Skip to main content

BE A THANKFUL BENEFICIARY

For taking your time to study remain blessed.
Wednesday 27th October

BE A THANKFUL BENEFICIARY 
TEXT: LUKE 17:11-19
Key verse: “O give thanks unto the LORD; for He is good: because His mercy endureth 
forever.” (Psalm 118:1).

It is common among men to show ingratitude and un-thankfulness because of their impure hearts and sinful lives but it should not be so with believers. True Christians with the mind of Christ are to be thankful to God for everything and to their fellow men for the kindness they receive in word and deed. We shall consider three cases in scripture where men manifested ingratitude: 

Case 1. The Amorites ill-treated David's messengers of love. David had sent men to comfort the new king of Amorites over the death of his father, who had been good to David. This was a great act of love. But the king of the Amorites treated them very badly. What was responsible for this ingratitude? (i) The darkness of heathenism (ii) Absence of true love among them (iii) Impure minds (iv) Pride (v) Suspicion and misinterpretation of good gesture. Believers must be thankful for the love and kindness they receive. 

Case 2. Ten lepers pleaded with Jesus to heal them. Jesus told them to go and show themselves to the priest. On the way, they were healed. One returned to give thanks. The others did not. Jesus wondered at their ingratitude. What was responsible for this? (i) They had unthankful hearts due to the presence of sin. (ii) Maybe they were unthankful by tradition. (iii) Pride of having the right to healing as Israelites. (iv) They were more interested in their health than the healer. (v) They did not think deeply.
Case 3. Jesus healed the maniac of Gadara. The demons entered into pigs feeding nearby and they all were drowned in the sea. The man became perfectly well, but the Gadarenes asked Jesus to leave their coast. What ingratitude! What contempt against God! What was responsible for this? (i) They had no empathy for the afflicted man. (ii) They had no understanding of the person of Jesus. (iii) They valued material things above the spiritual. (iv) They had a wrong understanding of the implication of Christ's ministry. (v) They loved darkness rather than light. Learn to say “Thank you” to God and man.

Thought for the day: An unthankful person blocks the road for a future favour. 
Song for the day: We are saying thank You, Jesus, thank You, my Lord…..
Bible reading for the day: Jeremiah 20-22; 2 Timothy 1  
#Horemow.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

For taking your time to study remain blessed. UNDERSTANDING ETERNITY WEDNESDAY MAY 10 TEXT: Psalm 90: 1 - 2 Key Verse: “The Lord is King forever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land Psalm 10:16 People that understand eternity are always careful. Eternity means forever and ever, it means ever-lasting, ever-living, never dying. Trillion upon trillion years, eternity is still on, in fact it is life without end. There are two extreme ends of eternity: The kingdom of God called third heaven where God the Father, God the son, God the Holy Ghost, twenty-four elders, saints of God that make heaven, holy angels of God, and entire host of heaven dwell now presently; Hell-fire, where Satan, demons, and sinners that have died in their sins are presently kept. God is the One that introduced eternity. He lives forever. It is not a choice, the One who created us is forever, hence you will live forever, but what matters is where you will live eternally. Remove God from the way, then t...
Post a Comment
Read more
PRACTICE OF PRAYER AND FASTING.  WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 1 TEXT: ISAIAH 58:1-8                                                                                                        Key verse: “And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day”  Luke 2:37. The local church should teach and train her members on scriptural fasting. Believers need to know that the Lord expects...
Post a Comment
Read more

Pastor Paul Rika’s Burden, Vision and Action To Reach the Unreached (2)

God's blessings will continually accompany you for dedicating time to your studies. Pastor Paul Rika’s Burden, Vision and Action To Reach the Unreached (2) Wednesday 15th October TEXT: Titus 3: 3-6   Key verse: Titus 3: 6 “Which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior.” I remember I was in Sao Tome and Principe as a deeper life national overseer and I was writing the book, “Divine Revelation of God’s Holiness and Judgment.” The vision the Lord gave to Michael Sambo. I was translating it into a book, with the scriptural backups to make it a sound evangelistic book. I saw that truly the world is doomed. What will I say about those who have not known Jesus among the 7 billion people on earth; those who do not even have anything to do with Him? Do I speak of the billions in Asia without understanding of Jesus? Out of the 1.4 billion in India, they are struggling to record 150 million Christians including Catholics.  Who knows Jesus then? Even among Pentecosta...
Post a Comment
Read more