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*Faith, Repentance & Thanksgiving – Luke 17:11-19*
 
·      Spring Harvest burglary!
·      Something *wonderful* being done for you
o  an act of real *kindness* and love
§  nearly always followed by *thanks*
·      and *if not*, we think there’s *something wrong*
o  the /simple/ meaning of this Gospel story
§  thanksgiving is due to God
·      But there are lessons about *faith* here, too
 
·      *Action* as a /witness/ to faith – even the smallest!
o  “They stood at a distance” *(v12)*
§  pleading in the faintest *hope*
§  not willing to break the societal norms
/“It’s not great faith you need; it’s faith in a great God.
Faith is like a window through which you can see something.
What matters is not whether the window is six inches or six feet high and wide; what matters is the God that your faith is looking out on.
If it’s the creator God, the God active in Jesus and the Spirit, then the tiniest little peep-hole of a window will give you access to power like you never dreamed of...” *(Tom Wright)*/
o  “... *as they went*, they were cleansed” *(v14)*
§  obedience, trust, faith...
 
·      *Thanksgiving*
o  faith of the ten, thanksgiving of the one *(v15)*
·      Were the nine cleansed and the one cleansed and saved?
o  *all nine* were /cleansed/
o  but the *one* is /singled out/
§  “Get up” *(v19)* has the same root as *resurrection* (ajnasta;V)
§  “... your faith has made you well ~/ has saved you” *(v19)*
·      Salvation, in some ways, is not *just* about /faith/
o  or maybe faith isn’t just about belief...
§  “*repent* and *believe* the good news...” *(Mark 1:15)*
§  “whoever *believes* and is *baptised*...” *(Mark 16:16)*
·      Faith and *repentance~/humility*
o  “One of them... came back, praising God...
He threw himself at Jesus’ feet...” *(vv15-16)*
o  lack of *thanks* often due to a lack of *humility*
§  thinking they are *above* the kind person
§  that this /should/ have been done for them anyway
o  thanks acknowledges the *grace* of the one who acts kindly
§  David’s humble thanksgiving *(1 Chronicles 29:10-14)*
§  the *unwarranted* goodness...
·      The one’s repentance~/humility was *evidenced* by his thanksgiving
o  repentance is all about *knowing our place with God*
§  always *below* Him, but;
·      as sinners, *in need of His forgiveness*
·      then, *duty* and *joy-bound* to /thank/ and /praise Him/
o  “Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven – for she loved much.
But he who has been forgiven little loves little.”
*(Luke 7:47)*
o  thanksgiving for God’s /saving act/ *(Colossians 1:3-4, 9-14)*
 
/“It is indeed right, it is our duty and our joy at all times and in all places to give you thanks and praise, holy Father, heavenly King, almighty, everlasting God, through Jesus Christ your only Son our Lord.”
*(HE ’04 Eucharistic Prayer 3)*/
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·      Here, we *celebrate* God’s goodness to each and every one
o  His /ultimate/ act of kindness – our *salvation*
o  here is an opportunity to */add thanksgiving/ to our /faith/*
§  but so is each and every day...!
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