1 Thessalonians 4

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1. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

   Growth cites 1 Thess. iv. 1

   …groweth exceedingly.” (2 Thess. i. 3) “We beseech you that ye increase more and more.” (1 Thess. iv. 10.) “Increasing in the knowledge of God.” (Col. i 10.) “Having hope, when your faith is…

2. The Key Teachings of Julia A. J. Foote · Ochorus Originals

   Full Salvation Now cites 1 THESSALONIANS 4:3

   …and the second chapter of Hebrews. For this is the will of God, even your sanctification. 1 THESSALONIANS 4:3 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause…

3. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

   Sanctification cites 1 Thess. iv. 3

   …through Thy truth.”—John xvii. 17. “This is the will of God, even your sanctification.”—1 Thess. iv. 3. The subject of sanctification is one which many, I fear, dislike exceedingly. Some even…

4. Real Questions – Book 1 · Ochorus Originals

   What Happens When We Die? cites 1 Thessalonians 4:13

   …better” (Philippians 1:23). The Bible sometimes calls the death of believers “sleep” (1 Thessalonians 4:13). That’s a gentle picture, not a description of being unconscious. You go to sleep…

5. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

   The Second Stage cites 1 Thess. 4:16

   …between him and them, as between the judge and the prisoners at the bar. 1 Cor. 15; 1 Thess. 4:16; Jude 15; John 5: 28,29; 2 Thess. 1:8-10; Rev. 20:11-14; Isa. 26:21; Micah 7:16,17; Psa.…

6. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

   [I.e., the Last Judgment — GL] cites 1 Thess. 4:16

   …“and the trumpet of God,” sounding an alarm to all that sleep in the dust of the earth (1 Thess. 4:16). In consequence of this, all the graves shall open, and the bodies of men arise. The sea…

7. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

   The Resurrection cites I Thess 4:16

   …stand before God.’ Rev 20:12. This citing of men will be by the sound of a trumpet. I Thess 4:16. This trumpet will sound so loud, that it will raise men from their graves. Matt 24:4 1…

8. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

   Man's Chief End cites I Thess 4:17

   …a reasonable soul is to enjoy God for ever. It is the enjoyment of God that makes heaven. I Thess 4:17. ‘Then shall we ever be with the Lord.’ The soul trembles as the needle in the compass…

9. Absolute Surrender · Andrew Murray

   Having Begun in the Spirit cites 1 Thes. 4:1

   …“I pray God that you may abound more and more; I write to you to increase more and more” (1 Thes. 4:1,10). But there are other epistles where he takes a very different tone, especially the…

10. The Key Teachings of Elisabeth Elliot · Ochorus Originals

    Passion and Purity cites 1 Thessalonians 4:1–8

    …never fully placed under Christ’s lordship? Name it, and offer it to Him today. 2. Read 1 Thessalonians 4:1–8, and ask honestly whether your conduct and your imagination honour God. 3. If you are…

11. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Assurance cites 1 Thess. iv. 1

    …every returning birthday, and at the beginning of every year, should be, “More and more” (1 Thess. iv. 1): more knowledge—more faith—more obedience—more love. If we have brought forth…

12. Communion with God · John Owen

    How the saints hold communion with Christ as to their acceptation with God cites 1 Thess. iv. 3

    …Holy Ghost. In general. “This is the will of God, even your sanctification,” or holiness, 1 Thess. iv. 3. This is that which God wills, which he requires of us, — that we be holy, that we be…

13. Holy in Christ · Andrew Murray

    Holiness and the Will of God cites 1 Thess. iv. 3

    ‘This is the will of God, even your sanctification.’—1 Thess. iv. 3. ‘Lo, I am come to do Thy will. By which will we have been sanctified, through the…

14. Anchored – 30 Days with God for Teens – Book 1 · Ochorus Originals

    Day 24 — Purity cites 1 Thessalonians 4:3–4

    …body in holiness and honor… For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.” — 1 Thessalonians 4:3–4, 7 (BSB) People often ask, “What is God’s will for my life?” and imagine it’s a mystery…

15. Real Questions – Book 1 · Ochorus Originals

    How Do I Know God’s Will for My Life? cites 1 Thessalonians 4:3

    …in Christ Jesus” (1 Thessalonians 5:18). “For it is God’s will that you should be holy” (1 Thessalonians 4:3). “And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk…

16. Real Questions – Book 2 · Ochorus Originals

    Is It Wrong to Live Together Before Marriage? cites 1 Thessalonians 4:3

    …that “it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality” (1 Thessalonians 4:3). Paul is surprisingly practical about this. To people struggling with desire he doesn’t…

17. The Key Teachings of Amanda Berry Smith · Ochorus Originals

    Introduction cites 1 THESSALONIANS 4:3

    For this is the will of God, even your sanctification. 1 THESSALONIANS 4:3 Amanda Berry Smith is usually remembered as a story. She was born into slavery in…

18. A Brand Plucked from the Fire · Julia A. J. Foote

    Disobedience, but Happy Results cites 1 Thess. iv. 3

    …She read and explained many passages of Scripture to me, such as, John xvii; 1 Thess. iv. 3; v. 23; 1 Cor. vi. 9-12; Heb. ii. 11 ; and many others — carefully marking them in my…

19. A Brand Plucked from the Fire · Julia A. J. Foote

    Love not the World cites 1 Thess. iv. 3

    …Thus we will continue to search and find what the will of God is concerning his children. 1 Thess. iv. 3, 4. Bless God ! we may all have that inward, instantaneous sanctification, whereby the…

20. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    4.6 Prayer cites 1 Thess 4: 3

