(This
year’s Lenten posts revolve around John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world
that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not
perish but have eternal life.” Today I am writing about the second section.)
But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid,
Mary; you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son,
and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of
the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and
he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.” (Luke
1:30-33, New International Version)
Only one person of the Triune
God – the Father, Son and Holy Spirit – came to Earth in the form of a man to
live among us. This man, of course, was Jesus. His life here changed this planet
forever.
I use Bible Gateway website
when I’m referencing Bible verses, and I’ll click on its different versions of
the Bible to see what different translations look like. There are over 50 of
them just in English (a slew of other languages are listed too). I looked up
John 3:16 in over a half a dozen of them, picking totally at random, and they
all use the word “gave”. I found this in The Passion Translation —"he
gave his one and only, unique Son as a gift”.
At Christmas, when we are anticipating
opening our gifts, we should remember that Jesus was the first gift we were given.
He’s really the Gift that keeps on giving.
Thank, You, Father God,
for sending Your Son to live among us and be the perfect gift. Amen.
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