The very best gift you can ever receive

Isn’t wrapped in bright paper, tucked under a tree.

It’s not jewelry, electronics, or some other treasure;

It’s a gift with a price that’s too great to measure.

Who is it that offers this gift of such cost?

It comes from the One who loves us the most—

Who desires that we join Him in heaven someday,

And who willingly gave to provide us the way.

What was this invaluable gift that God gave—

That from penalty of sin, we each can be saved?

This most special gift was His own perfect Son—

Who came to be punished for wrong we have done.    

When did God give us this gift for all men?

It’s when Jesus was born—and when He died for our sin.

After torture and death, in a grave He was laid;

But He rose from the dead—showing power to save!

Without the gift of God’s Son, we can’t enter heaven;

But He died in our place, so we can be forgiven.

Our efforts won’t help—sin’s debt we can’t pay;

It’s only through Jesus—there’s no other way.

God surely has given us the best gift of all—

It’s available to any who on Jesus will call.

God offers it freely to those who believe;

Will you turn from your sin and the best gift receive?

Karen Sparks

Bible Verses about God’s Gift

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”

Matthew 1:21 “She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”

Romans 3:23 and 6:23 “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”

“…the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

I Peter 3:18 “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God…”

I Corinthians 15:3-4 “…Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,…he was buried,…he was raised on the third day…”

John 14:6 “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’”

John 1:12 “But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.”

Ephesians 2:8 “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing…”

II Corinthians 9:15 “Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!”

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