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[3513.46 --> 3523.52] giving blessing away. The second thing then that makes thanksgiving uniquely Christian is in verse 13. |
[3524.52 --> 3526.92] Verse 13, we read, |
[3526.92 --> 3548.72] Christian thanksgiving, Christian generosity, Christian cheerfulness. That's part of what it means when he says |
[3548.72 --> 3552.84] the obedience that accompanies your confession. Christian thanksgiving, Christian generosity, |
[3552.84 --> 3561.48] Christian cheerfulness will lead people to praise God, right? And that will start here. As we see that |
[3561.48 --> 3567.40] happening in our midst and in each other, we will be led to praise God. And then that spills out |
[3567.40 --> 3573.60] to your neighborhoods and your workplaces and your third places, whatever they happen to be. People will |
[3573.60 --> 3579.90] look at your life and not because of how rich you are or how blessed you are or however many earthly reasons |
[3579.90 --> 3585.58] you have to be thankful. People will look at your life and they will see you giving it away. They will |
[3585.58 --> 3592.78] see you loving others and they will say, God be praised. And again, not because of the stuff, |
[3593.42 --> 3594.78] but because of how you hold yourself. |
[3596.94 --> 3603.88] Because even in death, you have no fear. Even in poverty, you have the riches of the kingdom of heaven. |
[3603.88 --> 3611.74] Even in sickness, we have God's presence. And when you have Jesus, even if you have nothing else, |
[3611.96 --> 3617.68] you can still be generous and thankful and cheerful, right? That's what makes uniquely Christian |
[3617.68 --> 3623.34] thanksgiving. When by the world's standards, you have nothing to be thankful for, and yet you are. |
[3624.56 --> 3630.00] Right? When by the world's standards, you have nothing to give, and yet you do. When you have nothing |
[3630.00 --> 3639.18] to be cheerful about, and yet you can't stop rejoicing at God your Savior. Even as the cost of |
[3639.18 --> 3645.36] living feels like it's skyrocketing, and I shouldn't even say feels like there because the CPI over the |
[3645.36 --> 3652.56] last year has gone up by 8.4 or some odd percent. Like it's, even if you lose your job or you're |
[3652.56 --> 3658.84] underemployed, even if you have cancer or some other terminal disease, Christians can say, |
[3658.84 --> 3663.12] thanks be to God for his indescribable gift. |
[3665.46 --> 3670.18] Now, that's not saying the cost of living is a gift of God, or the increased cost of living is a |
[3670.18 --> 3675.16] gift from God. That's not saying that, you know, the division that exists in the world through which |
[3675.16 --> 3679.40] we can still be grateful is a gift from God. That's not saying cancer is a gift from God. |
[3679.66 --> 3684.34] Obviously not. What it is saying is that the gift of God far outweighs all of those things, |
[3684.34 --> 3689.08] right? The goodness of God and the gift of his grace are of an eternal weight and glory, |
[3689.08 --> 3693.04] and they far surpass any earthly treasure and any present suffering. |
[3695.16 --> 3701.24] That's what makes our Thanksgiving uniquely Christian. This is the truth of what it means |
[3701.24 --> 3707.26] to be Christian this Thanksgiving, that we know Jesus, that we know the gospel, that we know that |
[3707.26 --> 3712.22] Jesus lived the life I should have lived, and that he gives me his righteousness, that we know that |
[3712.22 --> 3718.12] Jesus died the death that I deserve, and that he takes the wrath of God for my sin on his shoulders. |
[3720.26 --> 3728.76] Today, this Thanksgiving day, is uniquely Christian when you cling to the grace of God. |
[3729.90 --> 3737.26] Thanksgiving for us is uniquely Christian because God uses it to increase love in us, |
[3737.26 --> 3743.44] his love for us, his love for us, our love for him, and our love for others through him. |
