1. Thanks-Giving
Psalm 100

2. Verses 1-2: Invitation to a celebration with God:
1. Shout: Make a joyful noise. All ye lands . 1 Jn 2:2
2. Serve: Serve with gladness: Be part of something ____________! Rom 6:17-18,22
3. ______: Come before his presence with singing. We are invited in to his presence! We should come with joyous song.
Is this our ____________ or are we missing out?
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3. 1Jn 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

4. Rom 6:17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
Rom 6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
Rom 6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

5. Verses 1-2: Invitation to a celebration with God:
1. Shout: Make a joyful noise. All ye lands . 1 Jn 2:2
2. Serve: Serve with gladness: Be part of something good! Rom 6:17-18,22
3. ______: Come before his presence with singing. We are invited in to his presence! We should come with joyous song.
Is this our ____________ or are we missing out?
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6. Verses 1-2: Invitation to a celebration with God:
1. Shout: Make a joyful noise. All ye lands . 1 Jn 2:2
2. Serve: Serve with gladness: Be part of something good! Rom 6:17-18,22
3. Sing: Come before his presence with singing. We are invited in to his presence! We should come with joyous song.
Is this our ____________ or are we missing out?
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7. Verses 1-2: Invitation to a celebration with God:
1. Shout: Make a joyful noise. All ye lands . 1 Jn 2:2
2. Serve: Serve with gladness: Be part of something good! Rom 6:17-18,22
3. Sing: Come before his presence with singing. We are invited in to his presence! We should come with joyous song.
Is this our reality, or are we missing out?
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8. Verse 3a: Explanation of a characterization of God: (understand his character through his names)
1. ______-____________: LORD = Jehovah. “Self-Existing One”. Speaks to His everlasting power/authority. Ex 6:3, Ps 83:18, Is 26:4; 12:2.
2. __________________: God = Elohim. “Magistrate”. Speaks to His role as Creator, and Supreme Ruler. Ps 47:7.
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9. Verse 3a: Explanation of a characterization of God: (understand his character through his names)
1. Self-Existing: LORD = Jehovah. “Self-Existing One”. Speaks to His everlasting power/authority. Ex 6:3, Ps 83:18, Is 26:4; 12:2.
2. __________________: God = Elohim. “Magistrate”. Speaks to His role as Creator, and Supreme Ruler. Ps 47:7.
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10. Psa 83:18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.

11. Exo 6:3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.

12. Jehovah: 1. Jireh: Lord will see, or provide Gen 22:14
2. Ropheka: Lord that healeth thee Ex 15:26
3. Nissi: Lord is my banner Ex 17:15
4. Mekaddishkem: Lord that sanctifies you Ex 31:13
5. Shalom: Lord of Peace Judges 6:24
6. Zebaoth: Lord of Hosts 1 Sam 1:3
7. Zidkenu: Lord our Righteousness Jer 23:6
8. Shamma: Lord is there Eze 48:35
9. Elyon: Lord most High Ps 7:17
10. Roi: Lord my Shepherd Ps 23:1

13. Verse 3a: Explanation of a characterization of God: (understand his character through his names)
1. Self-Existing: LORD = Jehovah. “Self-Existing One”. Speaks to His everlasting power/authority. Ex 6:3, Ps 83:18, Is 26:4; 12:2.
2. Supreme: God = Elohim. “Magistrate”. Speaks to His role as Creator, and Supreme Ruler. Ps 47:7.
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14. Psa 47:7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
Elohim= Supreme

15. Elohim in Gen 1:1-2:3: Created 6 times Moved 1 time Said 10 times
Saw 7 times
Divided 2 times
Called 5 times
Made 7 times
Set 1 time
Blessed 3 times
Ended 1 time
Rested 2 times
Sanctified 1 time

16. Recognition of the creation of God:
1. _________: He is the source of our being.
He hath made us, and not we ourselves: Rom 1: The humanistic evolutionist cannot live out verses 1 and 2 because they do not believe verse 3. They cannot experience thankfulness for that which they have not experientially _________________ So, why would they want to draw near?
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17. Recognition of the creation of God:
1. Source: He is the source of our being.
He hath made us, and not we ourselves: Rom 1: The humanistic evolutionist cannot live out verses 1 and 2 because they do not believe verse 3. They cannot experience thankfulness for that which they have not experientially _________________ So, why would they want to draw near?
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18. Rom 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Rom 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Rom 1:19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
Rom 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
Rom 1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Rom 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

