The Gospel for Life
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The Gospel for Life
Thanksgiving 2025 pt.1
Today we want to begin thinking about Thanksgiving and we want to really center our conversation today around a
verse in 1 Corinthians.
▪ 1 Corinthians 4:7 – For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If
then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?
This verse contains two questions:
1. What do you have that you did not receive?
2. If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?
Paul asks this question, but it really is a statement disguised as a question.
▪ What is Paul stating in this question?
Back to the first question (What do you have that you did not receive?) which contains two parts:
1. What do you have
2. What do you have that you did not receive?
▪ So, let’s answer the questions.
Consider also James 1:17 – “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of
lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.”
▪ If we fail to see that everything we have is from God, what does this do to our ability to be thankful and be
grateful?
▪ One person has written, “This question humbles the proud, enlightens the ignorant, and refocuses the
preoccupied.” Thoughts on this quote?
▪ What are some things that contribute to our struggle with gratitude and thankfulness? What are some things
that can help us truly be thankful and grateful?
▪ GK Chesterton wrote that, “the worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has not one to
thank.” Thoughts on the quote?
▪ How can we live in a worse ways than the atheist?
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