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 Chapter 5, verses 19 to 22.

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 Do not quench the Spirit.

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 Do not despise prophecies, but test everything.

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 Hold fast to what is good.

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 Abstain from every form of evil.

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 So in this final unit of instruction here, as he's closing his letter,

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 Paul turns our attention and the attention of the Thessalonian church

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 to the mighty work of the Holy Spirit,

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 but particularly in the Christian sanctification.

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 The text affirms a few things for us here that are helpful.

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 It affirms that the Spirit is indeed at work in the church,

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 preparing believers for the glorious return of Christ.

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 It also teaches us that this sanctifying work

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 is one in which we must actively participate,

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 pursuing the purity that he will complete at the end.

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 And what we discover immediately here in these verses

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 is that we can actually stifle the Spirit's work in us.

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 And we do that in this case and in the context of this passage

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 by treating the various means of the Spirit's work with contempt.

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 So the Spirit is working.

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 We need to pursue that work,

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 but we also need to be warned that we can stifle that work.

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 And there are particular ways that Paul is intent

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 to highlight how that might be done.

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 There was a specific way in the Thessalonian church

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 where these Christians were quenching the Spirit's sanctifying work,

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 and it all had to do with contempt for the gift of prophecy,

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 which for them was a critical means of the Spirit's operation

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 in establishing the church.

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 So we're taught in the passage here that as we await Christ's return,

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 we must be careful not to quench the Spirit's work

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 by despising the Spirit's ways.

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 And at the heart of the text is the most significant

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 and powerful means of the Spirit's mighty work in our lives

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 so that we would understand that if we truly desire to live

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 in a manner worthy of God,

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 who calls us into His kingdom and glory,

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 as we saw in chapter 2,

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 we must take this instruction seriously.

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 That the Spirit is at work,

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 and He's at work in a particular way,

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 and that His most primary and powerful means of work

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 is actually what's at the heart of what we find here.

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 I have just two simple headings

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 that conform to Paul's imperatives here.

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 The first one is this.

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 Don't hinder the Spirit's work.

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 Don't hinder the Spirit's work.

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 It's very plain for us in verse 19.

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 Do not quench the Spirit.

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 It's a simple, straightforward statement.

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 It's the main idea of what Paul is going to go on

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 and expand upon in verses 20 and 22.

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 It moves our focus to the work of the Holy Spirit

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 and our sanctification in particular.

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 There's two fundamental truths here

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 that are worthy of our meditation.

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 The first is an encouragement.

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 The second then would be a warning.

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 And the encouragement, as I've already mentioned,

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 is this,

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 that the Holy Spirit of God

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 is actively working in the lives of His people.

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 He's actively working in the lives of His people.

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 We understand that the Spirit of God

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 is the agent who applies the work of Christ

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 to the individual.

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 That if the Son supplies through His atonement our salvation,

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 the Spirit applies the work of the atonement for our salvation.

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 And the Bible tells us that the activity of the Holy Spirit

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 in our salvation is amazingly vast.

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 We could spend several sermons

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 just thinking about and meditating on

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 and reflecting on the various ways that the Spirit works.

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 In fact, the Old Testament actually indicates

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 that this would be a sign of the coming kingdom.

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 It would mark out Christ's kingdom in the world.

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 And of course, that was inaugurated

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 on the day of Pentecost in Acts chapter 2.

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 There's a lot of ways that the Bible speaks

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 of the Spirit's work.

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 For our purposes this morning in relationship to this text,

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 I want to highlight just two of them,

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 regeneration and sanctification.

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 Regeneration and sanctification.

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 Regeneration is the work of the Spirit

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 to take one who is spiritually dead in sins

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 and bring them to life in Jesus Christ.

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 It's what Jesus was referring to

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 in that great conversation with Nicodemus

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 in John chapter 3 when He told Nicodemus

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 that to enter the kingdom of God,

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 one must be born again of the Holy Spirit.

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 The Spirit applies the atonement of Christ

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 to the individual through the work of regeneration.

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 And He does so through the preaching of the gospel.

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 The gospel of John tells us in so many different places,

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 Jesus is teaching about this.

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 In John 15, 26, Jesus says that when the Spirit comes,

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 He will bear witness about me.

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 That is, He will guide our hearts.

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 He will indicate the work of the Holy Spirit

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 and the application of the atonement to our lives.

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 He would go on to say later,

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 2 Corinthians chapter 4,

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 Paul would speak of those who are blinded by sin,

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 blinded by the God of this world,

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 but that God shines in their hearts

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 the light of the knowledge of the glory of Christ Jesus.

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 And what is the agent by which He does that work?

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 It is the Holy Spirit of God that He does that.

