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How Can People with Short Fuses Become Patient? 1 Thessalonians 5:12–22, Part 7
17 november 2022
Patience with others comes through trusting in the providence of God to turn every detour into a pathway to something better.
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Are We Drained or Filled by Serving the Weak? 1 Thessalonians 5:12–22, Part 6
15 november 2022
The call to serving others in the church — admonishing, encouraging, and helping them — is not a call to misery. It’s a call to joy.
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God Makes People the Means of Persevering Faith: 1 Thessalonians 5:12–22, Part 5
12 november 2022
We must never belittle or overlook the fact that God employs human means to strengthen his church.
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Tough Love Toward Idle People: 1 Thessalonians 5:12–22, Part 4
10 november 2022
Christian idleness is unloving to outsiders because it sets a bad example. It is unloving to insiders because it adds to their burdens.
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Does Christian Love Esteem Some More Than Others? 1 Thessalonians 5:12–22, Part 3
8 november 2022
Love looks on those who are doing the work of God with high esteem, and on those who are sinning with a longing to see them honor God.
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Elders, Overseers, Bishops, Pastors, Deacons: 1 Thessalonians 5:12–22, Part 2
5 november 2022
Because God loves the church, he has provided a leadership made up of elders and deacons.
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A Vision for Leading and Being Led: 1 Thessalonians 5:12–22, Part 1
3 november 2022
In a healthy church, the elders labor, exercise authority, and admonish the members, and the members respect and esteem the elders.
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A Text for the Day the Doctor Says Cancer: 1 Thessalonians 5:6–11, Part 3
1 november 2022
First Thessalonians 5:6–11 is a gravestone text. It reminds believers that wrath is not their destiny, but unending life with Christ.
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Drunk People Make Bad Soldiers: 1 Thessalonians 5:6–11, Part 2
29 oktober 2022
Drunk people make bad soldiers and sleepy people make poor watchmen. That is why we need to remain spiritually awake and sober.
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Sons of the Day Stay Awake and Sober: 1 Thessalonians 5:6–11, Part 1
27 oktober 2022
Power for Christian obedience lies in being reminded of our new identity in God. Who we are grounds what we ought to do.
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The Sons of Light Will Survive the End: 1 Thessalonians 5:1–5, Part 3
25 oktober 2022
What does it mean that saints are sons of light? It means that spiritual light shines in our loves, our wills, and our works.
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What Is ‘the Day of the Lord’? 1 Thessalonians 5:1–5, Part 2
22 oktober 2022
What is the day of the Lord? And how does this day relate to the arrival of the kingdom of God?
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How Is the Day of the Lord Like a Thief? 1 Thessalonians 5:1–5, Part 1
20 oktober 2022
What does Paul mean when he says that the last day “will come like a thief in the night”? And how do we remain ready?
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Did Paul Expect to See the Second Coming? 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18, Part 4
18 oktober 2022
Whether we will be alive when Christ returns is not for us to know. Rather, we ought to focus on living faithfully in the present age.
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Will There Be a Rapture? 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18, Part 3
15 oktober 2022
Does the Bible teach that believers still on earth will experience a rapture when Jesus returns?
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When Will the Dead Be Raised? 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18, Part 2
13 oktober 2022
The dead in Christ are not going to miss out on the spectacular return of Jesus to earth. All the saints will participate in this event together.
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What to Say to the Grieving: 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18, Part 1
11 oktober 2022
The promise of the resurrection doesn’t minimize grief, but it does provide a ballast so Christians can grieve with hope.
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Should Christians Be Quiet Toward Outsiders? 1 Thessalonians 4:9–12, Part 2
8 oktober 2022
What does it mean to “live quietly?” What does a life characterized by this kind of quietness sound like?
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Was Paul’s Letter Needed or Not? 1 Thessalonians 4:9–12, Part 1
6 oktober 2022
When Christians love one another, they show that they are not just taught, but God-taught. Our love shows God is on the move.
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Sexual Immorality Is Against God and Man: 1 Thessalonians 4:3–8, Part 5
4 oktober 2022
Setting yourself against God’s command for sexual purity means you’re resisting his active, present working in your life.
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The Sovereign Call to Sexual Purity: 1 Thessalonians 4:3–8, Part 4
1 oktober 2022
The command to pursue sexual purity is empowered by the promise that God sanctifies everyone he saves.
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Should Sexual Purity Be Motivated by God’s Vengeance? 1 Thessalonians 4:3–8, Part 3
29 september 2022
God gives husbands and wives the promise of divine vengeance as a motive to maintain holiness and honor in marriage.
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Five Reasons for Marital Faithfulness: 1 Thessalonians 4:3–8, Part 2
27 september 2022
Treating your wife in holiness and honor demonstrates that you rightly value God, your wife, and your brother.
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Take Your Wife in Holiness — Not a Brother’s: 1 Thessalonians 4:3–8, Part 1
24 september 2022
Sexual purity is more a matter of knowing God than of following a prescribed list of dos and don’ts.
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Apostle, Comforter, and Champion: 1 Thessalonians 4:1–2, Part 2
22 september 2022
We all need comforters who commend us for our faithfulness and champions who challenge us to greater heights.
