The thanksgiving of the soul

3 Reasons to “give thanks” to the Father

Colossians 1:12-14
“12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. 13He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”

1. He has qualified us by grace to be heirs

Galatians 4:7
“7So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.”

Our lives could not qualify us, our actions only condemned us. Our parents could not qualify us, their sin mirrored in us. Our religions actions and attendance could not qualify us, rather the sin of our pride found us guilty in that. As believers we are thankful because before a Holy God, we stand qualified. We are not being qualified, or one day we will be qualified, we ARE qualified. We are qualified only through the blood of on Man Jesus, who would hang on a cross for all.

2. He has delivered us from Satan’s domain

Ephesians 2:1-3
“1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.”

From the deepest of pits and the darkest of lies our King would come down to get us. He would come down to save us even when we did not want to be saved. He would take us from the deception of the enemy and deliver us to freedom. He would pick us up from our own graves and make dead men walk.

3. He transferred us to Christ’s Kingdom

Ephesians 1:7-8
“7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight.”

The kingdom of the damned was thereby released to become to kingdom of the living. By grace, through faith the captives were set free. Sin no longer held its grasp, nor did it know God’s children by name.