You who are thirsty and hungry out on that wandering barren desert with no way to go and no map,

no direction, no path to an inhabited city, no hope for resources, cried out to God,

he gave you everything you needed, certainly you are obligated to give him thanks.

Welcome to Grace to you with the Bible teaching of John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

It's been rightly said.

It is not only by grace alone that we become God's people, but by grace alone,

we remain his people. The question is, if you've experienced that grace, how should you respond?

What attitudes should characterize your life if you've been saved?

John MacArthur answers that today as he continues a week of timely,

thanksgiving-themed messages. So now if you have your Bible handy, turn to Psalm 107 and follow along as John begins today's lesson. Well, let's open our Bibles back to Psalm 107. Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for his loving kindness, which is an Old

Testament word that sort of combines grace and mercy, is everlasting.

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary and gathered from the lands,

from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.

There is that opening direct call to give thanks to God.

After then, that opening call of those three verses, the Psalm gets very interesting.

There are four illustrations of God's redemption.

Four illustrations running from verse 4 to 32 and we're going to cover them all this morning.

That surprises you but it can be done and we will do it.

Four illustrations of God's redemption. First, God's redemption is like a lost caravan being led

to a safe city. God's redemption is like a captive prisoner in a dungeon waiting execution,

being set free. God's redemption is like a sick person with no appetite on the brink of death recovering

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