Thanksgiving

Pastor

David Antwi

Date
Dec. 13, 2017

Description

Thanksgiving

Transcription

Disclaimer: this is an automatically generated machine transcription - there may be small errors or mistranscriptions. Please refer to the original audio if you are in any doubt.

[0:00] Welcome. Thank you for choosing to listen to another word-filled message by David Entry. Preaching is the means by which God manifests his word and nourishes our spirits. May the life of God enter into you and you as you listen to this message. Be blessed.

[0:16] In Revelation chapter 7 from verse 7, in heaven, verse 7, Revelation, let's go to verse 8.

[0:27] And then possibly verse 9. All right, let's start from verse 9. After these things I looked, this is heaven, the vision he saw.

[0:39] He said, after these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no one could number, of all nations. Say all nations.

[0:50] All nations. Say all tribes. All tribes. Say all peoples. All peoples. And all tongues. All peoples. So God has people everywhere.

[1:01] Not only Jews. All nations. All tribes. All peoples and all tongues. So you are not permitted to look down on people because of their nation.

[1:15] Right. Because of their tribe. Yes. Because of their tongue. That's their language. Yeah. Okay. Or because of the kind of people they belong to, the group is always.

[1:25] You are not permitted. Because he said, after these things I look, and behold, a great multitude, which no one could number, of all nations, all tribes, all tongues, all nations.

[1:37] All tongues standing before the throne. All tongues standing before the throne and before the Lamb clothed with white robes. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. That means the church defies national boundaries, and human boundaries, and all kinds of boundaries.

[1:56] Because the church cannot be defined by groups of people, all nations. The church is everywhere. For any nation, God has people.

[2:07] He's raising them. Amen. So he says, these people, not many. We are not a few. The church is big. A building can be bent, but a church cannot be bent.

[2:20] Hallelujah. So the church is not a building. That's what I'm trying to tell you. Of all people, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands.

[2:33] Sign of victory. Palm branches in their hands. The next verse. Oh, my God. And crying out with a loud voice, saying, salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne and to the Lamb.

[2:50] The next verse. Verse 11. All the angels stood round about. This is heavily activity. All the angels stood.

[3:00] It's a beautiful scene. Can you imagine how the scene will be like? Multitudes you can't number. Standing in white robes. That's talking about you and I in heaven. Standing in white robes.

[3:11] With palm branches in our hands. Singing, salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne and to the Lamb. And then, not only them, the angels.

[3:22] And the angels stood around the throne. And the elders and the four living creatures. Therefore, there are some four living creatures in heaven.

[3:32] Four living creatures fell on their faces before the throne and worshipped God. The next verse. Look at the next verse.

[3:43] Sing. Amen. Blessings and glory and wisdom and what? Blessings. And what? Blessings. And what?

[3:54] Blessings. In heaven, they are still singing, dance giving. Blessings and honor and wisdom. Dance giving and honor and power and might be to our God forever.

[4:10] And ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever. Say, thanksgiving. Thanksgiving. Be to our God.

[4:21] In Revelation chapter 4. From verse 7. Revelation chapter 4. From verse 7.

[4:31] The Bible tells us that the first living creature. There were these living creatures. There were four living creatures. Okay. See, look at verse 6. Let's go from verse 6. Before the throne was a sea of glass like a crystal.

[4:44] And in the midst of the throne and around the throne. It's a very interesting expression. In the midst of the throne and around the throne. You just can't think about it.

[4:56] In the midst of the throne and around the throne. Were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back.

[5:07] Ice. Ice. So when they hear something, they don't have to turn. They just watch. Everywhere they go, they just watch. I will explain all these things when we start dealing with Revelation.

[5:19] So, but what got my attention is, is in the midst of the throne. And around the throne. These four living creatures were there. In the midst and around it. And you know what they were doing?

[5:32] Look at it. It began to describe the four living creatures. Verse, the next verse. The first living creature was like a lion. The second living creature was like a calf.

[5:44] The third living creature had a face like a man. And the fourth living creature was like the flying eagle. This actually is in Ezekiel again. And this text.

