“When Holidays Collide: Thanksgiving”
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A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
I. THANKFULNESS IS A NEEDED VIRTUE
Luke 17:11-14 On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. And as He entered a village, He was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.”
When He saw them He said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.”
And as they went they were cleansed.
A. BIBLICAL PRINCIPLE
1. STORY OF TEN LEPERS HEALED (Lk 17:11-14)
2. SCRIPTURAL SUPPORT (Eph 5:3-4; Col 3:17)
B. NEEDED REMINDER
1. ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE (Col 2:7; Ps 100)
2. MAKING A LIST, CHECKING IT TWICE
II. THANKFULNESS IS AN INDIVIDUAL DECISION
Luke 17:15-16 Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; and he fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving Him thanks. (Now he was a Samaritan.)
A. BIBLICAL PRINCIPLE
1. TURNING BACK (I Thes 5:18a)
2. WORSHIP INVOLVES THANKSGIVING (Col 4:2; Phil 4:6; II Cor 9:10-11; Rev 7:12)
B. NEEDED REMINDER
1. THANKSGIVING BEFORE TROUBLE (II Chron 20:2, 12, 21)
2. THANKSGIVING DURING TROUBLE (Jonah 2:2, 9; Acts 16:25)
3. THANKSGIVING AFTER TROUBLE (Ex 15:1-4; 20-21)
III. THANKFULNESS IS A MISSING COMMODITY
Luke 17:17-18 Then Jesus answered, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?”
A. BIBLICAL PRINCIPLE
1. The 90% (Mt 13; II Tim 3:1-2)
2. The 10% (Deut 8:17; Ps 50:23)
B. NEEDED REMINDER
1. LIFE EXPERIENCES (Rom 8:28)
2. SUFFERING, TOO (Ps 119:67, 71; Acts 5:40-41 II Cor 12:7-10; Rom 5:3-4; II Cor 1:8-9)
IV. THANKFULNESS IS A SPECIAL BLESSING
Luke 17:19 And He said to him, “Rise and go your way; your faith has made you whole.”
A. BIBLICAL PRINCIPLE
1. MADE WHOLE
2. BENEFITS (Ps 103:1-5; Lk 9:16; 22:17, 19; Jn 11:41)
B. NEEDED REMINDER
1. THANKS TO GOD (I Thes 5:16-18; Eph 1:3-8)
2. GRATITUDE PLEASES GOD (II Chron 5:13-14; I Chron 29:10-13)