“Great gift Ideas,” I am reading on the posters. You can see the posters in the shop window of one of our big shops here in town. (Farmers your Christmas store) Another shop here in Kaitaia advertises “Christmas Gifts from $10”.
Great gifts and gifts from $10.
I want to tell you about a FREE gift. It is the gift of Salvation. This is what Billy Graham is writing about Salvation in one of his books: “Salvation is Free, Not Cheap.” (UNTO THE HILLS)
SALVATION IS THE FREE GIFT OF GOD FOR US UNDESERVING SINNERS.
God is a righteous God
But God is acting in GRACE towards us. Grace is unmerited love and favor of God toward us.
We are undeserving sinners.
Salvation comes to us by trusting in the righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ. That happens by the gift of faith. The Lord has redeemed us by his death. The Lord has justified us by his resurrection.
God, for the sake of the Lord Jesus Christ, justifies us, the unmeriting sinners. That means that God reckons to us the perfect righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ and regards us as if we had never sinned. What a gift!!
This is what we are reading about the Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior in Luke chapter two in the verses ten and eleven: “‘Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for ALL people. Today in the town of David a Savior is born to you; he is Christ the Lord.”
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, OUR SAVIOR, IS THE GREATEST GIFT.
“The 100 best books of 2012,” says a poster at our Central Dairy here in Kaitaia, in the north of New Zealand.
Our local libray (Te Ahu Centre)
I am wondering straight away if the BIBLE is one of the books.
The poster is an enlargement of the front page of the NEW ZEALAND LISTENER. (December 8-14 2012)
The magazine is now in my possession and I am reading the article on page 30. There it says also, “Books & Culture editor Guy Somerset & the Listener’s team of reviewers on the year’s top reads.”
The 100 books are neatly listed under categories:
Novels – Short Stories – Poetry – Essays – Memoir, Autobiography, Biography & Letters – History – Science – Art & Photography – Music – Miscellaneous.
I am having a good look through the list, but I cannot find the BIBLE, “the book of books”. And I think I made a thorough search. If I did not, please tell me!
I have read many books during the year 2012, but the top read for me was the Bible, is the Bible and will always be the BIBLE! If you ask me why the BIBLE is my top read, the answer is: “HEAVEN AND EARTH WILL PASS AWAY, BUT MY WORDS WILL NEVER PASS AWAY.” (Matthew 24:35)
“But the one who is rich should take pride in his low position, because he will pass away like a wild flower. ” James 1:10
“‘All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are like grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.'” – Isaiah 40:6,7,8
“‘As for man, his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.” – Psalm 103:15
In a letter from our Member of Parliament I am reading that an electorate MP is also acknowledging people celebrating milestones.
TODAY IS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2012 , AND I AM CELEBRATING A MILESTONE.
Today I finished reading the BIBLE from cover to cover. I started at the beginning of this year.
I am writing this not to be acknowledged by our MP or by anybody else, but I am writing this to encourage you to read the BIBLE from cover to cover just as you read any other book.
“Want to live life to the Max?” asks a health advertising feature in an old Reader’s Digest. (November 2007)
“People who tell me to live life to the fullest have obviously never seen my pay cheque.” I am reading that under “On the Lighter Side” in the COFFEE NEWS. (Vol 140:4)
We are not only asked if we want to live our life to the full, but we are also told to live our life to the fullest.
Is there anyone living on the earth at the present time who does not want to live his or her life to the fullest? I doubt it very much. All of us want to live our lives to the fullest!
Where are we going to live our life to the fullest?
Are we going to the pharmacy to buy a “natural support for a healthy cardiovascular system”? Are we going to work harder to earn more money?
What are we going to do?
I am going to the Lord Jesus Christ.The Lord Jesus Christ says:
“I HAVE COME THAT THEY MAY HAVE LIFE, …” (John 10:10)
The Lord Jesus Christ says also:
” …, AND HAVE IT TO THE FULL.” (John 10:10)
But the Lord Jesus Christ says also:
“YOU DILIGENTLY STUDY THE SCRIPTURES BECAUSE YOU THINK THAT BY THEM YOU POSSESS ETERNAL LIFE. THESE ARE THE SCRIPTURES THAT TESTIFY ABOUT ME , YET YOU REFUSE TO COME TO ME TO HAVE LIFE.” (John 5:39,40)
Please don’t belong to those who refuse to come to the Lord Jesus Christ!
that SANTA CLAUS (Santa) is also called Father Christmas,
that SANTA CLAUS is “the legendary patron saint of Children, commonly indentified with Saint Nicholas, …”
In the BIBLE we are also reading about Saints.
The Bible says that I am a saint. You probably find that hard to believe, but it is the truth. I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and that makes me a saint.
“To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints.” (Romans 1:7) Please remember that the letters in the New Testament were written to true followers of the Lord Jesus Christ.
“Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.” (First Corinthians 16:1, King James Version)
You are also a saint, if you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ!
In a letter from our Member of Parliament I am reading that an electorate MP is also acknowledging people celebrating milestones.
“Want to live life to the Max?” asks a health advertising feature in an old Reader’s Digest. (November 2007)