[5:55] In Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Four. Four is the number of creation. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Lion is the king. Matthew projects Jesus as the king.

[6:08] Lion. The living creature is the calf. Some other translations use ox. The servant. Mark presents Jesus as the one who came to work.

[6:19] Servant. So, in Mark, he's presented as the servant savior. The calf to work. All right? The ox is to work.

[6:29] And then the third living creature is man. Man is Luke. See? Matthew, Mark, Luke. Luke is the gospel that presents the human side more of Jesus.

[6:43] The humanity of Jesus. So, he actually traces his genealogy to Mary. Luke is a physician, for information. He's a medical doctor. So, he focuses more on the humanity of Jesus Christ.

[6:55] Luke. Luke is not what was raised. Luke. That is the name Luke. It's not a Jewish name. It's a Greek name. So, he has the Greek background.

[7:05] So, Matthew, his target audience were the Jews. So, he had to present Jesus as the seed of Abraham. Other than that, they won't take it. Mark, his target audience were the Romans.

[7:20] So, he had to present Jesus as a servant. You know, because the Jews were servants of the Romans. So, anyone who is dealing with the Romans, you must come as a servant.

[7:31] Rather than they won't take it. And then, Luke presents Jesus to humanity. So, he presents his human side. Jesus is just like us. So, when you look at the genealogy of Jesus, when you...

[7:41] Oh, I don't want to go too far. In Matthew chapter 1, he talks about Jesus, the son of Abraham. So, he traces Jesus' genealogy to Abraham. And then, when you look at Luke, he doesn't trace Jesus' genealogy to Abraham.

[7:53] I think Luke chapter 3, verse 38. He traces Jesus' genealogy to Adam. Because if he stops at Abraham, some of us are not inside the door. Because we are not from Abraham.

[8:06] Naturally. But from Adam, ah, we all have hope. So, he traced that. He said, Jesus went and then said, and Adam, the son of God. So, this one is the child of this.

[8:18] This one is the child of this. But in Matthew, it doesn't go to... It goes to Abraham. Because the Jews is Abraham who matters. You don't talk about Abraham. That's why Jesus said, before Abraham, I am.

[8:29] All right. So, and then... So, in Luke, he presents the human side of Jesus. And then, in John... Do you know how John starts? John doesn't start with Mary.

[8:43] The nativity story is not in John. He doesn't have time for nativity story. And a virgin come. No, what? And a virgin gave birth to somebody.

[8:54] No! He said, in the beginning was the Word. And the Word was with God. And the Word was gone. He doesn't need any human being to exist. And the Word became flesh.

[9:05] No. So, it says that... And all things were made by him. And there was nothing made that was made without him. And the Bible says that in him was light. And the light was the life of man.

[9:16] And the Bible talks about... There was a man sent from God. His name was John. He was not the light. But he was sent to bear witness of the light. The light that lights everyone who comes into the world.

[9:26] He comes to talk about Jesus. From there, he didn't talk about how he was born. Who Herod was looking. No, no, no. He doesn't have time for that. Because the fourth creature is the eagle.

[9:38] He presents Jesus as the spiritual one. The day presents... John presents the deity of Christ. So, when you read John... In John...

[9:49] It's only in John he uses the title of God, I am. You know, I thought on this. Seven claims... Or eight... Jesus said, I am the door.

[9:59] I am the true shepherd. I am the way, the truth, and the life. I am. And the Jew said, why do you make yourself equal with God? Because in John, Jesus was being presented as the son of God.

[10:11] So, in John chapter 1 verse 18, the Bible says that no one has seen God. No man has seen God, but no one has seen God at any time.

[10:22] The only begotten son, that's talking about Jesus, who is in the bosom of the father, he has declared him. So, he didn't concentrate on Jesus was in Nazareth and he was growing.

[10:34] No, no, no, no, no, no. He just presented Jesus from the spiritual aspect. So, you see, the lion, the ox, or the lamb, or the calf, sorry, the calf, the lion, the ox, man, and eagle.

