The Grace of God Deserves Thanksgiving.

John 1:14–17 NKJV

14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ ” 16 And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Grace is the unmerited or undeserved favour of God

The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary Grace (New Testament)

Grace is love demonstrated by giving; in the gospel, grace is unmerited divine favor, arising in the mind of God and bestowed on his people.

John 1:14 NKJV

14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

God’s grace gave us His Son.

My Utmost for His Highest (November 20th—The Forgiveness of God)

The only ground on which God can forgive sin and reinstate us in His favour is through the Cross of Christ, and in no other way. Forgiveness is the divine miracle of grace; it cost God the Cross of Jesus Christ before He could forgive sin and remain a holy God.

Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest: Selections for the Year (Grand Rapids, MI: Oswald Chambers Publications; Marshall Pickering, 1986).

Jesus showed us God and what God is like.

John 14:9 NKJV

9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

God is the only one that is full of “Grace and Truth”.

This is the only place in the Bible that these two words are compiled together. “Grace and Truth”.

Because “Grace and Truth” came from God He deserves thanksgiving.

Ephesians 5:20 NKJV

20 giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Thanking God for where we are is crucial in understanding thanking Him for what He has done through Christ.

Ephesians 2:4–9 NKJV

4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.

Thanking others for what they have done is Godly, But thanking God for what He has done is Holy.