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Review Greeting, thankfulness for the Thessalonians, their testimony of faith through affliction, resurrection of Jesus Christ Paul’s effective ministry among them, his efforts to please God not man, his sincerity in ministry, his boldness yet gentleness, his hard work: all for the purpose that they…

The Holy spirit Makes us God’s temple…the place of His presence…are we living like it? Intro: Today’s sermon is titled A New Temple I looked up the definition of temple and this is the first thing that poped up: Temple: a building for religious worship, especially in religions other than Christianity.…

Paul , and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. Have you ever walked into the middle of a conversation? It can be disastrous. My kids are learning…

The Will of God Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, even your sanctification,…

Pursuing Holiness For the last three chapters we have had an introduction from Paul. He has used these three chapters to encourage and edify the church at Thessalonica. He has praised them for their faithfulness, defended his motives expressed his joy over their love for the scriptures and expressed…

For the past four weeks, we’ve been in this series I’m calling “Framing Your Worldview.” We’re learning to look at life from God’s viewpoint. We’re looking at the major questions of life. We started the first week with, “ Why does it matter what I believe?” Does it really matter what I believe? We’ve…

Deuteronomy 16:8-21:9 REVIEW This is our fifth message from Devarim- Deuteronomy elle-ha deverim = these are the words Picture of Journey An 11 day journey that lasted 40 years Reason why the journeys are moments and opportunities to learn The first generation that came out of Egypt was “thick headed”…

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable…

5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they…

Be Perfect — The Impossible Made Possible The utter impossibility of our keeping the law of God (vv. 20–48) A. When hatred is equal to murder (vv. 21–26) B. When lustful looking is equal to adultery (vv. 27–30) C. When divorce is not as easy as some like to think (vv. 31, 32) D. When false swearing is…

1 Thessalonians 3:4-4:8 Good morning church! I pray you will all have a wonderful new year. Congratulations to those of you that completed the chronological reading plan through the Bible yesterday. That really is a life changing accomplishment that I would encourage all of you to do. There are a couple…

1 This will be the third time I am coming to you. “By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.” 2 I have told you before, and foretell as if I were present the second time, and now being absent I write to those who have sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again…

After a few rather long introductory chapters, Paul now gets to the heart of the letter, teaching his brothers and sisters in Thessalonica what he wasn’t able to teach them in person. From 1 Thessalonians 4:1-5:22 , Paul writes some specific instructions and admonitions. Instructions and admonitions…

Introduction: Have you ever been hiking and come to a fresh stream of water? Maybe you were desperately thirsty and that water was exactly what you had been waiting for. It looks so pure and safe as it flows over the rocks. It’s peaceful music that is produced by its flowing is like a sound machine that…

Ephesians 5:1-21 Good morning again church! We are picking up our study this morning in the book of Ephesians 5 , some of you are bigger fans than others of this chapter, but there is much in here for all of us. We find ourselves in the second half of the book. If you recall, the first 3 chapters of…

I am going to be reading 1 Thessalonians 4:1-6 from the New King James Version . As I read note that I have highlighted the word “ defraud ”. In our pew Bibles, the translators of the ESV chose to translate this Greek word “ wrong ”. The primary meaning of this Greek word is “defraud”; that is to take…

D. A. Carson wrote for Christianity Today in one of the magazine issues from the year 2000. More Perfect Illustrations: For Every Topic and Occasion (Compromise: Natural Drift from Holiness) People do not drift toward holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness,…

The God of the Cosmos The Christian God is a wonderfully attractive being. He created the cosmos, not merely universe but cosmos (as in Cosmo magazine… beauty, fashion, love)… the cosmos is the beautifully ordered harmonious universe born from a God of beauty, order and harmony. When God rescued Israel…

Choices How do people make choices? Based on desire. Based on obligation. Based on necessity. Based on reputation. Based on resignation. At our core we are designed and required to make choices each and every day. It is an inescapable part of our existence. Even to not make a choice is by it’s nature…

C.S. Lewis once said, “Christians have talked as if Christianity thinks that sex or the body, or the pleasure we experience within our bodies were bad in themselves. But they are wrong. Christianity is almost the only one of the great religions that throughly approves of the body, which believes that…

Introduction: 1 Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. 2 For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will of God,…

4th week of From this Day Forward… Are great relationships possible? They are if we live differently than the culture. They are not if you go along with our culture. God has given us an owners manuel to live by and I have discovered that God’s way works. We all have baggage that we bring into today,…

As Americans, we are very concerned about purity in some areas while in other areas we could not care less. For instance, when it comes to clean air and water, people are very concerned. Our culture is overly concerned to the point of forcing battery cars… trying to limit automobiles etc… to clean up…

Intro - 21 Days of Prayer - Refocus, Refresh, We are not really fasting, but we know we need to get some toxins out of our lives. Detox - Removal of toxic substances from a living organism We need to removes some toxins from our lives… spirit, soul and body. In January we do this in the fast. I am pretty…

Introduction 9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people— 10 not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. 11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone…