THANKSGIVING THOUGHTS–PSALM 147:7
Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:”
Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:”
Introduction:
What are you thankful for? Have you taken time to take inventory of how God has blessed you during this past year? The Psalmist to sing with thanksgiving. That implies happiness and joy. Let’s consider a couple of things that ought to make us thankful.
I. A NEW POSSESSION.
A. Partakers of the divine nature, 2 Peter 1:4, “Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.”
B. Having escaped the corruption of the world, Ephesians 2:1-2, “And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 2-Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:”
1. We are alive unto the Lord now.
2. The corruption on sin no longer has a hold on us.
C. We have received the Holy Spirit of God, Romans 8:9, “But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.”
1. To guide our lives.
2. To open our understanding of His Word.
II. A NEW PERCEPTION.
A. We are new creatures in Christ, 2 Corinthians 5:17, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
B. We are citizens of a new land, Ephesians 2:19, “Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;”
C. Jesus has promised to take us there, John 14:1-3, “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2-In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3-And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.”
CONCLUSION