2. remember the words of the Lord JesusIt is more blessed to give than to receive Acts 20:35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

4. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

5. but the gift of Godis eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

6.  The PURPOSE of the Gift  The POWER of the Gift

7.  The PURPOSE of the Gift

8. Except a man be born of water and of the SpiritJohn 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

9.  The PURPOSE of the Gift

10. who were dead in trespasses and sinsEphesians 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins

11. but the gift of Godis eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

12.  The PURPOSE of the Gift

13. SIN -> DEATH -> (GIFT) -> LIFE -> RIGHTEOUSNESS

14.  The PURPOSE of the Gift SIN -> DEATH -> (GIFT) -> LIFE -> RIGHTEOUSNESS “Walk in Newness”

15.  The PURPOSE of the Gift  The POWER of the Gift

16. through Christwhich Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

17.  The PURPOSE of the Gift  The POWER of the Gift

18. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

19.  The PURPOSE of the Gift  The POWER of the Gift

20. Received ye the Spirit by the works Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the fleshGalatians 3:1-3 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?

21. even our faith1 John 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

22. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.