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from your mouth as you realize you
were a recipient of grace.
As we approach the annual season
of compulsory thankfulness, we must
not lose sight of what God has done for
us in Christ Jesus our Lord through
His death, burial and resurrection. e
Apostle Paul writes, "But God, being
rich in mercy, because of the great love
with which he loved us, even when we
were dead in our trespasses, made us
alive together with Christ – by grace
you have been saved." He describes the
"immeasurable riches of God's grace
in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus"
(Eph 2:4-9). How is it that we are oen
guilty of being more thankful for not
getting a speeding ticket than being
saved from the eternal penalty of
separation from God's love?
Two thousand years ago, Jesus
healed ten lepers of a dreadful skin
disease that made one's life utterly
miserable. All ten were healed. All
ten were told to show themselves to
the priest to confirm their healing.
Luke writes "as they went they were
cleansed" (Luke 17:14) like us who
have been cleansed from our sins and
washed in the blood of Jesus Christ
(Rev 1:5). Yet only one returned to
thank Jesus (v. 16). At which point
Jesus makes a big deal of the reality
that only one returned to express
gratitude. Only one. And the reader is
le to ask himself, Would I have been
the one to return and give thanks?
When the world embraces a season of
thanksgiving, let us who have found
favor in the eyes of the Lord and been
placed in the ark of salvation offer to
God the sacrifices of praise and may
the fruit of our lips continually give
thanks beyond the season (Heb 13:15).
Sean Harris is senior pastor at
Berean Baptist Church in Fayetteville
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