A Unique A Unique Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Joel Zook, Pastoral Resident Joel Zook, Pastoral Resident Colossians 3:15–17 Colossians 3:15–17
And let the peace of Christ rule And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. you were called in one body. And be thankful. And be thankful. C O L O S S I A N S 3 : 1 5
Let the word of Christ dwell in you Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. hearts to God. C O L O S S I A N S 3 : 1 6
And whatever you do, in word or And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. God the Father through Him. C O L O S S I A N S 3 : 1 7
For in Him all the fullness of For in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell God was pleased to dwell C O L O S S I A N S 1 : 1 9
and through Him to reconcile to and through Him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of His cross. by the blood of His cross. C O L O S S I A N S 1 : 2 0
And you, who once were alienated And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, C O L O S S I A N S 1 : 2 1
He has now reconciled in His body He has now reconciled in His body of fmesh by His death, in order to of fmesh by His death, in order to present you holy and blameless present you holy and blameless and above reproach before Him… and above reproach before Him… C O L O S S I A N S 1 : 2 2
Christians, as saved people, Christians, as saved people, are thankful people, not merely are thankful people, not merely because we have been given good because we have been given good gifus, but primarily because we are gifus, but primarily because we are able to know and love the Giver. able to know and love the Giver.
Gospel-motivated Gospel-motivated thankfulness produces thankfulness produces Gospel-magnifying Gospel-magnifying peace (3:15) (3:15) . peace
When we give up our preferences When we give up our preferences so that we can have peace with so that we can have peace with one another, we visibly display one another, we visibly display the good news of the God who the good news of the God who gave up His own life so that we gave up His own life so that we could have peace with Him. could have peace with Him.
Gospel-motivated Gospel-motivated thankfulness thankfulness produces Gospel-rich produces Gospel-rich encouragement (3:16) (3:16) . encouragement
Gospel-motivated Gospel-motivated thankfulness thankfulness characterizes all of the characterizes all of the Christian life (3:17) (3:17) . Christian life
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