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Introduction
General
My first Christmas gift exchange with Corinne...
What’s the best gift y
Personal
What’s the best gift you’ve ever given?
How do you know what the greatest Christmas gift is?
By answering two questions:
What is the best Christmas gift you’ve ever given?
How do you go about picking out Christmas gifts?
What do you give to that person who already has everything?
Biblical
In the part of the Christmas story we’re going to read tonight, we’ll see the first Christmas gifts ever given.
Subject & Text
Matthew 2:1-12
Subject
What is the best gift for that person?
What is the greatest gift you can give this Christmas?
What is the greatest gift you can give this Christmas?
What is the best Christmas present you can give?
Body
Story
Implication
How do you give the best Christmas gift ever?
By answering two questions: (1) Who is the gift for?
and (2) What is the best gift for that person?
“Who is the gift for?”
Who is going to receive the greatest gift you can give this Christmas?
The Magi gave their greatest gifts to Jesus to celebrate His birth.
Observation
Who did the Magi give their gifts to?
To Jesus.
Christmas is a celebration of Jesus’s birth; it’s basically celebrating His birthday.
But who gets gifts on their birthday?
The person whose birthday it is!
We just celebrated Graham’s birthday, and gave him gifts...
Implication
If Christmas is a celebration of Jesus’s birth, we should give our greatest gifts to Jesus at Christmas.
But what can I give to Jesus?
What do you give to someone who already has everything?
But if I’m going to give a gift to Jesus, I want it to be the greatest gift ever because Jesus is the greatest person ever.
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But if I’m going to give a gift to Jesus, I want it to be the greatest gift ever because Jesus is the greatest person ever.
I asked at the beginning, “What’s the greatest gift you can give this Christmas?”
Let me modify the question slightly.
What is the best gift you can give to Jesus this Christmas?
What is the greatest Christmas present you can give to the Lord?
Conclusion
Conclusion
What do you give someone who already has everything?
Psalm 50:9-
The greatest gift you can give this Christmas is to give yourself to the Lord.
The best Christmas present you can give is you—you can give your life to Jesus.
What does that mean?
Jesus takes your life, makes it new, gives it back, and says, “Now live this life for me.”
Conclusion
The greatest gift you can give this Christmas is to give yourself to the Lord.
Will you give your life to Jesus?
Invitation & Sinner’s Prayer
Passing the lights & Silent Night
Give instructions
If you belong to Christ, whether you made the decision to give your life to Jesus tonight or whether you’ve been a follower of Jesus for many years, you have a light in you.
Those who belong to the Lord have the light of life shining in them.
Let’s hold up our candles as we hear these words of Jesus, speaking about His light that shines in and through us.
Go and be the light of the world.
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