[10:52] These four living creatures, they are in heaven. And every one of them have a representation. And so, the Bible says that, and the four living creatures, they had their face and the other one was a fourth living creature.

[11:07] The fly, was like the flying eagle. Let's go to the next verse. The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within.

[11:19] No, it's not. Inside, though. So, the intestines were eyes. It's very interesting. You can understand it on earth.

[11:31] You see, not every, that's why it's very preposterous for man to think he can understand God. Full of eyes within, around and within.

[11:45] And they do not rest day nor night. Hey, what, these great creatures, what are they doing? Day or night, saying, holy, holy, holy, Lord God almighty, who was and is and is to come every day.

[11:59] Holy, holy. They don't rest. That's all they do. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God almighty, who was and is and is to come.

[12:10] Holy, holy, holy, holy, Lord God almighty, who was and is and is to come. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God.

[12:21] Day or night, they don't rest. Day or night, they don't rest. These creatures with four wings, full of eyes, around and within. And they are in the throne of God, in the midst of the throne and around the throne.

[12:33] And that's all they are doing. Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks. This one.

[12:44] They always give thanks in heaven. Give thanks to him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever. I think we should go on. The next verse, the next verse, the next verse. The twelve, there are 24 elders in heaven.

[12:59] How many hours do you have in a day? 24. Very interesting. There are 24 elders. The 24 elders fall down before him who sat on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever and cast their crowns before the throne.

[13:21] Say, they cast their crowns. Please, can you cast your crown when you come to worship? Cast your crown. Cast your crown. But they cast their crowns.

[13:35] They are elders. So, they are elders in heaven. Elder in heaven is here also. Eldest in heaven. And Bible says that the 24 elders fall down before him.

[13:51] Fall down before him. Not somewhere, but when you know you are dealing with God, please, be ready to fall. Fall. Wow. Fall down before him. Before him. Say, before him.

[14:01] Before him. Who sat on the throne and worshiped him who lives forever and ever. Cast their crowns before the throne. Cast it.

[14:14] You know what it means to cast throne? Yeah. This doesn't matter anymore. Say, cast their crown. So, the 4 and 20 elders revelations, this is for 24 elders.

[14:25] Bible says that they fall after these 4 living creatures. Who keeps saying, holy, holy, holy, Lord God almighty. In fact, you should be 4 living creatures.

[14:37] Come. Face their throne. One should stand in front of their throne. And the 4, let's take us to be 24 elders. And the 24 elders, this is what they do.

[14:47] They fall before him who sits on the throne. They fall before him and cast their crown. They worship him who sits on the throne with their crown. That's what is going on in heaven.

[15:00] That's what's going on in heaven. You see, they are worshiping 4 and 20 elders. These are elders.

[15:10] But they fall down before the throne and cast their crown. Crown is your value. Your worth. They cast it. They cast it before the throne.

[15:21] And they worship. They worship day in and day out. Verse 11. And the 4 and 20 elders. This is what they are saying. You are worthy.

[15:33] Is he worthy? Yes. Is God worthy? Yes. You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power. For you created all things.

[15:44] And by your will they exist and were created. That's all they are saying. You are worthy. You are. Remember. It says that. And I saw multitudes. Multitudes crying.

[15:56] Salvation belongs to our God. So the multitudes of the people who have been saved. We join the heavenly. And the angels are also there. And that's all that's going on before the throne. Worship it.

[16:07] And there is a lamb sitting on the throne. Love of Jesus. Please put your hands together. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. God bless you.

[16:18] The lamb. And they said they gave thanks to him who sat on the throne. They give thanks. Who is worthy?

[16:29] Verse 7 of chapter 4 again. The verse 7. Let's go back to the verse 7. The first living creature was like. All right. Go to the verse 9 instead. Verse 9.

[16:40] Verse 9. Whenever the living creatures gave glory and honor and thanks to him who sat on the throne, they were always giving glory and honor and thanks.

[16:53] Glory and honor and thanks. Glory. He deserves it. Honor. We honor you, Lord. We don't joke with God's honor. Honor. Honor.

