rec0706-113444<\/a><\/p>\n \n 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 (NASB)\u00a0<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n 1 <\/span><\/sup>Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us instruction<\/em> as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk), that you excel still more. 2 <\/span><\/sup>For you know what commandments we gave you by the authority of<\/em> the Lord Jesus. 3 <\/span><\/sup>For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is,<\/em> that you abstain from sexual immorality; 4 <\/span><\/sup>that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, 5 <\/span><\/sup>not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God; 6 <\/span><\/sup>and<\/em> that no man transgress and defraud his brother in the matter because the Lord is the<\/em> avenger in all these things, just as we also told you before and solemnly warned you.<\/em> 7 <\/span><\/sup>For God has not called us for the purpose of impurity, but in sanctification. 8 <\/span><\/sup>So, he who rejects this<\/em> is not rejecting man but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you. 9 <\/span><\/sup>Now as to the love of the brethren, you have no need for anyone<\/em> to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another; 10 <\/span><\/sup>for indeed you do practice it toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, to excel still more, 11 <\/span><\/sup>and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you, 12 <\/span><\/sup>so that you will behave properly toward outsiders and not be in any need.<\/p>\n Be Pure (3-8)<\/strong><\/p>\n \n Be Loving (9-10)<\/strong><\/p>\n \n Be Diligent (11-12)<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Message by Rev. Adam B. Burrell rec0706-113444 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 (NASB)\u00a0 1 Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us instruction as to how you ought to walk and please … Continue reading