The Sacrifice of Thanksgiving
Tony Schachle
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· 16 views“Thank You Lord for Your Blessings on Me.” The lyrics to that old song come to mind today as we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving later this week. We have so much to praise the Lord for! He has done so much for us! Thanksgiving should be more than one day a year. It should be a lifestyle. But, how could we ever begin to repay the Lord for all of the blessings He has bestowed upon us? In Psalm 116:12, the psalmist asked it this way, “What shall I render to the Lord for all His benefits toward me?” After recounting all of God’s goodness toward him, the psalmist says, “I will offer to You [Lord] the sacrifice of thanksgiving” (Psalm 116:17). In today’s message, we will explore the meaning of The Sacrifice of Thanksgiving and learn why our praise is so powerful.
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SCRIPTURE
SCRIPTURE
17 I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call upon the name of the Lord.
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
The Sacrifice of Thanksgiving
Not your burnt turkey!
Connected to the Peace Offering (Leviticus 3 and Leviticus 7)
Part of the 5 main sacrifices (Burnt, Grain, Peace, Sin, Trespass).
Peace offering included a wave offering and a heave offering.
28 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 29 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘He who offers the sacrifice of his peace offering to the Lord shall bring his offering to the Lord from the sacrifice of his peace offering. 30 His own hands shall bring the offerings made by fire to the Lord. The fat with the breast he shall bring, that the breast may be waved as a wave offering before the Lord. 31 And the priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’. 32 Also the right thigh you shall give to the priest as a heave offering from the sacrifices of your peace offerings. 33 He among the sons of Aaron, who offers the blood of the peace offering and the fat, shall have the right thigh for his part. 34 For the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering I have taken from the children of Israel, from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons from the children of Israel by a statute forever.’ ”
It is a Sacrifice of the Heart
16 For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart— These, O God, You will not despise.
A Sacrifice Means it Must Cost Something
24 Then the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price; nor will I offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God with that which costs me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
MESSAGE
MESSAGE
I Love the Lord
1 I love the Lord, because He has heard My voice and my supplications. 2 Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.
The Psalmist was:
A Dead Man Walking (3)
3 The pains of death surrounded me, And the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow.
A Man of Constant Sorrow (3)
A Simple Man (6)
6 The Lord preserves the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me.
Look What the Lord Has Done For Me
He Blessed Me and Rested Me
7 Return to your rest, O my soul, For the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.
He Delivered Me
8 For You have delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, And my feet from falling.
He Blessed Me Even When I Didn’t See It
9 I will walk before the Lord In the land of the living. 10 I believed, therefore I spoke, “I am greatly afflicted.” 11 I said in my haste, “All men are liars.”
What Shall I Render to the Lord for all His Benefits?
12 What shall I render to the Lord For all His benefits toward me?
I Will Take Up the Cup of Salvation
13 I will take up the cup of salvation, And call upon the name of the Lord.
I Will Pay My Vows to the Lord
14 I will pay my vows to the Lord Now in the presence of all His people.
I Will Believe in the Goodness of the Lord
15 Precious in the sight of the Lord Is the death of His saints. 16 O Lord, truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have loosed my bonds.
The Sacrifice of Thanksgiving
17 I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call upon the name of the Lord. 18 I will pay my vows to the Lord Now in the presence of all His people,
Reminds me of the story of the 10th Leper
11 Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 12 Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off. 13 And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 14 So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed. 15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, 16 and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan. 17 So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? 18 Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?” 19 And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.”
Praise the Lord (Hallelujah)
19In the courts of the Lord’s house,
In the midst of you, O Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord!
Yadah - extend the hands
8 In God we boast all day long, And praise Your name forever. Selah
Barak - to bow or kneel in worship
1 Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
Towdah - thanks for things not yet recieved
11 In God I have put my trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? 12 Vows made to You are binding upon me, O God; I will render praises to You,
Shabach - to shout
4 One generation shall praise Your works to another, And shall declare Your mighty acts.
Zamar - to make music | pluck the strings of an instrument
9 I will sing a new song to You, O God; On a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,
Tehillah - song of praise | spontaneous worship | song not rehearsed
3 But You are holy, Enthroned in the praises of Israel.
Halal - to boast | to rave | to celebrate
3 Let them praise His name with the dance; Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp.
CLOSING
CLOSING
