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[3334.18 --> 3342.64] harvest of your righteousness. Now, righteousness is one of those Bible words that we sometimes
[3342.64 --> 3349.06] just say and don't have an idea of what it means. And I like to think of righteousness is right
[3349.06 --> 3356.84] action towards the glory of God. Right? So we do what God has called us and what is obedient to
[3356.84 --> 3365.28] him and we do it for his glory. Now, that's my normal operating and shared definition of
[3365.28 --> 3371.00] righteousness, but I think there's something deeper here than even that. Right? I think actually that
[3371.00 --> 3380.06] Paul, when he is writing this section of scripture, he has in mind Hosea 10 verse 12. Hosea 10 verse 12,
[3380.06 --> 3388.06] a minor prophet in the Old Testament. He says, sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of
[3388.06 --> 3394.46] unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground, for it is time to seek the Lord until he comes
[3394.46 --> 3402.28] and showers his righteousness on you. The Greek translation of Hosea from the second century
[3402.28 --> 3407.76] BC is the same as what Paul writes here, that showers his righteousness on you in Greek is
[3407.76 --> 3413.56] increases the harvest of your righteousness. And Paul, who wrote 2 Corinthians as a trained
[3413.56 --> 3422.32] Hebrew Pharisee, would have these words memorized both in Hebrew and probably in Greek. And so I think
[3422.32 --> 3430.44] when he's writing this, this frame, this expression is rolling around in his mind and they just ring out
[3430.44 --> 3437.58] in what he says here. And so what is the harvest of your righteousness? Right? It's more than just
[3437.58 --> 3443.52] right action for the glory of God. It's actually taking Hosea, it's the fruit of unfailing love.
[3444.94 --> 3451.32] In fact, John Calvin will take this idea and he calls the harvest of righteousness, the work and office
[3451.32 --> 3459.34] of love. And so what makes a uniquely Christian thanksgiving is God using it to increase, not your stuff,
[3459.34 --> 3469.44] but your love for others, right? Your love for him. Christian generosity is about Christian love.
[3469.58 --> 3475.54] Christian cheerfulness is about Christian love. Christian thanksgiving is about Christian love.
[3476.28 --> 3482.54] Not the self-idolizing love of the world for itself, but the self-giving love of Jesus for the world.
[3482.54 --> 3491.58] And so now we begin to see it, right? Thanksgiving is properly about how you can love the world.
[3492.78 --> 3497.96] That's what makes thanksgiving uniquely Christian. That's our unique expression and what we can offer
[3497.96 --> 3503.86] here, right? God gives you stuff and some of you abundantly, wealth, riches, possessions,
[3503.86 --> 3513.46] so that you can give it away in his name for his glory. Thanksgiving for the Christian looks like