[17:04] It's God. If it's God, please, I can't temper with it. If that tithe belongs to God, I can't touch it. If that tithe belongs to God, I can't touch it. It's honor. Proverbs says, honor the Lord with your substance.

[17:16] They were in heaven. They were in heaven giving honor. And he says that they gave glory and honor and thanks. Thanks is important.

[17:29] Thanks is very vital. Revelation chapter 11, verse 17. Revelation chapter 11. Saying, we give you thanks.

[17:40] Let's all say we give you thanks. We give you thanks. Oh, please say it loud. We give you thanks. I think it's good to look at verse 16 so that we're just picking up from. And the 24 elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God, saying, We give you thanks.

[18:03] Oh, Lord God almighty. The one who is and who was and who is to come because you have taken your great power and reign.

[18:14] They say we give you thanks. Say we give you thanks. In heaven, they are giving thanks. On earth, thanksgiving must no cease. Thanksgiving. There are so many of us here are very ungrateful.

[18:30] And not just ungrateful, unthankful. When was the last time you said, thank you, Lord? Every day, if someone is monitoring you, if there's a monitoring system on your life, every day it must capture so many, thank you, Lord.

[18:47] Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Lord. So much in a day. Because remember, God works with statistics. Not just situations, statistics.

[18:58] There must always be thanks coming from you to God. Thanksgiving. Bible says that in the last days, last days, perilous times shall come.

[19:14] 2 Timothy chapter 3 verse 1. In the last days, perilous times shall come. Difficult times shall come.

[19:27] Harsh times shall come. In the last days, harsh times shall come. But know this, that in the last days, hard times.

[19:39] What are the last days? What constitute the last days? The last days. You see, we are in the last days. Yes, we are. We are actually in the last days.

[19:49] Do you know when the last days started? Do you know when it started? When? When? On the day of early God's, penting God's, or when you were born?

[20:01] When? According to 1 Peter chapter 1 verse 20, I think it gives us an indication when the last days started. 1 Peter chapter 1 verse 20. It says that he indeed was, that's talking about Jesus, was foreordained before the foundation of the world.

[20:21] So before the world was founded, was started, Jesus had been foreordained before something started. Okay? He was foreordained before the foundation, but was manifested these last times.

[20:34] Other translations say, last days for you. So the last days started when Jesus showed up. Was manifested these last days.

[20:45] And the Bible talks about the last days are very dangerous days. Some of the signs of the last days. Things that will happen in the last days.

[20:58] 2 Peter chapter 3 verse 3. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you. Let's not read it from the screen. Let's read it out loud. Let's go. Only Jesus says that the scoffers will come with our face, who will come with our face, who will come with our face.

[21:15] He said, who are scoffers? Scoffers. Morkers. They laugh at them. They mock people. They mock anything. They ridicule things.

[21:26] That's why many people, when you are coming to church, you want to hide your Bible. Because you are afraid of the scoffers. It's a sign of the last days. Scoffers. Said, you have to know this first. Okay?

[21:37] You have to know this first. There are some things you don't trivialize. You prioritize. This knowledge you have to prioritize. That scoffers will come in the last days. Wow.

[21:47] And walking according to their own lusts. They face their flesh desires. Their lusts. Jude, verse 18. Jude, verse 18.

[21:59] It says, Also, Jude, verse 18. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you. How they told you that there would be mockers in the last times who will walk according to their own ungodly lusts.

[22:17] So, they make decisions if you want to tell me about God. God for what? Excuse me. Excuse me. If God needs somebody, he should find it for himself. He should find.

[22:28] They mock people. Mock people. They are ungodly lusts. They do what they want to do. No one can tell them anything.

[22:39] But God. God is laughable. So, the last days come with all kinds of stuff. But what I started with Timothy. Second Timothy chapter 2, verse 1 downwards.

[22:53] Very interesting text I want you to. Because actually I haven't gone to my point. Verse 1. Second Timothy chapter 3, verse 1. But know this, that in the last days, very hard times will come.

[23:07] Listen to the kind of human beings we are going to find in these days. Go to the next verse. For men. Men there is not gender sensitive. Okay. Men there means human beings.

