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W O W - T H E B I G P I C T U R E
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Excel Still More in Obedience and Love
-- 1 Thessalonians 4-5; Psalm 119:69-72; Proverbs 21:21
Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you
should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought
to walk and to please God; for you know what commandments we gave you
through the Lord Jesus.
For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should
abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you should know how to
possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in passion of
lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God; that no one should take
advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord
is the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified.
For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness. Therefore he
who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given us
His Holy Spirit.
But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to
you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another; and
indeed you do so toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But
we urge you, brethren, that you increase more and more; that you also
aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work
with your own hands, as we commanded you, that you may walk properly
toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing.
But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who
have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. For if
we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with
Him those who sleep in Jesus.
For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive
and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those
who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a
shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And
the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in
the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort
one another with these words.
But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need
that I should write to you. For you yourselves know perfectly that the
day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. For when they say,
"Peace and safety!" then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor
pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. But you,
brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as
a thief. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of
the night nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as others do,
but let us watch and be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and
those who get drunk are drunk at night. But let us who are of the day
be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet
the hope of salvation. For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to
obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that
whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.
Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also
are doing.
And we urge you, brethren, to recognize those who labor among you, and
are over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them very
highly in love for their work's sake. Be at peace among yourselves.
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn those who are unruly, comfort the
fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all. See that no one
renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both
for yourselves and for all.
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for
this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies. Test all things;
hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil.
Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your
whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful, who also will do
it.
Brethren, pray for us.
Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss.
I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read to all the holy
brethren.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
1 Thessalonians 4-5
WORSHIP:
The proud have forged a lie against me,
But I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart.
Their heart is as fat as grease,
But I delight in Your law.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
That I may learn Your statutes.
The law of Your mouth is better to me
Than thousands of coins of gold and silver.
Psalm 119:69-72
WISDOM:
He who follows righteousness and mercy
Finds life, righteousness and honor.
Proverbs 21:21
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