Ingratitude (2)

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The absence of due thankfulness. Scripture gives examples of human ingratitude to God for all the blessings and gifts which he provides for them. It is especially important for Christians to give thanks to God.

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The ingratitude of human beings to one another

Examples of ingratitude

the chief butler towards Joseph; Dathan and Abiram to Moses

The Israelites to Gideon and his family:

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Nabal to David; King Joash to Jehoiada; the citizens to the wise man who delivered a city

Returning evil for good

Psalm 35:12 NIV
They repay me evil for good and leave me like one bereaved.
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Ingratitude to God

It was in evidence at the fall

Eve showed ingratitude for God’s provision by not believing him.

It is part of fallen human nature

Romans 1:21 NIV
For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.

It is a sign of the last days

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Israel’s repeated ingratitude to the Lord

For deliverance from Egypt:

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They were rebuked by Moses for the way they repaid God; They rejected the Lord when they rejected Samuel; They rejected God’s law and killed his prophets.

Ingratitude compared with other sins

Becoming like animals

Isaiah 1:3 NIV
The ox knows its master, the donkey its owner’s manger, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.”

Becoming like prostitutes

Ezekiel 16:17–19 NIV
You also took the fine jewelry I gave you, the jewelry made of my gold and silver, and you made for yourself male idols and engaged in prostitution with them. And you took your embroidered clothes to put on them, and you offered my oil and incense before them. Also the food I provided for you—the flour, olive oil and honey I gave you to eat—you offered as fragrant incense before them. That is what happened, declares the Sovereign Lord.

Becoming like an adulterous wife

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Jesus Christ exposed ingratitude

Luke 17:15–18 NIV
One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan. Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?”

God is kind even to the ungrateful

Luke 6:35 NIV
But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

It is important for believers to show gratitude to God

Psalm 100:4 NIV
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
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