[23:17] People. Okay. Human beings. Not woman or man. Okay. So, it says that lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to.

[23:33] Do you see the problem we have on our streets? Yeah. How some of the children are being taught not to give regard to parents. Yeah. The signs of the end times.

[23:45] Wow. Disobedient to parents. Yes. Yes. Unthankful. Unthankful. Unthankful.

[23:56] Unthankful. Remember. Hmm. Remember who stood with you in your days of nothingness. Unthankful.

[24:06] Unthankful. Unthankful. Ungrateful. Another translation uses the word crude. Unthankfulness is a sickness.

[24:21] A spiritual ailment. Very dangerous. Look at January. Do you know there are people who started in January and they are nowhere? They are dead. Most of the things that we take for granted has grounded many people.

[24:36] But you for some reason, you were spared. Be thankful. Several phases of thankfulness. Before I come to being thankful to God.

[24:50] Being thankful to people who have helped you. Who have helped you. God always uses people. Tell someone, be thankful.

[25:02] Be thankful. Is that men will be unthankful. Disrespectful to parents. Unthankful. Give me the message.

[25:13] The message from verse 1. Let's all read it. Let's go. The message from verse 1. Uh-huh. The message from verse 1.

[25:26] Is that men will be unthankful. Money hungry. Self-promoting. Stacked up. Profane. Contemptious to parents. Crude. Of course.

[25:37] Crude. Unthankful. Crude. It's the science of the end time. And we all have the proclivity. We have the ability to do that.

[25:51] You must be conscious and work on yourself. Not to fall in this category. Yeah. It's like. If you don't bathe naturally.

[26:05] Yeah. You will smell. Yeah. You will smell. Okay. Because it's natural. Yeah. This. Any of us here. Is capable. Of becoming like this.

[26:16] Let's go. Let's read it out. Let's go. You should not know what it is going to be. And about it. It's not very good. Uh-huh. People will love only themselves.

[26:27] And their money. They will be boastful and proud. Scorthing at God. Disobedient to parents. And ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred.

[26:37] Sacred. And when you read that. I said from some people. Turn away from me. Turn away. Turn away from people like that. There's a lot more. But because of my time. Thankfulness is important.

[26:50] It's a very great virtue. In 1 Thessalonians chapter 5. From verse 17. It says.

[27:02] Rejoice forevermore. From verse 17. Always rejoicing. Verse 16. Sorry. Always rejoicing. Verse 17.

[27:13] Pray with us. Verse 9. Verse 18. In everything. Gifts. Shall we all say that together? In everything. Please say it again. In everything.

[27:24] Stay louder. In everything. Point to somebody. Don't be afraid of the person. Tell the person. In everything. In everything. In everything. In everything. In everything. In everything. In everything. In everything. In everything. In everything.

[27:34] Now. If you are sitting near somebody. Yes. Sitting near somebody. And the person is your family member. You know he's not being grateful. Take advantage. Your husband. Your husband. Your husband.

[27:45] Actually. He should be thankful for the way you treat him. Tell somebody or your wife. Tell anybody around you. Take advantage. Tell them. Point your finger. Tell them in everything. Give thanks. You know some people cannot even cast their golden crown.

[28:02] They are in church. But they will say. Who are you to tell me what to say? Please. Can you remove your golden crown okay? In everything.

[28:14] What do you mean? What do you mean? When things are working against me. In everything. When I have lost my job. In everything. When I have been diagnosed with something. In everything. In everything. Give thanks.

[28:25] Yes. Give thanks. Thank you. I've lost my job. Thank God you didn't lose your head.

[28:43] I've lost my wallet. Thank God your account didn't get closed. Why? Yeah. Yeah. My car was involved in a crash.

[28:56] Thank God you didn't get crashed. I didn't get any food to eat. I have nothing to eat this Christmas.

[29:07] I don't even know how I'm going to celebrate Christmas. At least, thank God that you are still alive. Some people have belly can eat. Yes, that's true. Do you know some people have belly they can't eat?

