Category: 1 Thessalonians 5
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Without Ceasing
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” Do you realize the continual nature of spiritual life? Think of it as a parallel to physical life. Every person on the face of the earth was born at one time. It…
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Always!
1 Thessalonians 5:16-17 “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” It is nearly impossible to convey the wonder of the truths contained in the verse above. It tells us about some of the wonderful things that God has willed for…
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You are . . .
1 Thessalonians 5:4-8 “But you are not in darkness, brothers . . . For you are all children of light, children of the day. . .So then let us not sleep . . . let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.” One of the many wonderful…
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What’s the Focus?
1 Thessalonians 5:27 “I put you under oath before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.” My wife attended a church when she was a child, but it was a church where she never heard the gospel. It’s almost unbelievable that this could be the case, but that was her experience. I…
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Pray for Me
1 Thessalonians 5:25 “Brothers, pray for us.” Do you make it a habit to ask people to pray for you? The apostle Paul did. Frequently in his letters, such as in 1 Thessalonians 5 above, he asked the believers to pray for him. With these requests, Paul left an example that we should follow. If…
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Fire!
1 Thessalonians 5:19 “Do not quench the Spirit.” 2 Timothy 1:6 “Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.” Ephesians 6:16 “In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one.” It’s interesting…
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Calamity!
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 “Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you. For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, ‘There is peace and security,’ then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon…
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An Urgent Matter
1 Thessalonians 5:14 “And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.” It’s so important to pay close attention to the specific words used in the Word of God. God created language. He knows how to say things to us in the best possible way. Not one word in…
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A Word Regarding Pastors
1 Thessalonians 5:12 “We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work.” One of the things that seems to be a consistent thread throughout the great Apostle Paul’s writings was how he had to…
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Are you awake?
1 Thessalonians 5:6 “Let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.” According to the Bible, some people are asleep – spiritually, that is, and that’s not a good condition to be in. There’s lots going on all around them, but they’re not aware of it. They are missing out on what…
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