“As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk (live) in Him: 7. Rooted and built up in Him, and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding (overflowing) therein with thanksgiving.”
I want to share with you what this text teaches that should cause us to overflow with thanksgiving. First, we should be thankful that we have “received Christ Jesus the Lord.” In whatever way we encountered Jesus, we took the opportunity to receive Him into our lives. This means we have a personal relationship with Him. We are thankful that He is always near us and that He answers us when we pray. If you have received Christ Jesus as your Lord give thanks. If you have not received Him, take the opportunity to do it now. Ask Jesus to forgive you for your sins, and ask Him to come into your life – and be thankful. Second, Jesus has called us to a new life. After we received Jesus, we began to “walk in Him.” (“Walk” in the KJV refers to our lifestyles.) Paul expressed it this way in Romans 6:4: “Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead, even so we should walk in newness of life.” Paul described this new life in Galatians 2:20: “I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” In Jesus we have a victorious and joyful life. We just need to realize the life that Jesus has given us, and when we realize it, we will overflow with thanksgiving. . Third, because we received Christ, and received the new life that He gave us, we are “rooted and built up in faith.” Paul reminded us of this in Ephesians 2:8: “For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God.” Pay attention to the words “rooted and built up in Him.” As the plant is securely planted in the soil, we are planted in Christ. This is no “fly by night” salvation. Jesus gave us grand reassurance in John 10:27-28: “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28. And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.” * Surely, all of this will cause us to overflow with thanksgiving. Rejoice! Do it! Bro. Joe *Notice that man is italicized. This means that it is added and is not part of the translation from the Greek text. It can read: “neither can anyone (or anything) pluck them out of my hand.” (Analytical Greek Lexicon)This means that there is nothing that can pluck us out of God's hand.
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