[29:20] People have belly they can't eat. And you, you can't eat like a machine gun. How, how, how, how, how, how. You know why you want those cartoons? The way the rabbits eat the carrots. How, how, how, how, how, how.

[29:33] Your appetite is good. Thank God for that one. Some people have so much food but no appetite. Do you know there are people, there are people, you don't know, sir.

[29:43] There are some people who have to take a lot of tablets before they can't eat. Just to generate appetite. Some people, they have to take so much tablets before they can't sleep.

[29:56] People go through things. And be thankful to God. That, you don't, oh, pastor, you don't know what I'm going through. I have to take tablets before I can't sleep. Thank God you got a tablet.

[30:07] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So what would you have done if there was no tablet? They don't have a tablet. They can't afford it. They can't afford it, but you have it. Pastor, I'm losing my head.

[30:20] Thank God at least you have a few weeks. Yes, yes, yes. Very great. Tell someone to be thankful. Be thankful.

[30:30] Some of us are professional moaners and complainers. Sorry, moaners. Moan and moan and moan. Complainers. You complain about everything. Complain about your child.

[30:43] Complain about his school. Complain about his math. Complain about this. Every time there is something to complain about, nothing to be thankful for. Hey. Complain about your husband.

[30:53] You've complained so much that the man is afraid when he's coming home. Every time you call him, can we have a meeting, he says, hey, my Lord. God save me. Oh.

[31:05] He writes it. What crime have I committed? He said, not again. Not again. Not again. Some of you are managers.

[31:18] Sometimes just call the people you work with. They may be wondering what I do. And tell them that I appreciate the way you are trying. You have not performed fully, but you are trying.

[31:29] I see the trying. I appreciate it. I see your efforts. And you are doing well. But I need you to work harder. Because they want to lay off people.

[31:40] You may be affected, but at least I can appreciate your efforts. I see your efforts. I see your efforts. That's a good word. Complaining, complaining, complaining, complaining.

[31:52] Complain about the government. Complain about your housing. Complain about your job. Complain about your children. Complain about the council. Complain about the road. You're always complaining. The Bible says that they mehmered so much, and God was not pleased with them.

[32:07] God was not pleased with them. Complain about the pastor. We stay too long in church. At least thank God for such a nice message.

[32:17] Thank you, Lord.

[32:47] The first thing he did is he said, thank you, Lord. There was a problem, but he said, thank you. And God said, ah, you are thanking me in this condition. I will do what you have never seen before. You are thanking me in this condition.

[33:00] Please, let gratitude, let your mouth be filled with thanks. Be thankful. Be thankful. When we say, when you come to church, and we are giving God thanks, join.

[33:13] Don't feel very important. Join. Cast your crown. Put your crown on our side. Join. When we are dancing, dance to him. Bless him. At least thank him for your health. Thank him for your legs.

[33:25] Thank him for your muscles. Thank him for your digestive system. Thank him. There's always a thousand and one things you can be thankful to. And Romans pushed it this way.

[33:36] God reacts to unthankfulness. Romans 121. Oh, my God. Can we read it out loud together? Yes. Let's go. Let's go.

[33:47] Loud. Loud. Now, we're thankful. Now, we're thankful. Now, see, although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God.

[34:08] No, where two things when you know God, when you see that God is doing something, first you have to glorify him as God and be thankful. Look at the next verse.

[34:23] Professing to be wife, they became fools. Sign the roots of foolishness is blanking God. Ignoring him and not glorifying him as God and not being thankful.

[34:38] The next verse. And change the glory of, and then they went through all these things, okay? They did all what they could do. Go to the next, I want to show you something. The next verse. Therefore God also gave them up.

[34:52] Please, please. My prayer is that you don't put yourself in a situation where God will give up on you. He gives you up.

[35:03] It's okay. You don't care. All right. Do what you want to do. God gave them up. Because when they knew God, they did not glorify him as God, neither were they thankful.

[35:18] So God said, okay, you are on your own. But when you are thankful, you get God's attention. Luke chapter 17, verse 16 and 17.

[35:29] Ten lepers, they saw Jesus Christ. They said, Lord. They cried from afar. Lord. And fell down. Go to from 15. 15. 15. All right.

