Tag: 1 Thessalonians
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Stand Firm Against Deceivers Concerning the Second Coming
Do not fear when others proclaim the end of the world is near, because of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in Japan and the war in Libya. All of these are part of God’s unshakable plan for the eventual redemption of his elect from sin, death, and Satan. As David says, “I shall not…
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Gadaffy the New Antichrist?
Recent events in the Middle East, however, has some of the most popular “prophets” thinking about Libya’s Moamar Gadaffy as the newest candidate. But what proof do they have?
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Vengeance and Glory at the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus
In the new heaven and new earth, believers will get rest from tears, death, mourning, crying and pain. All the curses of nature—earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, hailstorms, drought, pestilence—will cease, and the earth will be restored to its fullness, much better than the Paradise of Eden.
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Exhortations and a Prayer for Peace Through Sanctification
You did not choose God out of your own free will. God did not give you a new heart because you decided to have faith and repent of your sin. Your righteousness was given to you by Christ because you were chosen by God from eternity—he is the only perfectly righteous person—and not because you…
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“Since You are Children of the Day, the Second Coming Should not Surprise You Like a Thief in the Night”
As dual citizens—sojourners and exiles in this world, but members of God’s holy nation—you are to be ready, living holy and godly lives, using the weapons of faith, love and hope so you may persevere until he comes. Be assured that Christ will complete the good work he has begun in you because he has…
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“Encourage One Another with These Words About the Resurrection”
At the close of the age, all human beings who ever lived in this world will be resurrected together. Christ will then separate them: one group for eternal heaven, the other group for eternal hell. If the first resurrection happens 1,007 years before the second, the above texts picturing a separation between the two groups…
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A Pastor’s Prayer for His Church
As true brotherly love increases and abounds more and more, it is also accompanied by “knowledge and all discernment.” It is not blind love. We do not love for the sake of love, just as we do not unite for the sake of unity.
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Qualities of a Gospel-Driven Mission Work
The emergent movement is the clearest example today of what Paul calls in our text as an appeal that “[springs] from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive… with words of flattery,†all with the intention to please man and not to please God.” This is not any different from the “seeker-sensitive†movement that…
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The Impact of Effective Witness
Therefore,we must never think that there is no justice. In this world, we frequently see that murderers, rapists, plunderers, liars, adulterers, thieves and robbers go scot-free. We become so furious when we see them get acquitted for crimes they obviously committed merely because of a technicality, political connections, or celebrity status. Isaiah 59:17-20; 1 Thessalonians…
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Thankful for a Church Faithful in the Last Days
Together with most of the other New Testament writers, Paul affirms that the last days were inaugurated in the first-century A.D. when Christ first came down from heaven. If this is true, then like the Thessalonians, we are to be equally steadfast and patient in our hope for Christ’s return. Isaiah 42:1-3; Acts 17:1-9; 1…