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BE A THANKFUL BENEFICIARY

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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  
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