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 If you are a Christian today,

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 you are a Christian

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 because the Holy Spirit of God

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 has brought your dead soul to life in Christ.

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 Through the gospel,

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 the Spirit applies salvation,

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 bringing sinners to life,

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 calling us to repent

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 and to believe.

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 Loved ones,

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 if you are not born again,

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 you will not enter the kingdom.

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 You cannot be saved.

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 That's Jesus' message

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 and that's what the Holy Spirit does.

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 We find that clearly stated.

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 Titus chapter 3,

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 He saved us not because of works

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 done by us in righteousness,

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 but according to His own mercy,

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 by the washing of regeneration

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 and renewal of the Holy Spirit.

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 He poured out on us richly

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 through Jesus Christ our Savior

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 so that being justified by His grace,

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 we might become heirs

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 according to the hope of eternal life.

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 The Spirit is actively at work in His people,

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 first in regeneration,

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 but then we find in connection to this text

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 in 1 Thessalonians 5,

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 the Spirit is actively at work in His people

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 through the work of sanctification.

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 Sanctification being the work of the Spirit

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 to take one who is born again

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 and make them holy.

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 Of course, we understand that at the moment

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 we come to faith in Christ,

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 positionally we are holy,

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 the righteousness of Christ imputed to us,

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 but in this life,

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 until the return of Christ,

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 the Spirit is at work in us,

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 purifying us,

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 sanctifying us,

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 making us holy.

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 But whereas regeneration

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 is solely the work of God,

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 sanctification is a lifelong process

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 in which we cooperate with God's work

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 to grow in holiness.

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 So the Scriptures command us again and again,

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 things like walk in the Spirit

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 in Galatians 5.

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 Be filled with the Spirit

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 in Ephesians 5.

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 Keep in step with the Spirit

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 again in Galatians 5.

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 All of those being imperatives for us.

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 The power is in the Spirit's work.

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 It's in His grace,

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 but in our sanctification.

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 We pursue that work.

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 We cooperate with the Spirit's work

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 in our lives.

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 There's tremendous encouragement in this,

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 isn't there?

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 The Spirit is working.

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 What a joy to know that.

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 We've seen it in the letter

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 several times already, haven't we?

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 Chapter 1 and verse 5,

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 the gospel message was spoken to them

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 in the power of the Holy Spirit,

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 meaning the Spirit of God saved them

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 when Paul preached the gospel to them.

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 He was at work in the regeneration

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 of the Thessalonians.

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 And just a verse later in chapter 1,

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 and it was through this regenerative work

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 of the Spirit

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 that the joy of the Spirit

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 was put in them,

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 which led to their perseverance of faith

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 as they faced incredible hardship

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 and persecution.

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 And then we get to chapter 4 and verse 8,

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 and we find that God gives the Spirit

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 as a gift to His people.

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 To do what?

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 To help them live according

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 to the will of God.

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 What a joy.

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 That's an encouragement.

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 Simple statement.

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 Yes, in verse 19,

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 don't quench the Spirit,

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 but one amazing encouragement

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 is that the Spirit is actively at work.

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 He saves us,

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 and He's working to sanctify us.

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 And what a joy it is to know

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 that He's doing so.

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 But there's also a warning in verse 19,

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 isn't there?

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 It's not only an encouragement.

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 There's a warning that goes along with it.

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 The warning of verse 19 is simply

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 that though the Holy Spirit

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 is actively at work in and through us,

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 we can't actually easily hinder

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 His sanctifying work in our lives.

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 Quench here, of course,

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 it means to extinguish.

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 It's like pouring water on a fire.

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 It's an appropriate metaphor, isn't it?

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 The Scriptures often comparing

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 comparing the Holy Spirit to a fire.

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 It's not that the Spirit Himself

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 can be extinguished,

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 but that we can hinder His work

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 through sin,

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 through neglect

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 of the means of the Spirit.

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 And so, the Bible instructs us,

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 again, in several places,

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 things like,

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 do not grieve the Spirit

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 in Ephesians 4.

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 Do not resist the Spirit

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 in Acts 7.

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 And then, of course, here,

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 we're commanded not to quench the Spirit.

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 So, be encouraged.

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 God is pleased

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 to do a mighty work in your life

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 through His Spirit,

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 but be warned

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 that there are ways

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 that you can stifle that work,

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 which is the primary focus

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 of these four verses.

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 Paul is going on

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 in verses 20 to 22

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 to address a specific way

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 that the Thessalonians

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 were quenching the Spirit.

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 So, if we're going to follow

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 the two headings,

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 the first one is

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 don't hinder the Spirit's work.

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 The second one would then be

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 don't despise the Spirit's ways.

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 Don't despise the Spirit's ways.

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 Look again at verses 20 to 22.