[3744.80 --> 3752.56] Because of his love, we are generous. Because of his love, we are thankful. Because of his love, |
[3752.68 --> 3760.12] we are cheerful. Thanksgiving is uniquely Christian because God uses the thankful, cheerful, generous life |
[3760.12 --> 3770.00] to lead others to praise him. And so today, or if it was yesterday, right, whether you sit with family |
[3770.00 --> 3779.28] or if you sit by yourselves, may people look at your life and say, God be praised. Today, when you say, |
[3779.28 --> 3786.42] happy Thanksgiving, may everyone who hears that know the love of God in your words. |
[3786.42 --> 3797.00] And today, and every day forward, may you be generous and cheerful and thankful as God increases the harvest |
[3797.00 --> 3808.16] of your righteousness so that others will praise him. That is a uniquely Christian Thanksgiving. Amen. |
[3808.88 --> 3809.74] Let's pray together. |
[3809.74 --> 3821.10] Holy God, Heavenly Father, increase the harvest of your righteousness among us. |
[3822.72 --> 3830.80] Increase our love for you this Thanksgiving. Increase our love for our neighbors and for the world around us |
[3830.80 --> 3838.82] this Thanksgiving, that in our lives of love and faithfulness, as we are generous and thankful and cheerful, |
[3839.74 --> 3849.90] that we might lead others to praise you. That even when we have nothing by the world's standards, |
[3850.86 --> 3860.96] may we have enough because we have you. And even for those of us who have abundance by the world's standards, |
[3860.96 --> 3877.26] may that not be enough without you. May we know that we need you. That you alone satisfy the desires of our hearts. |
[3877.26 --> 3882.26] May we know that we need you. And that when we find satisfaction in you and from you. |
[3886.94 --> 3895.38] May we go with boldness into whatever it is that life has yet to come. |
[3895.94 --> 3898.60] Knowing that we go with you. |
[3898.60 --> 3908.92] And may our lives proclaim thanks be to God for this indescribable gift. |
[3910.28 --> 3910.52] Amen. |
[3910.52 --> 3910.66] Amen. |
[3910.66 --> 3910.70] Amen. |
[3910.70 --> 3910.72] Amen. |
[3910.72 --> 3910.78] Amen. |
[3910.78 --> 3912.78] Amen. |
[3912.78 --> 3914.78] Amen. |
[3914.78 --> 3916.78] Amen. |
[3916.78 --> 3918.78] Amen. |
[3918.78 --> 3920.78] Amen. |
[3920.78 --> 3922.78] Amen. |
[3922.78 --> 3924.78] Amen. |
[3924.78 --> 3926.78] Amen. |
[3926.78 --> 3926.84] Amen. |
[3926.84 --> 3927.84] Amen. |
[3927.84 --> 3928.58] Amen. |
[3928.60 --> 3958.58] Amen. |
[3958.60 --> 3960.72] Amen. |
[3960.72 --> 3985.24] Jesus, Lord, is lost with me, my Savior, Jesus, Lord, is lost with me, my Savior, is my Savior, Jesus, Lord, is the name of me, I'll sing it out of your day, Jesus, Lord. |
[3990.72 --> 3992.72] Amen. |
[4020.72 --> 4050.70] Thank you. |
[4050.72 --> 4080.70] Thank you. |
[4080.72 --> 4110.70] Thank you. |
[4110.72 --> 4140.70] Thank you. |
[4140.72 --> 4170.70] Thank you. |
[4170.72 --> 4200.70] Thank you. |
[4200.72 --> 4202.72] Thank you. |
[4230.72 --> 4242.88] And may your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, the one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it. |
[4242.88 --> 4244.18] Amen. |
[4244.18 --> 4244.22] Amen. |
[4244.22 --> 4246.22] Amen. |
[4246.22 --> 4248.22] Amen. |
[4248.22 --> 4250.22] Amen. |
[4250.22 --> 4252.22] Amen. |
[4252.22 --> 4258.22] Amen. |
[4258.22 --> 4260.22] Amen. |
[4260.22 --> 4264.22] Amen. |
[4264.22 --> 4269.22] Amen. |
[4294.22 --> 4306.32] Lord, turn in place toward you and bless you. |
[4306.32 --> 4320.32] Lord, bless you and keep you. |
[4320.32 --> 4324.32] May this day shine upon you. |
[4324.32 --> 4328.32] Be patient in you. |
[4328.32 --> 4342.32] Lord, turn in place toward you and bless you. |
[4346.32 --> 4350.32] Amen. |
[4351.32 --> 4355.32] Amen. |
[4355.32 --> 4359.32] Amen. |
[4360.32 --> 4361.32] Amen. |
[4362.32 --> 4364.32] Amen. |
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