The Gift We’ve Received WRITTEN
BY
NIC BARKER
“What do you have that you did not receive?â€? Paul asked the Corinthians LQ KLV Č´UVW OHWWHU WR WKHP (YHU\ SHUVRQ on the face of the earth who has ever lived has received. Some have received much, some have received little. Some have received evil, others have received good. We also receive from people close to us, from a mother or father, a brother or sister, from friends and acquaintances, even from complete strangers. But today I want to write about what we have received from the
Father. Scripture says: “Which of you fathers, if your son asks IRU D Č´VK ZLOO JLYH KLP D VQDNH LQVWHDG" Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your )DWKHU LQ KHDYHQ JLYH WKH +RO\ 6SLULW WR WKRVH ZKR DVN KLP Č‹ /XNH Let’s use our imaginations for a second and go back in time, even beyond time, before the creation of the world, and 07