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 Do not despise prophecies,

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 but test everything.

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 Hold fast what is good

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 and abstain from every form of evil.

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 These verses tell us

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 how the Thessalonian Christians

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 were quenching the Spirit's work in them.

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 It has to do with their treatment

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 of prophecies.

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 In this case,

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 prophecies refers to

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 a unique gifting

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 on individual Christians

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 for the purpose

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 of building up the church.

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 I want to show you two texts

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 that help us to understand this

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 and wrap our minds around

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 how the Thessalonians

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 would have understood

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 this instruction.

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 The first one is in

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 1 Corinthians 12.

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 In fact,

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 you could read

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 1 Corinthians 12 through 14

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 and find a lot of instruction

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 even specifically

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 about prophecy,

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 but let me just point out

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 a couple of verses

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 to you here.

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 Paul says,

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 there are a variety of gifts

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 but the same Spirit.

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 In other words,

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 part of the Spirit's

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 activity and working

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 is to gift His people

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 in order to use them

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 in particular ways.

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 There are varieties of service

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 but the same Lord.

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 There are varieties of activities

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 but it is the same God

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 who empowers them all

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 in everyone.

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 And then he begins to list

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 a number of these giftings

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 and right in the middle

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 of the list

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 is this idea of prophecy.

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 He says,

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 the Spirit gives

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 to another prophecy

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 and to another

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 the ability to distinguish

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 between spirits

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 which is connected

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 in this case

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 to this idea of prophecy.

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 And then at the end

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 of the paragraph

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 he says,

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 all these are empowered

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 by one and the same Spirit

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 who apportions

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 to each one individually

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 as He will.

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 And we see a similar statement

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 in Romans chapter 12.

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 Paul says,

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 having gifts that differ

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 according to the grace

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 given to us

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 let us use them

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 and he highlights

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 this gift again

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 if prophecy

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 that we would do it

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 in proportion

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 to our faith.

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 Now,

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 we don't know as much

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 about this gift

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 and how it functioned

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 in the early church

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 as we would like to

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 but we do have enough here

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 to get our bearings.

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 It wasn't simply preaching

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 which involves proclaiming

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 and explaining

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 a particular text

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 of Scripture.

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 That's not exactly

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 what's happening here.

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 That's not how

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 the Thessalonians

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 would have understood

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 this instruction.

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 Prophecy

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 was a spontaneous

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 and extemporaneous

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 revelation from God

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 spoken by a Christian

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 to encourage,

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 instruct,

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 and warn

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 God's people.

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 Preaching and teaching

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 is a different category.

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 It is prophetic

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 in its nature

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 but it's a different category.

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 Preaching and teaching

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 involve

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 the Scriptures themselves,

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 speaking the Scriptures,

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 explaining the Scriptures.

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 This function

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 of prophecy

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 in the early church

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 is not exactly that.

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 it's this spontaneous

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 revelation from God

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 through a Christian

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 for the building up

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 of God's people.

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 And it wasn't necessarily

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 foretelling the future

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 though certainly

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 that would have been

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 the case

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 at times.

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 It was also

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 forth telling

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 the will of God

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 regarding present circumstances.

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 And in the early church age

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 this was

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 a regular means

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 working

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 to sanctify believers.

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 Now remember

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 that's the context

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 of what we're dealing with

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 in 1 Thessalonians 5.

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 The idea

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 is

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 our sanctification

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 and growing

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 in that sanctification

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 as we await

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 the return of Christ.

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 And Paul says

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 don't quench the Spirit.

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 The Spirit's at work

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 in this sanctification

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 and you can hinder it.

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 And one of the ways

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 you guys are hindering it

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 he says to the Thessalonians

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 is by despising prophecies.

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 Don't hinder that work.

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 That's a way

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 the Spirit is working in you.

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 Don't despise it.

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 Apparently

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 the Thessalonians

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 had grown

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 weary

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 of those claiming

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 to have

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 a prophetic word

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 from God.

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 Began to

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 reject the notion

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 of prophecy

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 outright.

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 Now

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 we've spent

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 enough time

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 in this letter

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 to acknowledge

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 that it is not surprising

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 that they would have

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 come to this point.

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 We've seen

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 that

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 charlatans

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 were actively

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 at work

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 religious

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 and philosophical

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 in Macedonia.

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 Who could they trust?

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 Paul even

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 almost gives

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 a defense

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 of himself

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 in chapter 2

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 in relationship

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 to this

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 marking himself

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 out as distinctly

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 different from

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 the charlatans

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 of the day

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 who had come in

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 and were attempting

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 to deceive the people.

