It Is Good To Give Thanks To The Lord

Thanks and praise are the natural responses of a regenerate person to the sweet mercy of God through Jesus Christ. They are based upon the apprehension of the sovereignty of God over all of life, and especially upon the fact that He who rules the cosmos and history, also rules over even the insignificant things in one's life. The outline of the sermon is as follows:
I. Thanksgiving as an act of faith
II. Based upon God's sovereign judgment
III. And upon His sovereign mercy