Title: Let's Live With Thanks
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thank you and live
(Jan. 21, 2007) (Ex 16:13~15)
We are children of God whom God loves. - Please don't forget to give thanks to God for choosing us and calling us children.
God, our Father, has a will for us and a will of God that He requires of us.
(1 Thessalonians 5:16-18) - "Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in everything - this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus" - he said. Now that we know God's will for us, I pray that you will become believers who follow God's will.
Let's confess out loud.
* I will live with a happy heart. * I will pray and live. *Thank you, I will live. - Amen!!!
Today, I want to be especially grateful to the saints among them, and I will deliver the message under the title “Let’s live with thanks.”
1. Gracious God.
Those who do not know God may not know how to thank God, but those who believe in God will live a life of thanksgiving by themselves even if they do not ask Him to do so. Because God is gracious.
It is because God's grace is poured out abundantly on the people of God.
We cannot help but be amazed at the grace God has given to the people of Israel who were born and lived as slaves. He brought them out of oppressed and oppressed slaves and gave them freedom. The grace that he continued to extend to them even in the barren wilderness was an immeasurable grace. - I pray that you believe that this grace will be given to us as well.
1) He is a God who gives us what we need.
The land of oppression, the land of suffering, and the land of sin They escaped from Egypt and became free people, but they were full of things that they lacked as they had a new start. However, God, who knows the shortcomings of his chosen people, has given them all they need. It was given without concern. You have given generously.
(16:13)-*Quail was given every evening, and manna was given *every morning. *Before that, He had already healed the bitter water with sweet water ((15:25).
He has already given us water to drink, manna to eat, and even quail meat for nutrition. - He has provided us with all the essentials we need - not only for them, but for his people. ?? - Amen???
2) He is a God who gives good things.
Immediately after liberation, our country gratefully received relief supplies that were worn by Americans. Now, if you bring the old ones from Korea to China or Southeast Asia, they say thank you and write them down.
But our God is not a God who gives or gives relief.
Please believe that the best thing you will ever give will be given to you.
Even to the people in the wilderness, God gave the best of things.
*Quail is a high-quality meat rich in nutrients among meats.
* What are you meeting? -(16:31)-"The house of Israel said to meet his name, and it was white like cat seeds, and tasted like sweets mixed with honey." - Amen.
*I would be grateful if I only gave him pork belly - give him nutritious quail,
*I would be grateful if you gave me only black barley rice cakes - They gave me manna that tasted like sweets mixed with honey and white.
Dear saints, God is a God who gives good things. - When you pray right now, ask for good things and big things. - Please pray to your heart's content.
3) God who gives rest.
God, who had gathered one day each day and provided enough food for one day, gave us food for two days at once on the sixth day. Why did you do that????
(16:29) - "Behold, the LORD gives you a sabbath, and on the sixth day he gives you two days of bread; each of you is in his place, and on the seventh day no one shall come out of his place." -Amen!!
In order for you to rest comfortably on the Sabbath, you have already given me something to eat on the Sabbath before the Sabbath.
And on the Sabbath, do not do anything - rest in peace.
Giving the Sabbath is a blessing to rest in peace, but it also has another meaning.
(16:4) - "Then the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you, and the people will go out and gather their daily rations. In this way I will test whether they will keep my law or not." - Are you grateful for the grace you give and obey or not? Whether you keep the Sabbath or not - it means that you look at it. - If you obey God's law, you will receive blessings; if you disobey, you will not be able to.
I hope you have a good Sunday and that you are blessed.
2. A life without gratitude.
Some people are greatly grateful for small graces, while others complain about great graces.
I pray that you will become believers who do not complain and know only gratitude.
1) When we do not know grace, we do not know gratitude.
Unfortunately, even though the Israelites lived with great grace, they complained rather than thanked them. What could be the cause? - When we do not regard grace as grace, we complain, not thanks.
*You set me free from slavery. -I miss Egypt because the food I ate while living as a slave was good (16:3)
*Eating manna - complaining that it is a trivial food (Numbers 21:5)
*Already given quail - they complain that they give only manna and no meat (Numbers 11:6)
*You have already given me the Sabbath so that I can rest comfortably - I go out to gather food on the Sabbath and return empty-handed (Exodus 16:27)
It's not that they complain because they don't have the grace they have received - they have received a lot of grace - but when they don't know that it's grace, they don't have any gratitude and just complain.
2) When we lack faith, we do not know gratitude.
When you give them their daily bread every day and tell them to gather only one day's bread because tomorrow's tomorrow will give them - why do they leave the food behind worrying about tomorrow? - It was because they did not believe in the Word of God.
They have already experienced God who solves their problems through Moses whenever they are having a hard time.
But why did they complain as they created problems?
If we just depended on the leader Moses, everything was resolved!!! If we only believed in the God who raised Moses, everything was resolved - They did not know how to thank them because they did not have faith.
3. Let's restore our gratitude.
Dear saints, I hope that you will become saints who live in gratitude now.
God is not stingy. He is a God who gives what we need, what is good, and what we need.
He is a God who solves problems when we depend on it and ask for it, even when it is difficult.
We should not become those who receive grace but do not know grace, who doubt God because of lack of faith, or who complain - they gathered quail so greedily that they could not control it, but they could not eat it and died.
No matter how much they gathered or piled up, they couldn't eat it, the manna rotted, and they couldn't eat quail and died.
*Thank you for giving us our daily bread. *Thank you for giving me health so I can work. * Let's thank you for helping us understand this word today as well. *Thank you for saving us from being held captive by the devil.