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 If you read ahead

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 in 2 Thessalonians

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 you find that

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 there's a moment

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 there where it seems

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 that some

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 of these people

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 were actually

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 maybe even writing

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 letters to the

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 Thessalonians

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 under the guise

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 of being

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 from Paul.

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 And they were saying

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 things like

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 the Lord's already

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 come back

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 and Paul says

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 no,

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 no,

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 if you hear a spirit

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 or a prophecy

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 is what he means

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 from that

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 or a letter

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 or somebody

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 saying this

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 as if we have

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 said it

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 no,

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 that's not true

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 Paul says.

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 So it's not hard

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 to see

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 that this church

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 would have probably

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 grown a little bit

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 weary

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 of this kind of thing

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 and just decided

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 you know

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 the easiest thing

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 is just to not

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 even listen to that.

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 If it's not coming

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 directly from Paul

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 then we're not

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 even going to hear it.

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 If it's not coming

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 directly from

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 an apostolic witness

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 then we won't listen.

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 Perhaps that's

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 what's happening here.

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 Jesus and his

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 apostles

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 they all warned

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 often of

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 false prophets

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 who would attack

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 the church

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 as wolves

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 in sheep's clothing.

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 We know this was common

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 and it's just as common

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 today.

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 Paul understood

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 their despising

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 of this gift

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 and means

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 of the Spirit's work

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 as being something

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 that was hindering

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 their sanctification.

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 He understood it

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 to be a huge problem.

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 By despising

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 the Spirit's ways

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 they were inadvertently

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 quenching the Spirit's work

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 and were therefore

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 hindering their ability

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 to continue

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 in their process

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 of sanctification

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 as they awaited

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 the Lord's return.

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 The solution then

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 Paul says

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 is not to despise

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 prophecies

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 but rather to

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 test them.

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 He says

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 don't despise them

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 test everything.

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 Rather than dismiss

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 the means of the Spirit

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 test everything

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 against what?

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 Against the Old Testament

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 Scriptures

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 whatever they might have

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 had with that.

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 Against the apostolic

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 witness of the gospel

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 that we know

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 they had

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 from Paul

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 and now

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 Timothy

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 who has returned

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 since Paul

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 was forced to leave.

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 And through that testing

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 they were to hold

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 fast

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 to everything

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 that was good.

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 Those things

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 which were in line

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 with apostolic doctrine

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 and they were to

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 abstain

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 from everything

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 that appeared

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 to be evil

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 or what they would

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 determine

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 was inconsistent

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 with what they knew

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 to be true

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 from the apostolic

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 witness.

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 And this instruction

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 holds true today.

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 Test

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 everything

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 against what?

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 The Scripture

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 both old and new.

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 Every idea

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 every thought

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 every action

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 every counsel

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 you receive

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 should be tested

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 against the truth

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 of God

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 in Jesus.

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 And in so doing

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 we must hold fast

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 to what is good

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 according to the Word

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 of God

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 and we must reject

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 every form

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 of evil

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 that is inconsistent

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 with the Word

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 of God.

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 And in this way

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 we today

00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:25.839
 like the Thessalonians

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 rightly cooperate

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 with the Spirit

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 in His sanctifying work.

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 We might understand

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 these verses

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 this way

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 if we could just

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 paraphrase them

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 a little differently.

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 Don't quench

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 the Spirit

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 by despising prophecies.

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 Instead

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 test everything

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 you hear

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 holding to what

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 is good

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 and resisting

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 what is evil.

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 And the imperative

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 holds true now.

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 This introduces

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 a huge question

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 doesn't it?

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 Are we then

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 to expect

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 the Spirit

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 to work

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 through prophecies

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 now

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 as He did

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 then?

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 And that's how

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 I want to close

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 our study

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 and apply

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 the text

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 finally.

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 The gift

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 of prophecy

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 as the Thessalonians

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 knew it

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 as it is

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 referenced

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 here in the New Testament

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 served a unique

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 and temporary

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 purpose

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 in the early church.

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 One purpose

00:21:27.659 --> 00:21:28.659
 was the fulfilling

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 of what the Old Testament

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 prophesied.

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 Joel chapter 2

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 God speaking

00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.679
 through His prophet

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 He says

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 on that day

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 on the day

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 of the Lord

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 I'm going to

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 pour out

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 the Spirit

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 and your sons

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 and daughters

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 are going to

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 prophesy.

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 And we fast forward

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 to Acts chapter 2

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 this phenomenon

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 is happening

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 in Jerusalem

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 and Peter

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 stands up

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 to preach

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 to explain it

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 and as he does so

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 what does he do?

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 He refers to

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 Joel chapter 2

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 and he says

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 this thing

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 that you are witnessing

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 today

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 this is the fulfillment

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 of the Scripture

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 the outpouring

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 so that even

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 in one situation

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 or in part

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 of that context

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 is even your sons

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 and daughters

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 are prophesying.