[35:41] Let's go 14. I didn't intend to read all that. So when he saw them, he said, from verse 13, so he can make sense, please pardon me. And they lifted up their voices, said, Jesus, master, have mercy on them.

[35:51] Verse 14, quickly on us. So when he saw them, he said to them, go show yourself to the priest. And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed. They were ten. From verse 12.

[36:02] Let's see what verse 12 says. 12. Then as he entered the certain village, there met him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off. So as they went, they were cleansed.

[36:14] Jesus said, go. And they were cleansed. And then verse 15, verse 16, sorry. Verse 16. Verse 16. Oh, sorry. Let's go 15. I'm sorry. 15. And one of them.

[36:26] Say one of them. One of them. There is always one. Yeah. One of them. When he saw that he was healed. Return. He didn't go where he was going anymore.

[36:37] He changed his direction. Love. Returned with a loud voice glorifying God. Yeah. God, you have done this for me. Hey, God, my son is married. My daughter is married. God, I thank you for giving me a child.

[36:49] God, I thank you. God, I thank you. I thank you. I thank you. They came back. Came back. And fell on his face at his. Jesus' feet. He fell on his face at his feet.

[37:00] In other words, when you are thanking God, please don't retain your status. And humble yourself and do it. Giving him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.

[37:11] Do you know Jesus' response? Look at verse 17. So Jesus answered and said, were there not ten clasers? But where are there nine?

[37:23] Ten got the testimony. I was expecting that you could come and say thank you. When you prayed and you got the job, you never came back to say thank you. But most of us know how to pray.

[37:35] Prayer warriors. Hey, Lord, I need this. But we don't know how to say thank you. We don't know how to say thank you. Thanksgiving is not just an activity.

[37:46] Thanksgiving is an attitude of the heart. When it's in your heart, it will show on your hands. It should show in your heart. But some people can come and say, hey, thank you, Lord.

[37:58] Thank you, Lord. But they actually don't mean it. And Jesus said, so, but were there not ten who were healed? Where are the nine?

[38:09] They didn't come. So, sometimes people have actions of thanks, but actually not attitude of thanks. But God wants somebody who can say thank you from their heart and show it in your heart.

[38:26] Shout thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Shout thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. When you are going out of home, learn how to say, Lord, I thank you.

[38:43] When you go to town, go to work and come back home, learn how to say, Lord, I thank you. When your children return from school, learn how to say, Lord, I thank you. Anytime you move out and you come back, Lord, I thank you.

[38:57] Let your hearts be filled with thankfulness. Let your hearts be filled with gratitude. Do we have one who can say, Lord, I thank you? Lift up your two hands and say, Lord, rise to your feet.

[39:11] Cast your crown on the ground. Cast your crown. Don't return your status when it comes to saying, Lord, I thank you. Lift up your hands and begin to give him thanks. Open your mouth.

[39:22] Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Lord. Hey.

[39:33] Hey. Hey. Oh, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord.

[39:46] Come on, come on. Thank you for your marriage. Thank you for your children. Thank you for your job. Thank you for your life. Thank you for your cookies.

[39:56] Thank you for your spouse. Thank you for your wife. thank you for your husband come on come on come on come on be grateful be grateful be grateful be grateful Lord I thank you Lord I thank you Lord I thank you and forever grateful and we are grateful I am grateful. We are grateful, Lord. We thank you. We thank you. We thank you. We thank you. We thank you.

[40:43] I thank you for my health. I thank you for my GP. I thank you for the doctor. I thank you for my delivery. I thank you for my wife. I thank you for my husband.

[40:57] I thank you for my job. I thank you for my children. I thank you for my bank account. I thank you for my house. I thank you for my car.

[41:07] Lord, I thank you. Lord, I thank you. Lord I thank you Lord I thank you Lord I thank you Come on lift up your voice Lift up your hands Hallelujah Thank you for listening to this message by David Entry To hear more from David Entry Follow him on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn You can also subscribe to Caroush Church on YouTube Don't forget to share and subscribe to our podcast So you are always up to date Be blessed You