    …may pray absolutely for grace; ‘For this is the will of God, even your sanctification.’ 1 Thess 4: 3. There must be no strange incense offered. Exod 30: 9. When we pray for things which are…

21. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Holiness cites 1 Thess. iv. 3

    …48.) Paul tells the Thessalonians, “This is the will of God, even your sanctification.” (1 Thess. iv. 3.) And Peter says, “As He which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of…

22. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Christ's Priestly Office cites I Thess 4:3

    …them through thy truth;’ and ‘This is the will of God, even your sanctification.’ I Thess 4:3. So then, if Christ prays for nothing but what God the Father has a mind to grant, then…

23. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Sanctification cites I Thess 4:3

    ‘For this is the will of God, even your sanctification.’ I Thess 4:3. The word sanctification signifies to consecrate and set apart to a holy use: thus they…

24. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Holiness of God cites I Thess 4:4

    …they wear. Heb 2:10. (5.) Holiness is our honour. Holiness and honour are put together. I Thess 4:4. Dignity goes along with sanctification. ‘He has washed us from our sins in his blood…

25. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Unity of God cites I Thess 4:4

    …my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.’ It is the will of God that we should be holy. I Thess 4:4. Now, when we are bespangled with holiness, our lives are walking Bibles. This is…

26. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 23 — Refutation of the Calumnies by Which This Doctrine Is Always Unjustly Assailed cites 1 Thess. 4:4

    …Jesus unto good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them,” (1 Thess. 4:4, 7; Eph. 2:10). In one word, those who have any tolerable acquaintance with the writings…

27. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The Unity of the Divine Being cites 1 Thess. 4:5

    …is able to follow the caution which St. Paul gives to the Christians at Thessalonica? (1 Thess. 4:5.) 14. I wish that weighty passage (so strangely disguised in our translation) were duly…

28. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 19 — Of Christian Liberty cites 1 Thess. 4:5

    …to be a kind of aspiration after piety, seeing they are called unto holiness (Eph. 1:4; 1 Thess. 4:5). The office of the law is to excite them to the study of purity and holiness, by…

29. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.8 The Eighth Commandment cites 1 Thess 4: 6

    …Lev 25: 14. It is against the gospel. ‘That no man go beyond, and defraud his brother.’ 1 Thess 4: 6. (6) The usurer, who takes by extortion from others. He seems to help another by letting…

30. Holy in Christ · Andrew Murray

    God’s Call to Holiness cites 1 Thess. iv. 7

    …7; 1 Cor. i. 2). ‘God called us’, he says, ‘not for uncleanness, but in sanctification’ (1 Thess. iv. 7). When he writes, ‘The God of peace sanctify you wholly,’ he adds, ‘Faithful is He which…

31. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    Effectual calling cites 1 Thess. iv. 7

    …It is a holy calling; “For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness” (1 Thess. iv. 7). Let not any man say he is called of God, that lives in sin. Has God called you to be a…

32. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Effectual Calling cites I Thess 4:7

    …He calls them to holiness. ‘God has not called us to uncleanness, but unto holiness.’ I Thess 4:7. Holiness is the livery, or silver star which the godly wear. Knam kodsheca, ‘The people…

33. The Life and Diary of David Brainerd · David Brainerd

    From his appointment as a Missionary, to his commencing his Mission among the Indians at Kaunaumeek, in New-York cites 1 Thess. 4:8

    …his attempts to qualify himself for so great a work. In the evening I preached from 1 Thess. 4:8, and endeavored, though with tenderness, to undermine false religion. The Lord gave me…

34. The Key Teachings of Athanasius of Alexandria · Ochorus Originals

    Live as Though Dying Daily cites 1 THESSALONIANS 4:11

    …quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you. 1 THESSALONIANS 4:11 Prayer and work belonged together. The desert was not an escape from labour but a place…

35. Real Questions – Book 3 · Ochorus Originals

    Is It Wrong to Be Ambitious? cites 1 Thessalonians 4:11

    …aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands” (1 Thessalonians 4:11). Doing ordinary work faithfully is a worthy ambition too. Greatness in God’s eyes…

36. The Life of Trust · George Müller

    Stewardship cites 1 Thess. iv. 11

    …because it is the Lord’s will concerning us. This is plain from the following passages: 1 Thess. iv. 11, 12; 2 Thess. iii. 10-12; Eph. iv. 28. It is quite true that, in general, the Lord…

37. The Key Teachings of C. S. Lewis · Ochorus Originals

    A Grief Observed cites 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18

    …of God needs breaking. What have you assumed about Him that may not be true? 5. Read 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 and give thanks for the hope of the resurrection. A PRAYER Lord, You know the grief that…

38. Portraits of Courage – Elisabeth Elliot · Ochorus Originals

    Appendix A: Lessons from the Life of Elisabeth Elliot cites 1 Thessalonians 4:13

    …concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope” (1 Thessalonians 4:13, KJV). 11. Saints Are Sinners Being Made Holy Her biographers have shown her pride, her…

39. Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

    Twenty Years in Chains cites 1 Thessalonians 4:13

    …He would do next. Paul says Christians “sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope” (1 Thessalonians 4:13, ASV). He does not say they do not sorrow. Hope changes sorrow's horizon, not its…

40. Real Questions – Book 1 · Ochorus Originals

    If God Is Good, Why Did Someone I Love Die? cites 1 Thessalonians 4:13

    …why Paul wrote that Christians grieve, but not “like the rest, who are without hope” (1 Thessalonians 4:13). Notice that Paul doesn’t say Christians don’t grieve. They do. But underneath the grief…

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