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1 | Thanks Giving to The SBF | Eph 5:20 | justme | 230357 | ||
Thanks Giving. I saw no one had made a Thanks Blessing to our SBF. So I thought I would Blessings to you all. | ||||||
2 | Thanks Giving to The SBF | Eph 5:20 | Zalmonah43 | 230358 | ||
The early christians were admonished to apply the principle found at Ephesians 5:20. In the name of jesus Christ, they were to give thanks always for all things. And not just a one day a year gratitude, but a spontaneous spirit of thanksgiving from the heart all year round. | ||||||
3 | Thanks Giving to The SBF | Eph 5:20 | DocTrinsograce | 230375 | ||
Encouraging people to be thankful always and in all things is commendable. It would be inconsistent to discourage people from setting aside a particular day for expressions of gratitude for God's providence. | ||||||
4 | Thanks Giving to The SBF | Eph 5:20 | Zalmonah43 | 230392 | ||
The apostle Paul, in fact, became concerned about Jewish Christians who still were “scrupulously observing days and months and seasons and years.” He remarked: “I fear for you, that somehow I have toiled to no purpose respecting you.” (Gal. 4:10, 11) Why was Paul so concerned? Because, despite his hard work, these former Jews were clinging to religious observances that God no longer desired. They were missing the “spirit” of Christianity. On the contrary, the idea of a single day of thanks undoubtedly would have reminded the early Christians of the pagan Romans, who held an annual thanksgiving celebration in December. A writer of the second century noted: “We [Christians] are accused of a lower sacrilege, because we do not celebrate along with you the holidays of the Cæsars in a manner forbidden alike by modesty, decency, and purity.” |
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5 | Thanks Giving to The SBF | Eph 5:20 | DocTrinsograce | 230485 | ||
Oops... context is crucial, young man, if you want a reference to scripture to support your point. Every word has a the context of a sentence, every sentence the context of a passage, and every passage the context of a book. | ||||||