1 Thes 5:12-28. What are some of the key elements of Christian living? What should be seen in our lives as believers? What are the principles that we should be living by? As Paul closes out his letter, he gives a bullet list of grace-commands that can guide the Christian Life.
1 Thes 5:1-11. After explaining the “catching away” (or rapture) of the church (1 Thes 4:13-18), Paul goes on to speak about the “Day of The Lord” which will follow. This will be a series of events at the end of the age, when Judgment is poured out on the unbelieving world. But how do […]
1 Thes 4:13-18. The Thessalonians were waiting expectantly for the Son’s return (1:10). They knew the church would be removed before the day of wrath, but had a question about those Christian’s who had passed on before them? Had they missed the resurrection? What would happen to their bodies? Were they now with the Lord? […]
1 Thes 4:1-12. This passage opens up the theme of sanctification, or purification, in the believer’s life. A Christian’s life is to be different from “those who don’t know God”. But how are we purified? How do we get victory of certain sins? And where do we go from here?
1 Thes 3:1-13. Are you standing fast in The Lord? That is the question at the heart of this passage. Paul was concerned, that as the Thessalonians had faced trouble and persecution, that they may have fallen away. He was deeply concerned for them, just as we should be for our brothers. Where are they? […]