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 this was an essential

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 means

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 in laying the foundation

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 of the church

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 and perhaps

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 the best text

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 for us to understand

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 and think about

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 this particular issue

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 is Ephesians 2

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 20

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 the church

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 is built

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 on the foundation

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 of the apostles

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 and prophets

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 Christ Jesus

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 himself

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 being the cornerstone

00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:39.279
 the cornerstone

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:40.200
 being the gospel

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 of Jesus

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 the teaching

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 and the revelation

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 of God

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 through the apostles

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 and prophets

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 completing the foundation

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 on which

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 the church

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 is being built

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 New Testament prophets

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 functioned

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 similarly

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 to Christ's apostles

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 though their prophecies

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 were tested

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 and tried

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 against the apostolic witness

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 the Holy Spirit

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 gifted

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 and used them

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 to speak

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 the infallible

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:11.420
 word of God

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 to the church

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 before the scriptures

00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:14.700
 were completed

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 God used them

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 to establish

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 the church

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 and guide his people

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 during a unique transition

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 in redemptive history

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 and now that

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 that foundation

00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:28.860
 of the church

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 is fully established

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 through the completion

00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:33.539
 of the New Testament scriptures

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 we understand

00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:35.579
 the office

00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:36.599
 and function

00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:37.640
 of the apostles

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 and prophets

00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:40.279
 to have passed away

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 it wouldn't even be correct

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 I think

00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:48.660
 to say that the gift

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:49.339
 of prophecy

00:23:49.339 --> 00:23:50.740
 still exists today

00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:52.140
 but just in a different

00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:53.359
 form

00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:53.920
 as if

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 some would reduce

00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:56.299
 this gift of prophecy

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 as active today

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:58.279
 but really just reduced

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:58.980
 to preaching

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 but that's not

00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:00.379
 that

00:24:00.379 --> 00:24:01.799
 I don't think that's consistent

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.539
 with what the scripture

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:03.579
 is teaching us here

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:05.500
 and of course

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:06.079
 there are many

00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:07.339
 that would say

00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:07.699
 that

00:24:07.699 --> 00:24:09.059
 would disagree

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.879
 with me on this

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 that this gift

00:24:10.659 --> 00:24:11.159
 is actually

00:24:11.159 --> 00:24:12.419
 just as operative

00:24:12.419 --> 00:24:12.779
 today

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.960
 as it ever was

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 I think

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:16.259
 we're on

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:16.899
 firm

00:24:16.899 --> 00:24:17.839
 footing

00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:19.359
 when we disagree

00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:19.919
 with that

00:24:19.919 --> 00:24:23.099
 to say

00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:23.699
 that it still

00:24:23.699 --> 00:24:24.319
 exists today

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:25.139
 but only in a different

00:24:25.139 --> 00:24:25.559
 form

00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:25.960
 it would

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:27.679
 it would lead us

00:24:27.679 --> 00:24:28.319
 to affirm

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:29.539
 a spiritual gift

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:30.259
 that is neither

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:31.079
 defined

00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:32.500
 nor warranted

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:34.019
 in the scriptures

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:36.599
 and I understand

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:37.539
 in the disagreement

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:39.000
 I want to respectfully

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 say this

00:24:39.919 --> 00:24:40.819
 for those of you

00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:41.599
 who may even have

00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:42.480
 a disagreement

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:43.879
 with my position

00:24:43.879 --> 00:24:44.460
 on this

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.919
 that what is being

00:24:45.919 --> 00:24:46.539
 practiced

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:47.879
 and referred to

00:24:47.879 --> 00:24:49.059
 as the gift of prophecy

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:50.159
 in modern traditions

00:24:50.159 --> 00:24:52.519
 is not the same

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:54.019
 as what we read

00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:55.259
 in the New Testament

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:56.720
 it's not the same

00:24:56.720 --> 00:25:00.079
 in affirming

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.919
 such things

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:02.080
 opens the door

00:25:02.080 --> 00:25:03.060
 to confusion

00:25:03.060 --> 00:25:05.560
 and to spiritual

00:25:05.560 --> 00:25:06.380
 abuse

00:25:06.380 --> 00:25:07.480
 in the church

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:09.640
 I think Tom Schreiner

00:25:09.640 --> 00:25:10.600
 is helpful on this

00:25:10.600 --> 00:25:11.279
 some of you have read

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:11.800
 his little book

00:25:11.800 --> 00:25:12.640
 on spiritual gifts

00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:13.460
 and he's helpful

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:14.680
 just in this simple statement

00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:16.160
 we no longer have

