Part 8 | Church: A Mess and a Miracle
From 1 Thessalonians 5:14-28
📖 1 Thessalonians 5:14 ESV And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.
📖 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3 ESV We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, 3 remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Big Idea: To be the Church is to between a and a .
📖 1 Thessalonians 5:14b ESV be PATIENT with them all.
The distance between a and a is .
📖 1 Thessalonians 5:15 ESV See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.
1. The Church develops so we can each other.
📖 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
A. in the of God and His victory in Christ.
📖 Philippians 4:4 ESV Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.
📖 Deuteronomy 12:7 ESV And there you shall eat before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your households, in all that you undertake, in which the LORD your God has blessed you.
📖 Psalm 5:11 ESV But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you.
B. over and thought.
📖 Philippians 4:6-7 ESV do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
📖 1 Thessalonians 5:25 ESV Brothers, pray for us.
C. say “ ” to and for God.
📖 Romans 8:28 ESV And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
2. The Church must remain in .
📖 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22 ESV Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not despise prophecies, 21 but test everything; hold fast what is good. 22 Abstain from every form of evil
📖 Revelation 2:20 ESV But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality
📖 Jude 1:4 ESV For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
📖 1 John 2:26 ESV I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.
📖 1 Timothy 4:1 ESV Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,
FACT: The is always under .
📖 Jeremiah 6:27 ESV “Jeremiah, I have made you a tester of metals, that you may determine the quality of my people.
3. The Church is God’s .
📖 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 ESV Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 He who calls you is faithful; He will surely do it.
A. Your spirit – your to God.
B. Your soul – your .
C. Your body – your .
4. The Church must remain .
📖 1 Thessalonians 5:26-28 ESV Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss. 27 I put you under oath before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers. 28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
