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The greatest Christmas present came down from far away, Was laid there in a manger upon a bed of hay. Not wrapped with fancy ribbons, in paper or in bows, But with some strips of linen that they call swaddling clothes. There weren’t a lot of people to see it on that night, And it wasn’t that unusual, but such a simple sight. You see, it was a baby, born there in Bethlehem, With nowhere else to lay it—the blessed Son of Men. The parents were not wealthy, just plain in every way, But oh, the child that lay there upon that bed of hay! This child had come from heaven through special virgin birth, Had come to save His people here in this sinful earth. Some shepherds heard the message from angels in the sky Who sang in a great chorus of this child from on high. If you could just imagine the home this child had lived Before He left His Father, this present now to give, You’d wonder why He did it, why such a sacrifice, To come to save lost sinners, on Calvary give His life, Would you say as I now do it: “This is a present great, I think I will now open this present and not wait”? For look beyond that manger; a tree there now you’ll see, Not decorated fancy, but placed on Calvary, Its branches hold His arms there, its frame is soaked with red; The blood flowed from His body as there He hung and bled. Yes, the greatest Christmas present was God’s eternal love Wrapped in this precious body that came down from above. He took the wrath and anguish that we deserve today, The hell we should have gone to to suffer there for aye. And all because He loved us! My, what a present there! The GREATEST Christmas present with you I gladly share. Will you come now receiving this gift so great and free That God sent down that morning from heaven for you and me? Will you trust His forgiveness from all your sin and shame? Oh, open now this present! And call upon His name!
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