Prtide and Gratitude
Series: Thanks
November 19, 2023
Michael Boyd
LISTEN ON MIXLR @ https://gbcsl.mixlr.com WATCH US ON YOU TUBE LIVE @ http://www.youtube.com/gracechurch-slus/live Romans 1:16–23 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith,[a] as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”[b] 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,[c] in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things. Creation Teaches That God Deserves All Thanksgiving "The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours forth speech and night unto night declares knowledge" (Psalm 19:1–2). "Ever since the creation of the world his invisible nature, namely, his eternal power and deity, has been clearly perceived in the things that have been made" (Romans 1:20).
Episode Notes
Creation Is a Dazzling Lesson Book in Theology
It teaches the open mind that there is a deity, an infinitely marvelous Being, who made the world.
2. If there is such an all-powerful, infinitely glorious God who made all things, then I, too, am his creature. And everything I have is from him.
2. If there is such an all-powerful, infinitely glorious God who made all things, then I, too, am his creature
The birds of the air, the bugs in the field, the cattle on a thousand hills belong to him (Psalm 50:10–12).
The birds of the air, the bugs in the field, the cattle on a thousand hills belong to him (Psalm 50:10–12)
"He is not served by human hands as though he needed anything" (Acts 17:25
Thanksgiving Is the Message of Creation
If I cannot add to his glory, then I must honor his glory.
"He who brings thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies God" (Psalm 50:23).
Gratitude honors God.
Everyone Has Fallen Short of This Calling
"Although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give thanks to him" (Romans 1:21).
"All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23)
"Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images" (Romans 1:22–23).
Sin Is the Exchange of God's Glory
Proud People Hate the Lesson of Creation
No One Ought to Point a Pious Finger
Sinners Are Redeemed Through Contrite Faith
Not Self-Congratulation but Surgery Leads to Joy
God Gives Grace to the Humble and Contrite
The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart,
O God, thou wilt not despise" (Psalm 51:17).
Isaiah 57:15, "I dwell in a high and holy place and with him who is of a contrite
and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite."
2 Corinthians 7:10 For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.
Three Humbling Truths for the Sake of Your Thanksgiving
Nature teaches us that an infinitely marvelous, eternally powerful Being
created us and all we have
All of us have fallen short of this duty.
God, in his great mercy, sent his Son to suffer the judgment of people who are broken and contrite in spirit and who trust in him.
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