECEIVE 88 89 • THIS GIFT CAME TO ME THE DAY I TRUSTED CHRIST AS MY SAVOIR • CHRISTMAS NOW IS REALLY JUST THERE TO HELP ME REMEMBER • THE AWESOME GIFT GOD HAS ALREADY GIVEN ME • THE GIFT OF A SAVOIR • WHO DIED ON THE CROSS TO PAY FOR MY SINS • THE GIFT OF A PROPHET WHO BROUGHT US • A MESSAGE FROM GOD, THE GOSPEL • THE GIFT OF A PRIEST WHO INTERCEDES 90 91 • AND ADVOCATES FOR ME WHEN I SIN • THE GIFT OF A JUDGE WHOM I WILL STAND BEFORE • A FAIR AND RIGHTEOUS JUDGE WHO WILL REWARD MY SERVICE TO GOD • THE GIFT OF A KING WHO WILL BE KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS • WHO WILL RULE ETERNALLY OVER ALL CREATION • THIS IS TRULY AN AMAZING GIFT • AND ALL ANYONE MUST DO TO RECEIVE THIS GIFT 92 • IS PLACE THEIR FAITH AND TRUST • IN JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR PERSONAL SAVIOR • IF THERE IS ANYONE HERE TODAY WHO HAS NOT TRUSTED IN JESUS CHRIST… 93 94