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• 1Thess 5:14 gives Instructions regarding responsibilities we have toward others
• 1Thess 5:14 gives Instructions regarding responsibilities we have toward others
• Written by Paul to church in Thessalonica
• 1Thess 5:14 gives Instructions regarding responsibilities we have toward others
• Written by Paul to church in Thessalonica (church established Acts 17)
• 1Thess 5:14 gives Instructions regarding responsibilities we have toward others
• Written by Paul to church in Thessalonica (church established Acts 17)
• Paul Exhorts (implore or beg) them to DO
• 1Thess 5:14 gives Instructions regarding responsibilities we have toward others
• Written by Paul to church in Thessalonica (church established Acts 17)
• Paul Exhorts (implore or beg) them to DO• To brethren (Christians) not just preachers
or elders
• WARN THEM THAT ARE UNRULY
• WARN THEM THAT ARE UNRULY– "Unruly" = "disorderly, out of the ranks;
irregular 1Thess 5:14;
• WARN THEM THAT ARE UNRULY– "Unruly" = "disorderly, out of the ranks;
irregular 1Thess 5:14; • Same word in 2Thess 3:6 "withdraw" from
"disorderly"
• WARN THEM THAT ARE UNRULY– "Unruly" = "disorderly, out of the ranks;
irregular 1Thess 5:14; • Same word in 2Thess 3:6 "withdraw" from
"disorderly"– Unruly members are to be warned
• WARN THEM THAT ARE UNRULY– Many afraid of offending; but not of allowing
sin to run its course Gal 6:1; Jas 5:19
• WARN THEM THAT ARE UNRULY– Many afraid of offending; but not of allowing
sin to run its course Gal 6:1; Jas 5:19– Possible to fall - we must guard against
falling 1Cor 10:12; Gal 5:4
• COMFORT THE FEEBLEMINDED
• COMFORT THE FEEBLEMINDED– Not intellectual - ASV, NASB "encourage the
fainthearted"
• COMFORT THE FEEBLEMINDED– Not intellectual - ASV, NASB "encourage the
fainthearted" Dr. Leonard Crammer a psychiatrist who specialized 30 years treating depressed people said, "The human being is the only species that can't survive alone. The human needs another human being otherwise he is dead! A telephone call to a depressed person can save a life. An occasional word, a ten-minute visit, can be more effective than twenty-four hours of nursing care. You can buy nursing care. You can't buy love."
• COMFORT THE FEEBLEMINDED– Word "exhort" very close to word comfort
or encourage Heb 3:12-13; 1Tim 4:13; Heb 10:25
• COMFORT THE FEEBLEMINDED– Word "exhort" very close to word comfort
or encourage Heb 3:12-13; 1Tim 4:13; Heb 10:25
– Many ways to encourage others: show concern for and confidence in them
• COMFORT THE FEEBLEMINDED– Word "exhort" very close to word comfort
or encourage Heb 3:12-13; 1Tim 4:13; Heb 10:25
– Many ways to encourage others: show concern for and confidence in them
– Warn the unruly, but COMFORT the feebleminded
• SUPPORT THE WEAK
• SUPPORT THE WEAK– Not physically weak but spiritually weak.
There are reasons for being spiritually weak just as for those who are physically weak
• SUPPORT THE WEAK– Not physically weak but spiritually weak.
There are reasons for being spiritually weak just as for those who are physically weak• Newly converted, "weak" for awhile - like
babies but must grow 1Pet 2:2
• SUPPORT THE WEAK– Not physically weak but spiritually weak.
There are reasons for being spiritually weak just as for those who are physically weak• Newly converted, "weak" for awhile - like
babies but must grow 1Pet 2:2 • Some have been members for years but
never grown spiritually Heb 5:12-14
• SUPPORT THE WEAK– Weak must be supported - NASB and NIV
"help the weak"
• SUPPORT THE WEAK– Weak must be supported - NASB and NIV
"help the weak" – Infant not left to care for self; but often
new converts, receive little teaching Matt 28:18-20 "teach," "baptize," and "teach"
• SUPPORT THE WEAK– Weak must be supported - NASB and NIV
"help the weak" – Infant not left to care for self; but often
new converts, receive little teaching Matt 28:18-20 "teach," "baptize," and "teach"
– Heed admonitions in passages like Rom 15:1; Phil 2:4
• BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN
• BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN– Patience = forbearance, long-suffering;
that quality of self-restraint in provocation that does not hastily retaliate or promptly punish. It involves ideas of continuance or endurance
• BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN– Patience = forbearance, long-suffering;
that quality of self-restraint in provocation that does not hastily retaliate or promptly punish. It involves ideas of continuance or endurance
– Essential to salvation Heb 10:36, 38; 12:1; 2Pet 1:6
• BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN– Toward ALL men
• BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN– Toward ALL men
• Patient in helping all
• BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN– Toward ALL men
• Patient in helping all• Patience in warning unruly
• BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN– Toward ALL men
• Patient in helping all• Patience in warning unruly • Patient comforting discouraged
• BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN– Toward ALL men
• Patient in helping all• Patience in warning unruly • Patient comforting discouraged• Patient helping weak
• BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN– Toward ALL men
• Patient in helping all• Patience in warning unruly • Patient comforting discouraged• Patient helping weak
– Paul worked with Corinthians with patience 2Cor 12:12
• We have a responsibility to each of these four groups: Warn unruly; comfort Feeble-minded; Support the weak; Patient with all
• We have a responsibility to each of these four groups: Warn unruly; comfort Feeble-minded; Support the weak; Patient with all
• Are we fulfilling our responsibilities in each of these areas?
• We have a responsibility to each of these four groups: Warn unruly; comfort Feeble-minded; Support the weak; Patient with all
• Are we fulfilling our responsibilities in each of these areas?
• It takes mature full grown Christians to shoulder these responsibilities successfully