1 Thessalonians 5.11-The Thessalonians Must Exhort, Encourage and Build Up Each Other (Doctrinal Bible Church in Huntsville, Alabama)

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First Thessalonians Series: 1 Thessalonians 5:11-The Thessalonians Must Continue to Exhort, Encourage and Build Up Each Other With Paul’s Teaching in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10-Lesson # 78

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Doctrinal Bible Church

Pastor-Teacher Bill Wenstrom

Sunday December 15, 2024

First Thessalonians Series: 1 Thessalonians 5:11-The Thessalonians Must Continue to Exhort, Encourage and Build Up Each Other With Paul’s Teaching in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10

Lesson # 78

1 Thessalonians 5:1 Now, brothers and sisters, concerning those particular distinguishable periods of time, yes, specifically, those particular distinguishable prophetic events, each and every one of you possesses absolutely no need whatsoever for any of us to write to any one of you at this particular time. 2 For you yourselves, each and every one of you possesses an accurate comprehensive knowledge that the Lord’s day, in the same way as a thief during the night, is certainly about to take place. 3 While, they are saying, “peace and security,” then sudden destruction will certainly come against them like the labor pains experienced by a pregnant woman. Consequently, they will not by any means whatsoever enter into the state of escaping. 4 But each and every one of you, brothers and sisters absolutely do not belong to those who live in the darkness so that the day would take any one of you by surprise like a thief takes someone by surprise. 5 For each and every one of you belong to a particular group of individuals who are sons possessed by that which is characterized by the light. Consequently, each and every one of you belong to a particular group of individuals who are sons belonging to that which is characterized by the day. Each and every one of us absolutely does not belong to those who are sons belonging to that which is characterized by the night, nor sons possessed by that which is characterized by the darkness. 6 Indeed therefore, each and every one of us must continue to not be asleep as the rest. But rather, let each one of us continue to stay alert namely, let each one of us continue to be sober-minded 7 because those who are asleep, sleep during the night. Correspondingly, those who are drunk, are drunk during the night. 8 However, because each and every one of us belongs to a particular group of individuals who are sons belonging to that which is characterized by the day, let each one of us continue to be sober-minded. Specifically, by clothing ourselves with a breastplate which is faith as well as divine-love, likewise a helmet which is a confident expectation of salvation. 9 For the one and only God by no means whatsoever appointed each and every one of us for the purpose of experiencing His wrath. On the contrary, He appointed each one and every one of us for the purpose of experiencing the acquisition of salvation as a permanent possession through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 yes the one who died for the benefit of each and every one of us as our substitute. So that the one and only God’s purpose would be accomplished of each one of us entering into the state of being alive together with Him whether each of us are alert or asleep. 11 Therefore, each and every one of you continue to make it your habit of exhorting and encouraging one another. Consequently, each one must continue to make it their habit of building up the other just as each one of you are in fact continuing to make it your habit of doing. (Pastor’s translation)

1 Thessalonians 5:11 brings to an end Paul’s teaching of the eschatological day of the Lord in relation to the Christian and which teaching began in 1 Thessalonians 5:1.

This section of the epistle makes clear that Paul wanted to reassure the Thessalonians that they would not experience the prophetic events related to the day of the Lord.

In particular, they would not experience the events predicted to take place during the seventieth week of Daniel and the Second Advent of Jesus Christ.

Specifically, they would not experience the Lord’s wrath or righteous indignation which He will exercise against every unrepentant, unregenerate human being on the earth during the seventieth week of Daniel and Second Advent of Jesus Christ.

Paul asserts that they were delivered from God’s wrath.

The implication of this pericope is that the Thessalonians must live a godly life in contrast to unregenerate humanity in light of the fact that they are delivered from the Lord’s wrath which He will exercise against each unrepentant unregenerate human being on the earth during the seventieth week of Daniel and His Second Advent.

The purpose of 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 is to reassure the Thessalonians that the eschatological day of the Lord does not pose a threat to them in any way whatsoever.

It is also to designed to encourage and warn them how they must continue to live their lives in light of the disaster which is about to come upon the non-Christian community.

Now, 1 Thessalonians 5:11 contains two commands and an emphatic comparative clause.

