Giving Thanks to God 2025 Day 3: Ingratitude is a sin.

“For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things. Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭1‬:‭21‬-‭25‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Ironically, ingratitude is more often observed among those who are actually better off than the multitudes of people all over the world suffering great want. It seems that the more people have, the more they desire, becoming petty and ungrateful.

Paul warned that the ingratitude we are seeing in our society, indeed, seen in many parts of the world, is one of the signs of living in the Last Days before the coming of Jesus.

“But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!“

‭‭II Timothy‬ ‭3‬:‭1‬-‭5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Notice that Paul ranks being unthankful, with sins we might deem as being much worse.

In our opening scripture we see Paul commenting concerning the attitudes and behaviors that lead a person to become foolish and spiritually blind:

“For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.”

Child of God, ingratitude toward God, isn’t just ill-advised, it’s a sin. And as we have seen, ingratitude leads to spiritual blindness. The fact is, if we really understood what God has done for us through Jesus Christ, the sin of ingratitude would be much less of a temptation.

Lord willing, we will discuss this further, next time.

Peace to you.

Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!