Over the last few weeks, as I prepared for the talk I gave at church last Sunday on being thankful, I’ve been captivated by two questions I came across in F. F. Bruce’s commentary on Colossians.  The two questions were shared as it relates to learning, as Paul says in Colossians 3:17, that “whatever you do, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”  Here are the two questions.  I hope they captivate you as well.

1.  Can I do this in the name of the Lord Jesus, whose reputation is at stake in the conduct of his known followers?

2.  Can I thank God the Father through him for the opportunity of doing this thing?