19. 2Th 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

20. Recognition of the creation of God:
1. Source: He is the source of our being.
He hath made us, and not we ourselves: Rom 1: The humanistic evolutionist cannot live out verses 1 and 2 because they do not believe verse 3. They cannot experience thankfulness for that which they have not experientially received. So, why would they want to draw near?
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21. Recognition of the creation of God:
2. Savior: He is the source of our well-being.
· He has made us to be his people. Rom 9:24-26, Titus 3: Only one way! We know this, but many of us cannot live out Verses 1-2 because we do not understand V. 3.
· ….and not we ourselves: If our performance is the key, we forsake grace and deny mercy. We can only be thankful to God for that which we have experientially received from the Lord. 1 Ti 4:1-5, Col 2:6, 1 Thess 2:13, 1 Co 4:7, Gal 3:2, etc. Don’t miss Thanksgiving because of work!
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22. Tit 3:4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
Tit 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Tit 3:6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

23. 1Ti 4:5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
1Ti 4:4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
1Ti 4:5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
Freedom to eat

24. Col 2:6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

25. Power to become sons of God
Joh 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Power to become sons of God

26. 1Th 2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Word of God

27. Gal 3:2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Spirit

28. Rom 1:5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
Grace

29. 2Co 4:1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

30. Rom 5:11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
Atonement

31. Rom 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
Spirit of Adoption

32. 1Co 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
The Gospel

33. Col 4:17 And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
Ministry

34. 1Co 4:7 For who maketh thee to differ from another
1Co 4:7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

35. Recognition of the creation of God:
3. Shepherd: Jesus Christ is the great Shepherd of Mankind. See Ps 23.
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36. Jehovah our Shepherd in Psalm 23
Verse 1: J. Jireh: Provider
Verse 2: J. Shalom: Peace
Verse 3: J. Ropheka and J. Zidkenu: Healing and Righteousness
Verse 4: J. Shammah: Present
Verse 5: J. Nissi and Mekaddishkem: Banner and Sanctification.
Jehovah our Shepherd in Psalm 23

37. Verse 4: Appreciation as a Connection to God:
1. See: The Key: Thanksgiving comes from _______________. Ps 47:7 Thanksgiving is a key that opens the gate to the courts of the King.—His gates and His courts. There is no ______________ gate into any of His courts. Mark 10: 17-22; Gal 3:1-3.
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38. Verse 4: Appreciation as a Connection to God:
1. See: The Key: Thanksgiving comes from understanding. Ps 47:7 Thanksgiving is a key that opens the gate to the courts of the King.—His gates and His courts. There is no __________________ gate into any of His courts. Mark 10: 17-22; Gal 3:1-3.
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39. Psa 47:7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.

40. Verse 4: Appreciation as a Connection to God:
1. See: The Key: Thanksgiving comes from understanding. Ps 47:7 Thanksgiving is a key that opens the gate to the courts of the King.—His gates and His courts. There is no self-performance gate into any of His courts. Mark 10: 17-22; Gal 3:1-3.
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41. Gal 3:1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
Gal 3:2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Gal 3:3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?

42. Verse 4: Appreciation as a Connection to God:
2. Surrender: We are to enter His Gates: Sometimes we pray as if the courts and gates are _____, and we invite him into one or another as we rule and reign over our own lives. So, in that case, who is God and who is the servant?
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43. Verse 4: Appreciation as a Connection to God:
2. Surrender: We are to enter His Gates: Sometimes we pray as if the courts and gates are ours, and we invite him into one or another as we rule and reign over our own lives. So, in that case, who is God and who is the servant?
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44. Verse 4: Appreciation as a Connection to God:
3. Say: “Thank You”: Who else ____ and ____ ? We alone have been so blessed—be a blessing.
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45. Verse 4: Appreciation as a Connection to God:
3. Say: “Thank You”: Who else can and will ? We alone have been so blessed—be a blessing.
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46. Verse 5: Affirmation of, and Continuation of God:
1. Safe: Because _______ is good and merciful!
2. Secure: Mercy is everlasting and his truth endures to all generations. Ps 117:1-2
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47. Verse 5: Affirmation of, and Continuation of God:
1. Safe: Because He is good and merciful!
2. Secure: Mercy is everlasting and his truth endures to all generations. Ps 117:1-2
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48. Psa 117:1 O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
Psa 117:2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.

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