NO THANKS TO CHANCE #415

We have two great reasons for special Thanksgiving. Psalm 100:1-3 directs us. "Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness; come before Him with joyful singing. Know that the Lord Himself is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people and the sheep of His pasture."

We ought to give God praise. He made us. We did not crawl out of some primeval soup. We did not develop under the supervision of chance over millions of years. DNA contains an amazing amount of information. Where did it come from? Chance? Flip a coin. Will it be heads or tails? What is the chance? Does chance guide the coin? Chance has no power. We do not owe chance praise for our existence.

Are we part of the people of God through faith in Jesus Christ? We owe God praise. "He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son" (Colossians 1:13). Plunged in darkness, we could not find our way out of the swamp of sin. God rescued us. He removed us from the domain of darkness where Satan rules. He placed us in the kingdom of Christ. We have a new confession. "Jesus Christ is Lord" (Romans 10:9). This thanksgiving, give God thanks for both creating and redeeming you.

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