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Telos- Worship is the will of God for the whole earth and Thanksgiving is the essential ingredient to True Worship.
True thanksgiving is established in humility.
True thanksgiving is established in humility.
Not Groveling- GRATITUDE!
Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands!
Serve the Lord with gladness;
Come before His presence with singing.
Know that the Lord, He is God;
It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,
And into His courts with praise.
Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
For the Lord is good;
His mercy is everlasting,
And His truth endures to all generations.
Gates with Thanksgiving= Thanksgiving Sacrifice
Gates with Thanksgiving= Thanksgiving Sacrifice
If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer, with the sacrifice of thanksgiving, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, unleavened wafers anointed with oil, or cakes of blended flour mixed with oil.
Fat went to God on altar
Portion of meat was given to priest
All the rest was to be eaten rejoicing with others to be eaten same day.
And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, since he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
True Worship is the will of God for the whole earth.
True Worship is the will of God for the whole earth.
“This Psalm is a prophecy concerning Christ. It calls upon all to rejoice, to triumph and to give thanks; to enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts and sanctuary with praise: because, by the gospel and the preaching of he remission of sins, that Kingdom of Christ is established and strengthened, which shall remain and stand forever.”
A.W. Tozer also wrote: “We are saved to worship God. All that Christ has done for us in the past and all that He is doing now leads to this one end.”
The great Puritan, John Owen, wrote: “Unless men see a beauty and delight in the worship of God. They will not do it willingly.”
The essential ingredient of true worship is thanksgiving.
The essential ingredient of true worship is thanksgiving.
Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Our pilgrim forefathers called for days of thanksgiving to worship God. In 1623, during a severe drought, the pilgrims gathered to ask God for rain. The next day God gave them a long, steady rain. So Governor Bradford, who was also a ruling elder, called for a Day of Thanksgiving worship. I thank God that he invited Indian friends, and so do we invite those who know not Christ to our services. We long to tell the story of His love to others, even as we acknowledge Him. My beloved Thanksgiving is an act of evangelism. For when you declare that you are dry of soul without him, no hope of life without God’s help, and then go to Him to thank Him for Jesus, and invite unbelievers, that is evangelism. May God always make this hallowed place a place of evangelism in worship. In December, 1777, the 13 colonies together declared a Day of Thanksgiving after the victory over the British at Saratoga. And the father of our country, after the birth of our nation, called for public worship and thanksgiving in 1789. And finally, Abraham Lincoln declared a day of Thanksgiving on the last Thursday of the month in 1863 and every president since then has done so.
Christ has become our eternal sacrifice, but it is to be accompanied by our sacrifice of praise.
Christ has become our eternal sacrifice, but it is to be accompanied by our sacrifice of praise.
Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.