"For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God:and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words" 1Thess 4:14-18
Revelation (1Thess 4:15)
Return (1Thess 4:14)
Resurrection (1Thess 4:16)
Rapture (1Thess 4:17a)
Reunion (1Thess 4:17b)
Reassurance (1Thess 4:18)
Revelation (1Thess 4:15)
Return (1Thess 4:14)
Resurrection (1Thess 4:16)
Rapture (1Thess 4:17a)
Reunion (1Thess 4:17b)
Reassurance (1Thess 4:18)
1Th 5:1-11 Day of the Lord
1Th 5:12-15 Direction for Leadership
1Th 5:16-22 Devotion for Living
1Th 5:23-28 Dependence on the Lord
1Th 5:12-15 Direction for Leadership
1Th 5:16-22 Devotion for Living
1Th 5:23-28 Dependence on the Lord
1Th 4:1-8 Sanctification - Call unto Holiness
1Th 4:9-12 Steadfastness - Charity and Honesty
1Th 4:13-18 Security - Comfort in Hope
1Th 4:9-12 Steadfastness - Charity and Honesty
1Th 4:13-18 Security - Comfort in Hope
1Th 2:11 Manner of Comfort
1Th 3:2 Minister of Comfort
1Th 3:7 Means of Comfort
1Th 4:18 Message of Comfort
1Th 5:11 Motivation of Comfort
1Th 5:14 Ministry of Comfort
2Th 2:17 Master of Comfort
1Th 3:2 Minister of Comfort
1Th 3:7 Means of Comfort
1Th 4:18 Message of Comfort
1Th 5:11 Motivation of Comfort
1Th 5:14 Ministry of Comfort
2Th 2:17 Master of Comfort
"And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves." 1 Th 5:12-13
Admonition - And we beseech you, brethren
Acknowledgement - to know them
Activity - which labour among you
Authority - and are over you in the Lord
Advice - and admonish you
Attitude - and to esteem them very highly
Appreciation - in love for their work's sake
Agreement - and be at peace among yourselves.
Admonition - And we beseech you, brethren
Acknowledgement - to know them
Activity - which labour among you
Authority - and are over you in the Lord
Advice - and admonish you
Attitude - and to esteem them very highly
Appreciation - in love for their work's sake
Agreement - and be at peace among yourselves.
1Th 3:1-5 Paul's Concern - Endorsement of Timothy
1Th 3:6-10 Paul's Comfort - Encouragement by Timothy
1Th 3:11-13 Paul's Confidence - Establishment by God
1Th 3:6-10 Paul's Comfort - Encouragement by Timothy
1Th 3:11-13 Paul's Confidence - Establishment by God
"we beseech you"
1Th 4:1 Living
1Th 4:10 Love
1Th 5:12 Leaders
2Th 2:1 Learning
"we command you"
1Th 4:11 Laziness
2Th 3:6 Lawlessness
"we exhort you"
1Th 5:14 Labour
"we command and exhort"
2Th 3:12 Livelihood
"I charge you"
1Th 5:27 Letter
1Th 4:1 Living
1Th 4:10 Love
1Th 5:12 Leaders
2Th 2:1 Learning
"we command you"
1Th 4:11 Laziness
2Th 3:6 Lawlessness
"we exhort you"
1Th 5:14 Labour
"we command and exhort"
2Th 3:12 Livelihood
"I charge you"
1Th 5:27 Letter
Speaker: Mr Ian Steele
Ministry:
1. Removing in the Famine (Ruth 1:1-5)
2. Returning in Faith (Ruth 1:6-22)
3. Reaping in the Field (Ruth 2)
4. Resting in the Floor (Ruth 3)
5. Redeeming in Full (Ruth 4)
Bible Readings:
1. Their Conversion and Consolidation (1Th 1:1-2:20)
2. Paul's Cares and their Consecration (1Th 3:1-4:12)
3. The Lord's Coming and our Character (1Th 4:13-5:28)
MP3 recordings can be download here.
Ministry:
1. Removing in the Famine (Ruth 1:1-5)
2. Returning in Faith (Ruth 1:6-22)
3. Reaping in the Field (Ruth 2)
4. Resting in the Floor (Ruth 3)
5. Redeeming in Full (Ruth 4)
Bible Readings:
1. Their Conversion and Consolidation (1Th 1:1-2:20)
2. Paul's Cares and their Consecration (1Th 3:1-4:12)
3. The Lord's Coming and our Character (1Th 4:13-5:28)
MP3 recordings can be download here.
An Elect People (1Th 1:1-4)
An Exemplary People, (1Th 1:5-7)
An Enthusiastic People, (1Th 1:8)
An Expectant People (1Th 1:9-10)
An Exemplary People, (1Th 1:5-7)
An Enthusiastic People, (1Th 1:8)
An Expectant People (1Th 1:9-10)
Read Part 1.
Gospel (1Th 1:5, 2:4, 2Th 2:14)
- The substance and sense
Gospel of God (1Th 2:2,8,9)
- The source and start
Gospel of Christ (1Th 3:2)
- The subject
Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ (2Th 1:8)
- The significance and standard
Gospel (1Th 1:5, 2:4, 2Th 2:14)
- The substance and sense
Gospel of God (1Th 2:2,8,9)
- The source and start
Gospel of Christ (1Th 3:2)
- The subject
Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ (2Th 1:8)
- The significance and standard
1Th 2:1-6 Transparency of the Apostles
1Th 2:7-9 Tenderness of a Mother
1Th 2:10-16 Tutelage of a Father
1Th 2:17-19 Thirst of the Brethren
1Th 2:7-9 Tenderness of a Mother
1Th 2:10-16 Tutelage of a Father
1Th 2:17-19 Thirst of the Brethren
"Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe" 1 Th 2:10
God-ward - holily
Self-ward - justly
Man-ward - unblameably
God-ward - holily
Self-ward - justly
Man-ward - unblameably
1Th 1:1-4 Expression of Gratitude
1Th 1:5-7 Entrance of the Gospel
1Th 1:8-10 Expansion of the Gospel
1Th 1:5-7 Entrance of the Gospel
1Th 1:8-10 Expansion of the Gospel
Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8.
"For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come." 1 Th 1:9-10
Experience of Faith - turned to God from idols
Employment of Love - to serve the living and true God
Expectation of Hope - to wait for his Son from heaven
"For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come." 1 Th 1:9-10
Experience of Faith - turned to God from idols
Employment of Love - to serve the living and true God
Expectation of Hope - to wait for his Son from heaven
Each chapter in this book contains references to the Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thess 1:9-10, 2:19, 3:13, 4:15-17, 5:2). The following outline is given from this perspective.
The Coming in Relation to
1Thess 1 - The Conversion of Sinners
1Thess 2 - The Compensation of Servants
1Thess 3 - The Consolation of Saints
1Thess 4 - The Comfort of the Sorrowing
1Thess 5 - The Confirmation of the Sanctified
The Coming in Relation to
1Thess 1 - The Conversion of Sinners
1Thess 2 - The Compensation of Servants
1Thess 3 - The Consolation of Saints
1Thess 4 - The Comfort of the Sorrowing
1Thess 5 - The Confirmation of the Sanctified
"For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord." 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
One call but three aspects *
1. Shout : The authority of it - the believers' response
2. Voice : The dignity of it - the believers' regard
3. Trump : The clarity of it - the believers' readiness
One command with three perspectives
1. With a Shout : The gravity of it
2. Voice of the Archangel : The grandeur of it
3. Trump of God : The greatness of it
*The absence of the Greek definite article before "voice" and "trump" make them qualifiers instead of being distinct.
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