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Thank God for the Appointing of the Redeemer and His Gracious Condescension

Thanksgiving 4.12 | NIV

For the appointing of the Redeemer and God’s gracious condescension to deal with men upon new terms, receding from the demands of the broken covenant of innocency.

I bless you that when sacrifice and offering you did not desire, and in them you were not pleased, that then the eternal Son of God said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will, O God, and a body you have prepared for me.” Hebrews 10:5-7(NIV) And that, as it is written about him in the scroll, he desired to do your will, O God; your law was within his heart. Psalm 40:7-8(NIV)

You have bestowed strength on a warrior, a young man from among the people. You have found David your servant; with your sacred oil you have anointed him: Psalm 89:19-20(NIV) You have set him above his companions by anointing him with the oil of joy, Psalm 45:7(NIV) and promised that your hand would sustain him and your arm would strengthen him, Psalm 89:21(NIV) and that you would appoint him your firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth. Psalm 89:27(NIV)

I bless you that the Father now judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son; John 5:22(NIV) that as he has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself, and has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man; John 5:26-27(NIV) that the Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands; John 3:35(NIV) and that the counsel of peace is between them both. Zechariah 6:13(KJV)

That he is your servant, whom you uphold, your chosen one in whom you delight, Isaiah 42:1(NIV) your Son, whom you love, with him you are well pleased; Matthew 17:5(NIV) that you have made him to be a covenant for the people; Isaiah 49:8(NIV) and that through him your people are not under law but under grace. Romans 6:14(NIV)

That God so loved the world as to give his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16(NIV)

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Thank God for His Eternal Purposes and Counsels Concerning Man’s Redemption

Thanksgiving 4.11 | NIV

For the eternal purposes and counsels of God concerning man’s redemption.

I ought always to thank you, O God, because from the beginning you have chosen some to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit: 2 Thessalonians 2:13(NIV) That there is a remnant chosen by grace, Romans 11:5(NIV) whom you have chosen in Christ before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in your sight; in love you predestined them to be adopted as your sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with your pleasure and will – to the praise of your glorious grace. Ephesians 1:4-6(NIV)

They were yours, and you gave them to Christ; John 17:6(NIV) and this is your will: that you should lose none of all that you have given him, but raise them up at the last day. John 6:39(NIV)

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Thank God for His Grace to your Soul and for Design

Thanksgiving 4.10 | NIV

The goodness of his grace relating to my soul and the life that is to come.

But especially praise be to the God and Father of my Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed me in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. Ephesians 1:3(NIV)

1st, I must give God thanks for his kindnesses to the children of men, relating to their better part and their future state and his favors to the church in general.

I must give thanks for his gracious design and contrivance of man’s redemption and salvation, when he was lost and undone by sin.

O how wonderfully did the kindness and love of God my Savior appear! He saved me, not because of righteous things I had done, but because of his mercy: Titus 3:4-5(NIV) I had destroyed myself, but you, you only, are my helper. Hosea 13:9(NIV)

When I was thrown out into the open field, and no one looked on me with pity, you saw me kicking about in my blood, and you said to me, “Live!” Yes, you said to me, “Live!” Ezekiel 16:5-6(NIV) And the time was a time of love. Ezekiel 16:8(NIV)

When the ransom for a life was costly, so that no payment would ever be enough, and no man could redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for him, Psalm 49:7-8(NIV) then you were pleased to find a ransom, that I, with your people, might be spared from going down to the pit. Job 33:24(NIV)

When I had to die, and was like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, then did you devise ways so that the banished person might not remain forever estranged from you. 2 Samuel 14:14(NIV)

When you did not spare the angels who sinned, but sent them to hell, 2 Peter 2:4(NIV) you said concerning the rage of mankind, “Don’t destroy it, there is yet some good in it.” Isaiah 65:8(NIV) Herein appears God’s secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for his people’s glory before time began. 1 Corinthians 2:7(NIV)