Living in repentance, confessing our sin and receiving God's absolution, His forgiveness, is the life of highest thanksgiving. We have nothing to offer Him in thanksgiving that He hasn’t first given to us – except for our sin. So He simply calls on us to believe in His Son, so that He might continue being your God and supplying your every need forever. This is why the Lord’s Supper is also called the Eucharist, the Greek word for thanksgiving. As we come to receive His body and blood we also offer our sins to him in faith and thanksgiving for the forgiveness we are certain to receive in His holy meal.
The life of thanksgiving faith is lived in simple service to all of those around us, not in order to earn anything before God, but because He already has given us everything we need. Honoring and serving our neighbors we both receive what we need and provide what our neighbor needs for daily bread and life.
If you would like to read or listen to the sermon preached for Thanksgiving Eve, click on this link:
http://lcmssermons.com/index.
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