Standing for Truth and Defending Your Freedom
Standing for Truth and Defending Your Freedom

Why Be Thankful?


Scripture: Romans 1:21

In Paul’s epistle to the Romans we find a telling description of those who ignored the testimony about God that is visible to all through the light of creation. The Apostle writes: “For although they knew God, they did not honor Him as God nor give thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and their foolish hearts were darkened.”

In this narrative we see revealed two of our most important duties before God: to honor Him and to give thanks. And for those who would not, this passage repeats a fearful phrase. Three times it says: “God gave them up.” Gave them up to what? He gave them up to lustful impurity; He gave them up to dishonorable passions; He gave them up to a debased mind. All because they would not honor Him and would not give thanks.

So here is the question for us: Are we thankful to God who spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all?  Dr. D. James Kennedy elaborates in his message: “Why Be Thankful?”