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“Seeking to Please God More and More”
1 Thessalonians 4:1
"Finally, brothers, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more." NIV
Theme passage:
2 Thessalonians 2:13-15
"But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the teachings we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter." NIV
Seek to please God more and more by
1. Giving thanks for the past
2 Thessalonians 2:13
"But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth." NIV
1 Thessalonians 4:1
"Finally, brothers, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more." NIV
2 Thessalonians 2:13
"But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth." NIV
2. Sharing in the glory
2 Thessalonians 2:14
"He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ." NIV
2 Corinthians 4:3
"And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing." NIV
1 Thessalonians 1:4-8
"For we know, brothers loved by God, that He has chosen you, because our gospel came to you not simply with words, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake. You became imitators of us and of the Lord; in spite of severe suffering, you welcomed the message with the joy given by the Holy Spirit. And so you became a model to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia." NIV
2 Thessalonians 2:14
"He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ." NIV
3. Standing firm
2 Thessalonians 2:15
"So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the teachings we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter." NIV
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