I. EXORDIUM:
Are you always giving thanks to GOD?
Yes in CHRIST JESUS.
II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:
Believers/unbelievers
III. OBJECTIVES:
To show that GOD wills us to thank Him always and in every circumstances in our lives in JESUS's Name.
IV. TEXT:
1 Thessalonians 5:18 (Amplified Bible)
Thank [God] in everything [no matter what the circumstances may be, be thankful and give thanks], for this is the will of God for you [who are] in Christ Jesus [the Revealer and Mediator of that will].
V. THESIS:
Praise, worship, glorify, adore, bless, honor, acknowledge and thank You very much LORD JESUS for everything in my life.
VI. TITLE:
Do GOD's will, Give thanks in JESUS's Name
VII. EXPLICATION:
A. Author: Apostle Paul
B. Date written: 49 to 54 B.C. but uncertain
C. Purpose: to comfort believers and encourage them to a life of purity
D. To whom written: Thessalonica church
E. Main themes: Most personal of all of Paul's epistles
F. Keyword: Sanctification
1 Thessalonians 4:3 (Amplified Bible)
For this is the will of God, that you should be consecrated (separated and set apart for pure and holy living): that you should abstain and shrink from all sexual vice,
G. Key verses:
1 Thessalonians 3:12-13 (Amplified Bible)
And may the Lord make you to increase and excel and overflow in love for one another and for all people, just as we also do for you,
So that He may strengthen and confirm and establish your hearts faultlessly pure and unblamable in holiness in the sight of our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) with all His saints (the holy and glorified people of God)! Amen, (so be it)!
1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 (Amplified Bible)
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud cry of summons, with the shout of an archangel, and with the blast of the trumpet of God. And those who have departed this life in Christ will rise first.
Then we, the living ones who remain [on the earth], shall simultaneously be caught up along with [the resurrected dead] in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so always (through the eternity of the eternities) we shall be with the Lord!
Therefore comfort and encourage one another with these words.
VIII. MAIN BODY:
1 Thessalonians 5:18 (Amplified Bible)
Thank [God] in everything [no matter what the circumstances may be, be thankful and give thanks], for this is the will of God for you [who are] in Christ Jesus [the Revealer and Mediator of that will].
1 Thessalonians 5:18 (New King James Version)
in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
A. Thank GOD in everything
"Thank [God] in everything [no matter what the circumstances may be, be thankful and give thanks],"
Give thanks or "eucharisteo" in the Greek language, meaning "to be grateful, to express gratitude towards, to say grace at a meal"
Thanksgiving is one sacrifice that we do, we thank GOD even we feel like it or don't. It's easy to give thanks when everything's going your way, but how about if it's not, then we still give thanks for this is the sacrifice of praise acceptable to GOD.
Hebrews 13:15 (Amplified Bible)
Through Him, therefore, let us constantly and at all times offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, which is the fruit of lips that thankfully acknowledge and confess and glorify His name.
Ephesians 5:20 (Amplified Bible)
At all times and for everything giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father.
Philippians 4:6 (Amplified Bible)
Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God.
Colossians 3:17 (Amplified Bible)
And whatever you do [no matter what it is] in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus and in [dependence upon] His Person, giving praise to God the Father through Him.
Psalms 34:1 (Amplified Bible)
[A Psalm] of David; when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him out, and he went away. I WILL bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Job 1:21 (Amplified Bible)
And said, Naked (without possessions) came I [into this world] from my mother’s womb, and naked (without possessions) shall I depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; blessed (praised and magnified in worship) be the name of the Lord!
ILLUSTRATION: In our meals, first we pray that GOD blessed our food and drink and it will be done for His Glory alone, and after every meal, we thank Him as well for filling us up, thanking Him for the land He has given, praising Him because He has dealt wondrously with us, satisfied us with plenty of food and nourishment and satisfied with joy, contentment, and godliness.
1 Corinthians 10:31 (Amplified Bible)
So then, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you may do, do all for the honor and glory of God.
Deuteronomy 8:10 (Amplified Bible)
When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the Lord your God for all the good land which He has given you.
Joel 2:26 (Amplified Bible)
And you shall eat in plenty and be satisfied and praise the name of the Lord, your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you. And My people shall never be put to shame.
Acts 14:17 (Amplified Bible)
Yet He did not neglect to leave some witness of Himself, for He did you good and [showed you] kindness and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with nourishment and happiness.
1 Timothy 6:6 (Amplified Bible)
[And it is, indeed, a source of immense profit, for] godliness accompanied with contentment (that contentment which is a sense of inward sufficiency) is great and abundant gain.
B. This is GOD's will in CHRIST JESUS for me.
"for this is the will of God for you [who are] in Christ Jesus [the Revealer and Mediator of that will]"
1 Thessalonians 4:3 (Amplified Bible)
For this is the will of God, that you should be consecrated (separated and set apart for pure and holy living): that you should abstain and shrink from all sexual vice,
1 Peter 2:15 (Amplified Bible)
For it is God’s will and intention that by doing right [your good and honest lives] should silence (muzzle, gag) the ignorant charges and ill-informed criticisms of foolish persons.
1 Peter 4:2 (Amplified Bible)
So that he can no longer spend the rest of his natural life living by [his] human appetites and desires, but [he lives] for what God wills.
1 John 2:17 (Amplified Bible)
And the world passes away and disappears, and with it the forbidden cravings (the passionate desires, the lust) of it; but he who does the will of God and carries out His purposes in his life abides (remains) forever.
Thank You LORD for all the things, for everything in my life. It's His will for us to constantly thank Him, because He is worthy to receive all the thanksgiving in this world.
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