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Grace Fellowship ChurchGrace Fellowship ChurchNovember 23, 2011November 23, 2011
Pastor/TeacherPastor/TeacherJim RickardJim Rickard
I.I. The Establishment of The Establishment of Thanksgiving as a Thanksgiving as a
Holiday in America.Holiday in America.
1789 - George Washington “To be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all good that was, that is, or that will be, our sincere and humble
thanks.… Americans should also beseech the great Lord and Ruler of
Nations that he might pardon our national and other transgressions.”
1621 - Governor William Bradford
“Thank you Lord for sending Squanto to us. We know your hand has been upon him throughout all of his trials, and that You have prepared him to be our guide and friend in a time of great need. Squanto is your living answer to
our tears and prayers.”
1619 - Captain John Woodlief
“We ordain that the day of our ships arrival at the place assigned
for plantation in the land of Virginia shall be yearly and
perpetually kept holy as a day of Thanksgiving to Almighty God.”
1. Hebrew – Old Testament:Thanksgiving is first
mentioned in scriptures in Lev 7 where our Lord established the Peace and Thanksgiving
offerings. Peace between God and Man.
TODAH - “words of thanks to God, a ritual act of
thanksgiving, a religious song of thanksgiving, a
Levitical choir or a verbal confession of sin.”
When sin is acknowledged, the worshiper gives honor to
God and prepares the way for God’s display of salvation, Psa 50:23.
Psa 50:23, “He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me; and
to him who orders his way aright I shall show the
salvation of God.”
TODAH was one of the fellowship offerings
(SHELAMIN) mentioned in Lev 7:12-15 and 22:29.
Along with the words of the thank offering, the worshiper
was to bring food.
2. Greek – New Testament:
EUCHARISTIA (noun) - “thankfulness, giving of
thanks, or gratitude.”2 Cor 4:15; 9:11; Col 2:6-7; 4:2;
1 Tim 4:3-4; Rev 7:12, etc.
1 Tim 4:4-5, “For everything created by God is good, and nothing is
to be rejected if it is received with gratitude; 5for it is
sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer.”
EUCHARISTEO (verb) – “Give thanks”
Eph 1:16; 5:20; Col 1:3, 12; 3:17; 1 Thes 1:2; 5:18;
2 Thes 2:13; Rev 11:17, etc.
Mat 15:36,“And He took the seven
loaves and the fish; and giving thanks, He broke them and started giving them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.”
Col 3:17,“Whatever you do in
word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through
Him to God the Father.”
T.G.T.G. is not some shallow, fleeting system of gratitude for something. It is a system
of worship of God.
It is capacity for worship; capacity for life; a reflection
of what is truly going on inside your soul.
T.G.T.G. can also be a public acknowledgment or
celebration of worship in which the goodness and graciousness of God are extolled, 1 Chro 16:7-36.
T.G.T.G. is based on knowing God through Bible doctrine
resident in the soul, Psa 100:3-5; 2 Cor 9:10-11;
Col 2:7; 1 Thes 3:9.
T.G.T.G. is a priestly sacrifice. It was a sacrifice in the OT, it is a sacrifice for the royal priesthood of the New,
Psa 116:17; 107:22; Amos 4:5; Heb 13:15.
Heb 13:15, “Through Him then, let us
continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit
of lips that give thanks to His name. And do not neglect doing good and sharing, for with such
sacrifices God is pleased.”