Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
Christ set an example of - Mt 11:25; 26:27; Joh 6:11; 11:41
The heavenly host engaged in - Re 4:9; 7:11,12; 11:16,17
Commanded - Ps 50:14; Php 4:6
Is a good thing - Ps 92:1
SHOULD BE OFFERED
- To God
- Ps 50:14 - To Christ
- 1Ti 1:12 - Through Christ
- Ro 1:8; Col 3:17; Heb 13:15 - In the name of Christ
- Eph 5:20 - In behalf of ministers
- 2Co 1:11 - In private worship
- Da 6:10 - In public worship
- Ps 35:18 - In everything
- 1Th 5:18 - Upon the completion of great undertakings
- Ne 12:31,40 - Before taking food
- Joh 6:11; Ac 27:35 - Always
- Eph 1:16; 5:20; 1Th 1:2 - At the remembrance of God's holiness
- Ps 30:4; 97:12 - For the goodness and mercy of God
- Ps 106:1; 107:1; 136:1-3 - For the gift of Christ
- 2Co 9:15 - For Christ's power and reign
- Re 11:17 - For the reception and effectual working of the word of God
in others - 1Th 2:13 - For deliverance through Christ from in-dwelling sin
- Ro 7:23-25 - For victory over death and the grave
- 1Co 15:57 - For wisdom and might
- Da 2:23 - For the triumph of the gospel
- 2Co 2:14 - For the conversion of others
- Ro 6:17 - For faith exhibited by others
- Ro 1:8; 2Th 1:3 - For love exhibited by others
- 2Th 1:3 - For the grace bestowed on others
- 1Co 1:4; Php 1:3-5; Col 1:3-6 - For the zeal exhibited by others
- 2Co 8:16 - For the nearness of God's presence
- Ps 75:1 - For appointment to the ministry
- 1Ti 1:12 - For willingness to offer our property for God's service
- 1Ch 29:6-14 - For the supply of our bodily wants
- Ro 14:6,7; 1Ti 4:3,4 - For all men
- 1Ti 2:1 - For all things
- 2Co 9:11; Eph 5:20
Should be accompanied by intercession for others - 1Ti 2:1; 2Ti 1:3; Phm 1:4
Should always accompany prayer - Ne 11:17; Php 4:6; Col 4:2
Should always accompany praise - Ps 92:1; Heb 13:15
Expressed in psalms - 1Ch 16:7
Ministers appointed to offer, in public - 1Ch 16:4,7; 23:30; 2Ch 31:2
SAINTS
- Exhorted to
- Ps 105:1; Col 3:15 - Resolved to offer
- Ps 18:49; 30:12 - Habitually offer
- Da 6:10 - Offer sacrifices of
- Ps 116:17 - Abound in the faith with
- Col 2:7 - Magnify God by
- Ps 69:30 - Come before God with
- Ps 95:2 - Should enter God's gate with
- Ps 100:4
Of hypocrites, full of boasting - Lu 18:11
The wicked averse to - Ro 1:21
Exemplified