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Avoiding Sexual Immorality pt. 1
1 Thessalonians 4:1-3a
ICC’s PM 7/10/22
I. Introduction
1. Opening-
2. Prayers
i. Jesus, we pay we may see you as worthy this evening
3. Catch- Perhaps one of the hardest points in counseling is when you start to talk about what you need to do
i.
I’ve done this often and we need to start with the sins others have committed.
1. Yes, we are sinners, but we are also sufferers.
2. We’ve been sinned against by others and the world is just broken, causing suffering in our our lives
3. So, as a counselor or even a friend we are to listen and pray and comfort those who are hurt.
4. One of the most important things is to remind others of the gospel, who Jesus is and what he has done.
ii.
But then a change needs to happen because all that hearing of the truth maters nothing unless we’re doers.
1.
And so counseling makes a shift to here is what you need to do as a follower of christ,
2. here is how you need to respond to all the suffering.
3.
And man, oh man, that is hard because I have to do something with my life, I need to change my thinking and acting
iii.
And after much love between Paul and the Thessalonians, he finally get to the what they have to do
4. Review
i. We’re in a new part of the book
1. Paul’s Thanksgiving for the Thessalonians (1)
2. Paul’s Ministry to the Thessalonians (2-3)
3. Paul’s Exhortation of the Thessalonians (4-5)
ii.
Paul often shows the indicates comes before the imperatives
1.
This means that addressing how we are called to “walk” as Christians, he has already provided a foundation for this particular way of life[i]
2. Before he gets to what we have to do he says what God has done
3.
And this is fine throughout the bible
4. The Ten Commandments have a prologue that is God’s statement to the Israelites (and to us): “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery” (Exodus 20:2).
This is the indicative.
It is a statement of fact.
It is a statement of what God had done.
Only the Lord God could have brought them out of Egypt and out of slavery.
That was the basis of their identity.
The Lord then said, “You shall have no other gods before me” (v.
3).
That is the imperative.
It is a command.
It is what God had called them to do.
The indicative, the act of God, always precedes the imperative, the command of God.
[ii]
5.
If we mess it up we see God’s instructions as the burdens of a fall of deity
a. I’ve been reading a biography called the last king of America recounting the life of King George III
i.
He was actually one of the most christian kings of England who was faithful to his wife and cared about his people
ii.
But he is probably now remembered from the fictional line in the Hamilton Musical\
“You'll remember that I served you well, Oceans rise Empires fall We have seen each other through it all
And when push, Comes to shove, I will send a fully armed battalion, To remind you of my love![iii]”
b.
If we forget what God has done and look just at the what he tells us to do he appear to be this fictional version of King George
i.
But this is not God
iii.
We saw Paul’s great love and care for them that they knew from personal experience and from this letter
1. Chapters 1-3 shows his care, now he calls them to care
So let’s see
How the church reminds christians about real purity
1.
We ask Christians to live holy (1a)
i. Explanation
1. Paul begins with finally and then goes on for two chapters
a.
But it has been sadi the the finally is a really bad translation of the greek words loipos
b.
It means something that is lacking
c.
It is often used to describe the transition to the practical part, to say I’ve said some things, but there is something still lacking
Philippians 3:1- Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord.
To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you.
2.
He calls them his brothers.
a.
A statement not just of their relationship, but his confidence they are believers and they will listen to what he has to say
b.
Only in Galatians does Paul comes strong expressing his frustrating with them for abandoning the truth
3.
So he asks and urges them
a.
Ask mean to inquire or request something of someone
b.
He has no ability to force them from a distance, but is calling them to act
c.
The word urge means come alongside as he wants them to know that He is trying to do it too
4.
But the source and reason for this call is Jesus Christ
a. Paul often does this, connecting his appeal not to him, but to Jesus
1 Corinthians 1:10- I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.
2 Corinthians 5:20- Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us.
We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
b.
So, these words take on a wait as this sermon should take on a weight… this is not the call of a pastor only, but as close as the pastor gets to the words of christ, this is a call of Christ.
ii.
Illustration
1.
The church asks Christians to live holy
a. Christianity has always been a force for good by the call we make to convince others this is good
b.
Do you know the Christian ethic has never been traditional but always counter cultural to some degree
c.
I was reading about how the sexual ethic of the Roman culture the church was growing up in thought it ridiculous for men to be faithful to their wives
i.
One piece of literature tells of travel to the afterlife where the Isle of the Blessed is described as “all the wives are shared in common without jealousy. . .
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