00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:16.800
 the gifts of

00:25:16.800 --> 00:25:17.500
 apostleship

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:18.100
 and prophecy

00:25:18.100 --> 00:25:19.620
 the scriptures

00:25:19.620 --> 00:25:20.480
 constitute

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:21.860
 our soul

00:25:21.860 --> 00:25:23.180
 and final authority

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:24.220
 and thus

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.980
 the role

00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:25.800
 of the apostles

00:25:25.800 --> 00:25:26.560
 and prophets

00:25:26.560 --> 00:25:28.160
 the role that they played

00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:28.980
 in the foundational

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:30.180
 period of the church

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:31.700
 is no longer needed

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:33.400
 the scriptures

00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:35.080
 he emphasizes again

00:25:35.080 --> 00:25:36.860
 are our soul

00:25:36.860 --> 00:25:38.100
 and final

00:25:38.100 --> 00:25:39.320
 authority

00:25:39.320 --> 00:25:41.420
 that presents a problem

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:41.860
 doesn't it

00:25:41.860 --> 00:25:42.500
 what are we supposed

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.380
 to do with texts

00:25:43.380 --> 00:25:44.940
 like 1 Thessalonians 5

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:46.220
 19-22

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:47.180
 do we just say

00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:47.620
 well this just

00:25:47.620 --> 00:25:48.880
 doesn't matter to us

00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:51.080
 no of course not

00:25:51.080 --> 00:25:52.620
 does it have any relevance

00:25:52.620 --> 00:25:53.500
 to us now

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:54.600
 yes

00:25:54.600 --> 00:25:55.340
 indeed it does

00:25:55.339 --> 00:25:58.099
 though there is

00:25:58.099 --> 00:25:59.319
 no new

00:25:59.319 --> 00:26:00.720
 prophetic utterance

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:01.779
 for us to anticipate

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:03.179
 we have

00:26:03.179 --> 00:26:04.299
 the apostolic

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:05.339
 and prophetic

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:06.879
 witness of the Holy Spirit

00:26:06.879 --> 00:26:08.799
 in the completed canon

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:10.319
 of the New Testament

00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:11.839
 and we must not

00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:12.779
 despise it

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:15.779
 as Peter wrote

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.740
 we have the

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.919
 prophetic word

00:26:17.919 --> 00:26:19.259
 more fully confirmed

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:20.379
 in the written word

00:26:20.379 --> 00:26:20.879
 of God

00:26:20.879 --> 00:26:22.139
 we're blessed

00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:22.659
 with something

00:26:22.659 --> 00:26:23.959
 that the Thessalonian church

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:24.920
 did not have

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:26.840
 the whole scriptures

00:26:26.840 --> 00:26:29.079
 and the Bible

00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:29.940
 we understand

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:31.600
 is the primary

00:26:31.600 --> 00:26:33.259
 and most significant

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:35.079
 and powerful means

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:37.019
 the Holy Spirit's

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:38.100
 work today

00:26:38.100 --> 00:26:39.660
 it is the sword

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:40.259
 of the Spirit

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:41.600
 in Galatians 6

00:26:41.600 --> 00:26:42.980
 it's his instrument

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:44.140
 for applying

00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:45.279
 the work of Christ

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:45.860
 to us

00:26:45.860 --> 00:26:47.380
 in our salvation

00:26:47.380 --> 00:26:48.600
 in our regeneration

00:26:48.600 --> 00:26:51.240
 and in our sanctification

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:54.359
 we obey this text

00:26:54.359 --> 00:26:55.220
 and we fan

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:55.960
 into flame

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:57.259
 the Holy Spirit

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:58.640
 by submitting

00:26:58.640 --> 00:26:59.620
 to the scriptures

00:26:59.620 --> 00:27:01.620
 his scriptures

00:27:01.620 --> 00:27:03.259
 as the soul

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:04.740
 and final authority

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.940
 of our faith

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.579
 and practice

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:08.259
 we obey it

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:09.620
 by not despising

00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:10.559
 the preaching

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:11.160
 and teaching

00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:11.839
 of the Bible

00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:13.120
 in the corporate

00:27:13.120 --> 00:27:14.279
 gathering of the church

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:16.140
 we obey it

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:17.319
 by not neglecting

00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:18.059
 to study

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.700
 and meditate

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.519
 prayerfully

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:20.819
 on the word of God

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:22.019
 in private worship

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:23.900
 we obey it

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.619
 by testing

00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:26.019
 everything we hear

