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A Thanksgiving Study of 2 Chronicles 5:11-14

A Thanksgiving Study of 2 Chronicles 5:11-14The first of two messages

for:A Season of

Thanksgiving

The first of two messages for:

A Season of Thanksgiving

Pastor Stan ReederPastor Stan Reeder

I. The REASON for Thanksgiving.I. The REASON for Thanksgiving.


1. Praise God for his GOODNESS (2 Chronicles 5:13b).



They raised their voices in praise to the Lord and sang; He is good,

his love endures forever.

-2 Chronicles 5:13b

They raised their voices in praise to the Lord and sang; He is good,

his love endures forever.

-2 Chronicles 5:13b






Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving kindness…

Cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me…


Wash me I shall be whiter than snow… create in me a clean

heart… Restore unto me the joy of your salvation.

- Psalm 51

Wash me I shall be whiter than snow… create in me a clean

heart… Restore unto me the joy of your salvation.

- Psalm 51




2. Praise God for his enduring LOVE (2 Chronicles 5:13b).




2. Praise God for his enduring LOVE (2 Chronicles 5:13b).For Christ died, once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous

[WHY SUCH A SACRIFICE?] to bring you to God.

-1 Peter 3:18

For Christ died, once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous

[WHY SUCH A SACRIFICE?] to bring you to God.

-1 Peter 3:18




…because God has said;Never will I leave you:

never will I forsake you.


So we say with confidence, the Lord is my helper, I will not be

afraid. What can man do to me?

-Hebrews 13:5,6

So we say with confidence, the Lord is my helper, I will not be

afraid. What can man do to me?

-Hebrews 13:5,6






No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through

him who loved us.

-Romans 8:37

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through

him who loved us.

-Romans 8:37




What then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but

gave him up for us all

What then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but

gave him up for us all




- how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all

things?

- Romans 8:31-32

- how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all

things?

- Romans 8:31-32


He is good;His love endures forever.

- 2 Chronicles 5:13b

He is good;His love endures forever.

- 2 Chronicles 5:13b



II. The RENDERING of Thanksgiving.II. The RENDERING of Thanksgiving.


1. CONSECRATION.1. CONSECRATION.



All the priests who were there had consecrated themselves…

-2 Chronicles 5:11a

All the priests who were there had consecrated themselves…

-2 Chronicles 5:11a



Consecration comes from the Hebrew word qadesh and literally means:to be made clean, holy and SET APART for the exclusive use of the Lord.

Consecration comes from the Hebrew word qadesh and literally means:to be made clean, holy and SET APART for the exclusive use of the Lord.



All the priests who were there had consecrated themselves, regardless of their divisions.

-2 Chronicles 5:11

All the priests who were there had consecrated themselves, regardless of their divisions.

-2 Chronicles 5:11


2. UNITY.2. UNITY.


2. UNITY.2. UNITY.

The trumpeters and singers joined in unison, as with one

voice, to give praise and thanks to the Lord.

-2 Chronicles 5:13

The trumpeters and singers joined in unison, as with one

voice, to give praise and thanks to the Lord.

-2 Chronicles 5:13


2. UNITY.2. UNITY.

How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in

unity!

-Psalm 133:1

How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in

unity!

-Psalm 133:1


2. UNITY.2. UNITY.

For there the Lord bestows his blessing.

-Psalm 133:3

For there the Lord bestows his blessing.

-Psalm 133:3


2. UNITY.2. UNITY.

I pray also for those who will believe in me through their

message, that all of them may be one.

I pray also for those who will believe in me through their

message, that all of them may be one.


2. UNITY.2. UNITY.

Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us that the world may believe

that you have sent me.

-John 17:20-21

Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us that the world may believe

that you have sent me.

-John 17:20-21

III. The RESULT ofThanksgiving.III. The RESULT ofThanksgiving.

1. The House was filled with a CLOUD.1. The House was filled with a CLOUD.


1. The House was filled with a CLOUD.1. The House was filled with a CLOUD.

THEN the temple of the Lord was filled with a cloud…

-2 Chronicles 5:13c

THEN the temple of the Lord was filled with a cloud…

-2 Chronicles 5:13c


2. The priests could not MINISTER.2. The priests could not MINISTER.

Live so as to be missed.

- Robert Murray McCheyne

Live so as to be missed.

- Robert Murray McCheyne

Dear believers, for the sake of the dead souls around you – for the sake of this great town… for the sake of our land, filled with formality and hypocrisy – unite in prayer and unite in praise and prove the Lord, if He will not pour out a blessing.

Dear believers, for the sake of the dead souls around you – for the sake of this great town… for the sake of our land, filled with formality and hypocrisy – unite in prayer and unite in praise and prove the Lord, if He will not pour out a blessing.

Not for your own sakes only, but for the sake of those perishing around you, let us wrestle and pray for a fuller time of the Spirit’s working than has ever been seen in Scotland yet.

-Robert Murray McCheyne

Not for your own sakes only, but for the sake of those perishing around you, let us wrestle and pray for a fuller time of the Spirit’s working than has ever been seen in Scotland yet.

-Robert Murray McCheyne

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