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Can Christians Please God by Our Behavior? 1 Thessalonians 4:1–2, Part 1
20 september 2022
Faith that rests in the righteous work of Christ produces a life of good fruit which pleases God.
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Made Holy to Meet the Holy Ones: 1 Thessalonians 3:11–13, Part 5
17 september 2022
How often do you dream about the return of Jesus? Does the hope of that day fuel your desire to be holy?
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How Can We Be Found Blameless at the End? 1 Thessalonians 3:11–13, Part 4
15 september 2022
Does the apostle Paul expect believers to be sinless in this life? What does it mean to be found blameless at the day of Christ?
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Love Establishes Us in Holiness: 1 Thessalonians 3:11–13, Part 3
13 september 2022
If God and his infinite worth are everything to you, then you are set free from the hindrances to love.
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We Act God’s Miracle of Love: 1 Thessalonians 3:11–13, Part 2
10 september 2022
Our ability to love others flows from God working the miracle of love in us.
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How Do We Break Through Satan’s Obstacles? 1 Thessalonians 3:11–13, Part 1
8 september 2022
Paul doesn’t need a road map to get to Thessalonica, but he does need God to shatter the obstacles raised by Satan.
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Prayer Is Not One and Done: 1 Thessalonians 3:6–10, Part 3
6 september 2022
Christians who keep praying, even when they don’t see immediate changes, display a deep trust in their heavenly Father.
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Inexpressible Joy Is the Essence of Paul’s Life: 1 Thessalonians 3:6–10, Part 2
3 september 2022
What things make you happy? What about witnessing the enduring faith of a brother or sister in the midst of hardship?
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We Live If You Stand in Faith: 1 Thessalonians 3:6–10, Part 1
1 september 2022
The apostle Paul gladly said that the faith of others was a source of life for him. Can you say the same?
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Can the Gospel Come in Vain to the Elect? 1 Thessalonians 3:1–5, Part 5
30 augustus 2022
Can the elect fall away? Can the gospel come to them in vain?
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Does God or Satan Send Affliction? 1 Thessalonians 3:1–5, Part 4
27 augustus 2022
If the cross was a random act of evil, instead of a purposeful act of God, then there is no good news.
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God Destined Your Afflictions — Don’t Be Shaken! 1 Thessalonians 3:1–5, Part 3
25 augustus 2022
God destines afflictions for believers, not to shake our faith, but to bolster it. He often displays his love best when our conditions get worse.
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How to Become a Coworker of God: 1 Thessalonians 3:1–5, Part 2
23 augustus 2022
The gospel doesn’t merely save us; it provides hope day by day to endure the afflictions we face.
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The Messy Way to Know God’s Will: 1 Thessalonians 3:1–5, Part 1
20 augustus 2022
God has willed to use us in specific ways. And we should expect and embrace messiness as we seek to discern what those ways are.
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Is Boasting Bad or Good? 1 Thessalonians 2:17–20, Part 3
18 augustus 2022
Is boasting always bad? If we answer yes, we miss opportunities to glorify the power of Christ on display in the lives of others.
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Who Is Paul’s Joy — Christ or the Church? 1 Thessalonians 2:17–20, Part 2
16 augustus 2022
Christians not only love Christ; they love what Christ loves. And since Christ loves his church, so do we.
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Paul’s Extraordinary Affection for Believers: 1 Thessalonians 2:17–20, Part 1
13 augustus 2022
Can Christians love other Christians the way that Christ commands without liking them?
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Has Wrath Come Upon Israel Forever? 1 Thessalonians 2:13–16, Part 10
11 augustus 2022
The Jews rejected their Messiah and have been, for a time, rejected. How long will such wrath last?
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How Does Israel ‘Fill Up Their Sins’? 1 Thessalonians 2:13–16, Part 9
9 augustus 2022
Scripture teaches that the sins of some needed to be “filled up” before God judged them. What does that mean?
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God Hates When the Gospel Is Hindered: 1 Thessalonians 2:13–16, Part 8
6 augustus 2022
If the gospel is the way that souls are saved, it’s hateful to in any way hinder the preaching of the gospel.
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Who Killed Jesus? 1 Thessalonians 2:13–16, Part 7
4 augustus 2022
For anyone who loves to wrestle with profound mysteries: Who killed Jesus? The Romans, the Jews, or God?
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Was the Apostle Paul Anti-Semitic? 1 Thessalonians 2:13–16, Part 6
2 augustus 2022
The apostle Paul once said of the Jews, “Wrath has come upon them at last!” Did this make him anti-Semitic?
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How Does the Word Produce New Preferences? 1 Thessalonians 2:13–16, Part 5
30 juli 2022
Are you growing in holiness and love and courage? Then rejoice, the word of God is at work within you.
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How the Word of God Brings About Faith: 1 Thessalonians 2:13–16, Part 4
28 juli 2022
To receive the gospel is not just to be ready to go to heaven by it, but to be ready to suffer for it.
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What Is Saving Faith? 1 Thessalonians 2:13–16, Part 3
26 juli 2022
Saving faith is not merely assenting to true facts about Christ; it’s a glad reception of all he is for us.