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:27.160
 by the truth

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:27.660
 of scripture

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.960
 holding fast

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:30.019
 to what is in line

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.680
 with it

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.359
 and rejecting

00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:32.740
 every form

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:34.240
 of evils

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:37.440
 and loved ones

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:39.900
 we obey this text

00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:41.859
 by refusing

00:27:41.859 --> 00:27:43.000
 to confuse

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:44.539
 or even

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:45.220
 potentially

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:46.019
 abuse

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.500
 others

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:48.160
 by claiming

00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:49.380
 a spiritual gift

00:27:49.380 --> 00:27:50.319
 that no longer

00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:50.799
 is used

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.319
 by God

00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:55.720
 when we claim

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.599
 to speak

00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:57.940
 on behalf

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:58.519
 of God

00:27:58.519 --> 00:28:00.140
 the words

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:00.740
 that come out

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.440
 of our mouths

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:02.859
 ought only

00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:03.259
 to be

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:03.779
 what he has

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:04.339
 given us

00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:05.259
 in the Bible

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:08.099
 statements

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:08.700
 like

00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:10.019
 the Lord

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.500
 told me

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.259
 to tell you

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.980
 or

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.920
 I have

00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:13.519
 a fresh

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.220
 word

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.880
 from God

00:28:14.880 --> 00:28:15.559
 for you

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:17.339
 mistake

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:18.960
 our words

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:20.440
 for God's

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:22.039
 and we need

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.519
 to tread

00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:23.099
 carefully

00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:23.880
 here

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:27.420
 it doesn't

00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:27.759
 mean

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.079
 that we

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:29.420
 can't

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:29.920
 share

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.160
 what's

00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:30.400
 on our

00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:30.680
 hearts

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:31.039
 with one

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.279
 another

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:31.660
 it doesn't

00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:31.880
 mean

00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:32.180
 that we

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:32.519
 can't

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:32.880
 pass

00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:33.720
 on a

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.140
 form

00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:34.279
 of

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:34.799
 counsel

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.980
 or encouragement

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.500
 that we

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:37.259
 feel impressed

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:38.460
 to give

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:39.500
 but we

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:39.799
 need to

00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:40.559
 be careful

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:42.159
 to distinguish

00:28:42.159 --> 00:28:43.460
 a way

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:44.079
 that God

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.559
 may be

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:44.919
 using

00:28:44.919 --> 00:28:46.019
 my words

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.579
 for your

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:47.139
 good

00:28:47.139 --> 00:28:47.940
 versus

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:48.779
 what God

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.619
 has said

00:28:49.619 --> 00:28:50.399
 we must

00:28:50.399 --> 00:28:50.960
 say

00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:52.220
 to someone

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:52.720
 else

00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:55.159
 we need

00:28:55.159 --> 00:28:55.460
 to be

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:55.799
 careful

00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.480
 with this

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:59.779
 we don't

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:00.539
 serve people

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:01.139
 well with

00:29:01.139 --> 00:29:01.480
 statements

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:01.940
 like that

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:02.659
 we confuse

00:29:02.659 --> 00:29:02.919
 them

00:29:02.919 --> 00:29:04.799
 we don't

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:05.339
 stand in

00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:05.700
 line

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.619
 with the

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:06.940
 scriptures

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.399
 when we

00:29:07.399 --> 00:29:07.639
 make

00:29:07.639 --> 00:29:08.079
 statements

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:08.700
 like that

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:11.660
 what we

00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:12.019
 ought to

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:12.220
 say

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.720
 rather

00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.819
 better

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:14.059
 way

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:14.240
 to

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:14.700
 serve

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.100
 people

00:29:15.100 --> 00:29:15.340
 in the

00:29:15.340 --> 00:29:15.559
 work

00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:15.779
 of the

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.059
 spirit

00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:16.319
 is

00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:17.000
 maybe

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.400
 to do

00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:17.660
 something

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:18.380
 like this

00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:19.740
 why don't

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.120
 we look

00:29:20.120 --> 00:29:20.420
 at what

