1 Thessalonians

1 Thess 3:10 - 4:12

Three Ways Holiness Effects Our Lives

1. Holiness effects your attitude toward morality 4:3
2. Holiness effects your attitude toward marriage 4:4-5
3. Holiness effects your attitude toward money 4:6

Mark Avery

What Holiness can do for us

1 Thess 3:11-13, 5:23

1. IT CAN INCREASE OUR LOVE
   • FOR ONE ANOTHER
   • FOR ALL
2. IT CAN ESTABLISH US
   • SINLESS
   • OFFESNSLESS
3. IT CAN PRESERVE US TILL HIS COMING
   • THROUGH SETBACKS
   • THROUGH SUFFEREINGS
   • THROUGH SOLICITATIONS (Temptations)

DDCallaway

He is Coming Again!

1 Thess 4:16-17

1. The Surety of the Rapture
   • Assuring Statement
   • Authoritative Shout
   • Assembly of Saints
2. The Suddenness of the Rapture
   • As a Thief
   • As the twinkling of an eye
3. The Significance of the Rapture
   • To the Saints
   • To the Sinners

Jack Smith

7 REASONS TO PRAY

1 Thess 5:17

1. GOD COMMANDS IT -- I TIMOTHY 2:1-7
2. PRAYER WORKS -- JAMES 5:16, MATTHEW 17:21, 21:22
3. PRAYER STRENGTHENS US -- MATTHEW 14:23, ACTS 4:30
4. PRAYER PREPARES US FOR CHRIST'S RETURN -- MARK 13:33
5. PRAYER HELPS US FIND AND COMMIT GOD'S WILL -- MATT 26:42
6. GOD HEARS AND ANSWERS PRAYER -- 1 PETER 3:12, PSALM 6:9
7. PRAYERS ARE PRESERVED IN HEAVEN -- REVELATION 5:8

Don D. Callaway

Entire Sanctification

1 Thess 5:23-24

1. God is the Agent of Sanctification
   • The God of Peace
     1. The author of peace 1 Cor 14:33
     2. The maker of peace Eph 2:15
     3. The source of peace Eph 2:14
   • God Himself - not an angel, nor prophet, nor any other created being - God became flesh and condemned sin in the flesh.
2. We are the objects of Sanctification
   • The believer
     1. Identification through imputation
     2. Participation through impartation
   • The need for Christians to be sanctified emphasized in Scripture
     1. Romans 12:1 - consecrate body, mind, gifts, spirit
     2. 2 Cor 7:1 - cleanse self from filthiness of flesh and spirit
     3. Psa 51:10 - create a new heart in me
     4. Heb 10:19-22 - entering the Holy of Holies
     5. James 4 - carnality and its remedy
     6. 1 Pet 1:13-16 - Be Holy
     7. 2 Pet 1:5-9 - add to faith
3. Completely is the breadth of Sanctification
   • The spirit of the Christian is to be sanctified
   • The soul of the Christian is to be sanctified
   • The body of the Christian is to be sanctified
4. Preservation is the potency of Sanctification
   • Preserved Blameless - Blameless vs. Innocent
   • Preservation until the Day of Christ - that we not fall back into sin

Don D. Callaway