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BE YE THANKFUL (I)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 19
Colossians 3:15-17

Colossians 3:15

 

“Be ye thankful.”

 

BE YE THANKFUL (I)
 
The Lord Jesus teaches us to do all things as our duty, and as unprofitable servants without expecting any thanks from those whom we have helped (Luke 17:9-10). However, we are to be thankful to the Lord and to others who have helped us. Thankfulness or gratitude to the Lord from the heart is the fruit of a born-again Christian (Heb 13:15).
 
Unbelievers do not thank God because they think that what they have achieved is by their own strength, efforts, ability, or cleverness. The Bible says that the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men because they did not glorify God, “neither were thankful” to Him, neither worshipped Him the Creator (Rom 1:18-21, 25) although He is kind to them (Matt 5:45; Luke 6:35).
 
God Commands Us to Be Thankful: Certainly, giving thanks to the Lord is God’s commandment as well as God’s will, “be ye thankful” (Col 3:15), and “offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High” (Ps 50:14), and “in every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you” (1 Thess 5:18).
 
Our Lord Jesus healed the ten lepers only by the word from His mouth when they cried unto Him, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us” (Luke 17:12-19), and our Lord was surprised when only one of them, a Samaritan, came back to give Him thanks. Jesus asked, “Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.”
 
It is God’s will and commandment for us to give thanks to Him “for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Eph 5:20), “without ceasing” (1 Thess 2:13), and “for ever” (Ps 30:12). It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD (Ps 92:1) as by doing this we “magnify Him” (Ps 69:30) and “give glory to God” (Luke 17:16, 18).
 
THOUGHT: The Lord saved me from sin and eternal Hell!

PRAYER: Father, I thank Thee for Thy grace, mercy and salvation.

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