13 мая 2023 г. · To be sober is to be alert. Just as sleep and drunkenness define a night person's insensitivity to spiritual truth, so alertness and soberness ...

First Thessalonians chapter 5 reiterates that the rapture will occur quickly, catching the unbelieving world unprepared. In contrast, Paul presents faithful ...

23 сент. 2015 г. · Sleepiness takes many forms; from 1 Thessalonians alone we might mention these: drunkenness, which is not merely the overconsumption of alcohol ...

... one another and build up one another." Encourage one another means to reassure one another, comfort one another. It even has the idea of edifying one another.

When you're spiritually asleep it means you're unaware of what God is doing right now in the world. INTRODUCTION One of the first church jokes I remember ...

Grace is God's unmerited favor, His bestowal of love and acceptance on us because of who He is and what Jesus has done. Grace means that He likes us, and all ...

But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. You are all children of the light and children.

Jesus is the one who has died, Paul says, on our behalf. Because he experienced death, the Thessalonians can be confident that they will experience life.

We can anticipate Jesus's return with hope and love. We should encourage one another to live faithfully now so that we are ready for His second coming.

Paul instructs believers to warn those who are lazy busybodies, encourage those who are easily discouraged, assist those whose faith is weak. And exercise ...