The first command required that each member of the Thessalonian Christian community continue to make it their habit of exhorting and encouraging one another.

This command is the result of or an inference from the previous statements recorded in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10 or in other words, the execution of this command by the Thessalonians is to be the direct consequence of Paul’s teaching in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10.

Therefore, this first command required that each member of the Thessalonian Christian community continue to make it their habit of exhorting and encouraging one another based upon Paul’s teaching in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10.

So therefore, the first command in 1 Thessalonians 5:11 required that each member of the Thessalonian Christian community continue to make it their habit of exhorting and encouraging one another with Paul’s teaching in1 Thessalonians 5:1-10.

The verb parakaleō (παρακαλέω) in this first command contains the ideas of both exhorting and encouraging.

It expresses the idea that each member of the Thessalonian Christian community was to encourage one another by means of Paul’s teaching in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10 with regards to the eschatological day of the Lord.

Thus, the word speaks of the Thessalonians filling each other with confidence because they will not experience God’s wrath during the seventieth week of Daniel and Second Advent of Jesus Christ.

It also speaks of them filling each other with confidence because they will be delivered from this period at the rapture of the church when they receive their resurrection body which will complete their salvation.

Also, this verb parakaleō (παρακαλέω) in 1 Thessalonians 5:11 is expressing the idea that each member of the Thessalonian Christian community was to exhort one another with Paul’s teaching in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10 with regards to the eschatological day the Lord.

Thus, the word speaks of the Thessalonians exhorting one another in the sense of authoritatively training each other through instruction with regards to the fact that they will not experience God’s wrath during the seventieth week of Daniel and Second Advent of Jesus Christ.

It also speaks of the Thessalonians authoritatively training each other through instruction with regards to the fact that they because they will be delivered from this period at the rapture of the church when they receive their resurrection body which will complete their salvation.

In 1 Thessalonians 5:11, the present imperative form of this verb parakaleō (παρακαλέω) is a customary present imperative, which expresses the idea of the Thessalonians continuing to make it their habit of exhorting and encouraging one another with Paul’s teaching in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10.

This interpretation is supported by the comparative clause kathōs kai poieite (καθὼς καὶ ποιεῖτε), “just as you are in fact doing,” which follows it and affirms the Thessalonians were already exhorting and encouraging one another with the things Paul taught them in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10.

The implication is that the Thessalonians were already familiar with Paul’s teaching in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10 because he instructed them in the past with this teaching when he was in their presence.

Now, the second command in 1 Thessalonians 5:11 required that each member of the Thessalonian Christian community continue to make it their habit of building up one another and this command presents the result of the first command in the verse.

Therefore, this indicates that the Thessalonians must continue to make it their habit of building one another up as a result of each one of them continuing to make it their habit of exhorting and encouraging one another with Paul’s teaching in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10.

In this second command, the verb oikodomeō (οἰκοδομέω) is expressing the idea of each member of the Thessalonian Christian community building each other up spiritually in the sense of helping each other through Paul’s teaching in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10 to become more mature spiritually.

It is also expressing the idea of each member of the Thessalonian Christian community building each other up spiritually through Paul’s teaching in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10 in the sense that each one of them continues to improve their ability to function living responsibly and effectively.

The present imperative form of this verb is also a customary present imperative form of the verb which is expressing the idea of each member of the Thessalonian Christian community continuing to make it their habit of building each other up with Paul’s teaching in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10.

This interpretation is supported by the comparative clause kathōs kai poieite (καθὼς καὶ ποιεῖτε), “just as you are in fact doing,” which follows it which affirms the Thessalonians were already building each other up spiritually with the things Paul taught them in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10.

The implication is that the Thessalonians were already familiar with Paul’s teaching in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10 because he instructed them in the past which this teaching when he was in their presence.

Lastly, 1 Thessalonians 5:11 ends with an emphatic comparative clause which affirms that each member of the Thessalonian Christian community was already obeying the previous two commands issued by Paul in this verse.

This clause is marking in emphatic terms a comparison between the Thessalonians continuing to make it their habit building one another up by means of Paul’s teaching in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10 as a result of continuing to make it their habit of exhorting and encouraging one another with this teaching and each one of them already doing so.

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