We all like to receive gifts. We also like to give gifts to others on special occasions such as birthdays, graduations and weddings. Sometimes it is difficult to think of a suitable gift. Maybe your friend has just about everything, or perhaps you don’t have much money to spend on a really nice gift. You try to think of something they could really use and that they would like and that you can afford. When the Lord Jesus was born in Bethlehem, wise men from the east brought Him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Those that came to hear King Solomon’s wisdom brought him gifts (1 Kings 10:25). On the other hand, judges and officers were not to accept gifts lest they pervert justice by being bribed (Deuteronomy 16:18-19). Samuel’s sons failed in this, for they “turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment” (1 Samuel 8:3). Do you know that God also loves to give gifts? And the kind of gifts He gives, no one else can possibly give. In Romans 6:23 we read that “the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Also, in Ephesians 2:8 we find that “faith . . . is the gift of God,” and in Acts 2:38 the disciples were told that they would “receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” Only God can give such gifts. Have you received those gifts from Him? You don’t pay for a gift - it is freely offered. But remember that it cost God the death of His only begotten Son to offer these priceless gifts to whosoever will.
1. The Lord Jesus is the gift of God. If asked, what would He have given the woman? John 4:___
2. Before you offer any gift to God, what should you do first? Matthew 5:___
3. How did Simon the sorcerer think he could obtain the gift of God?
Acts 8:___
4. From where and from whom does every good and perfect gift come?
James 1:___
5. When God’s two witnesses are killed, what will they that dwell upon the earth do? Revelation 11:___