Jesus_is_LORD
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@Brightfame52Words have certian connotations and you might hear a word and for you it means something for which you find it is not the best word to use to communicate a point in a sentence. I think you are stuck on the word offer and the connotations you have associated with that word.
The dictionary defines the word gift as:
noun: gift; plural noun: gifts
a thing given willingly to someone without payment; a present.
"a Christmas gift"
The dictionary defines the word offer as:
verb
verb:
- present or proffer (something) for (someone) to accept or reject as so desired.
"may I offer you a drink?"
noun
noun: offer; plural noun: offers
an expression of readiness to do or give something if desired.
"he had accepted Mallory's offer to buy him a drink"
The words have overlap. The emphasis on the word gift has to do with it being free.
The emphasis on the word offer has to with the recipient having the opportunity to accept of reject.
However both components are present in both words. Gifts can be rejected just like offers can be rejected.
So all gifts, in that sense are offers. The primary difference is simply that all offers are not gifts, because
not all offers are "free". And all gifts have to be free. But an offer could be "free".
And if someone presented an "offer" which was truly "free" then it would be a gift.
It is like rectangles and squares my friend.
You are smart, you know this. All squares are rectangles (because rectangle is a 4 sided figure), but not all rectangles
are squares (because a square has the added criteria of having the sides equal).
Similarly, all gifts are offers (because both can be rejected), but not all offers are gifts, because a gift must
be free and not all offers are free. So the word gift is like he square (has the added criteria of being free), the
world offer is like the rectangle.
And for the purpose of this discussion, the offer of Salvation that is being mentioned, is an offer which is free, therefore
putting it also into the category of a gift.
Any questions?