00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:20.620
 God

00:29:20.620 --> 00:29:20.920
 says

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:21.200
 in his

00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:21.500
 word

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:21.740
 about

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.000
 this

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.220
 thing

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:22.480
 in your

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:22.759
 life

00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:24.840
 maybe

00:29:24.840 --> 00:29:25.220
 we would

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.440
 say

00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:25.779
 something

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.200
 like

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:27.220
 you know

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:27.420
 I've

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:27.660
 heard

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:27.960
 what's

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:28.180
 going

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:28.500
 on

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.019
 maybe

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.380
 this

00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:29.860
 particular

00:29:29.860 --> 00:29:30.539
 passage

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:31.319
 will

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:31.700
 bring

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.420
 light

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:32.660
 to

00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:32.860
 your

00:29:32.860 --> 00:29:33.580
 circumstance

00:29:33.580 --> 00:29:35.519
 why

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:35.920
 don't

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.059
 we

00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:36.580
 examine

00:29:36.580 --> 00:29:37.000
 God's

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.340
 word

00:29:37.340 --> 00:29:38.120
 and pray

00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:38.459
 and ask

00:29:38.459 --> 00:29:38.799
 for the

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.079
 spirit

00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:40.179
 to give

00:29:40.179 --> 00:29:40.319
 us

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:40.799
 wisdom

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.139
 in

00:29:41.139 --> 00:29:41.659
 how

00:29:41.659 --> 00:29:41.859
 to

00:29:41.859 --> 00:29:42.279
 apply

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.559
 it

00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:44.099
 if

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:44.279
 we

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:44.699
 want

00:29:44.699 --> 00:29:44.979
 to

00:29:44.979 --> 00:29:45.419
 speak

00:29:45.419 --> 00:29:45.879
 God's

00:29:45.879 --> 00:29:46.239
 words

00:29:46.239 --> 00:29:46.679
 we

00:29:46.679 --> 00:29:46.899
 need

00:29:46.899 --> 00:29:47.079
 to

00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:47.479
 actually

00:29:47.479 --> 00:29:48.000
 speak

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.859
 God's

00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:49.259
 word

00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:51.539
 and again

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:51.959
 it's not

00:29:51.959 --> 00:29:52.199
 that we

00:29:52.199 --> 00:29:52.659
 can't help

00:29:52.659 --> 00:29:53.019
 one another

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.399
 and it's

00:29:53.399 --> 00:29:53.839
 not to

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.099
 say

00:29:54.099 --> 00:29:54.819
 that God

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.199
 doesn't

00:29:55.199 --> 00:29:55.759
 use his

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.119
 people

00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:56.699
 to help

00:29:56.699 --> 00:29:57.039
 his

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:57.439
 people

00:29:57.439 --> 00:29:58.339
 I don't

00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:58.619
 believe

00:29:58.619 --> 00:29:59.000
 that

00:29:59.000 --> 00:29:59.219
 he

00:29:59.219 --> 00:29:59.819
 does

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:00.759
 we

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:00.979
 just

00:30:00.979 --> 00:30:01.139
 need

00:30:01.139 --> 00:30:01.419
 to be

00:30:01.419 --> 00:30:01.799
 careful

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.039
 to

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:02.659
 distinguish

00:30:02.659 --> 00:30:03.299
 between

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:04.019
 a way

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.479
 that God

00:30:04.479 --> 00:30:04.839
 may be

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:05.119
 using

00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:05.379
 me

00:30:05.379 --> 00:30:05.839
 to help

00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:06.000
 you

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.159
 with

00:30:06.159 --> 00:30:06.419
 my

00:30:06.419 --> 00:30:06.839
 words

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.740
 verses

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.559
 thus

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:08.980
 saith

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:09.199
 the

00:30:09.199 --> 00:30:09.539
 Lord

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:10.819
 thus

00:30:10.819 --> 00:30:11.099
 saith

00:30:11.099 --> 00:30:11.299
 the

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:11.480
 Lord

00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:11.759
 for

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.240
 us

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:13.220
 is

00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:13.679
 only

00:30:13.679 --> 00:30:14.359
 what

00:30:14.359 --> 00:30:14.500
 is

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:14.879
 recorded

00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:15.159
 for

00:30:15.159 --> 00:30:15.339
 us

00:30:15.339 --> 00:30:15.459
 in

00:30:15.459 --> 00:30:15.599
 the

00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:15.899
 scriptures

00:30:15.899 --> 00:30:17.619
 now

00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:18.159
 what's

00:30:18.159 --> 00:30:18.299
 the

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:18.579
 text

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:18.980
 about

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:20.220
 the

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.559
 text

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:20.699
 is

00:30:20.699 --> 00:30:20.879
 not

00:30:20.879 --> 00:30:21.199
 about

00:30:21.199 --> 00:30:21.720
 describing

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:21.959
 what

00:30:21.959 --> 00:30:22.159
 this

00:30:22.159 --> 00:30:22.359
 gift

00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:22.619
 is

00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:22.919
 perhaps

00:30:22.919 --> 00:30:23.079
 there's

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:23.199
 been

00:30:23.199 --> 00:30:23.379
 too

00:30:23.379 --> 00:30:23.539
 much

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:23.759
 time

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:23.899
 on

00:30:23.899 --> 00:30:24.079
 that

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:25.000
 the

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:25.259
 text

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:25.439
 is

00:30:25.439 --> 00:30:25.699
 about

00:30:25.699 --> 00:30:26.000
 not

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.559
 quenching

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:26.779
 the

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.000
 work

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:27.099
 of

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:27.240
 the

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.519
 spirit

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:27.779
 by

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.399
 despising

00:30:28.399 --> 00:30:28.599
 his

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:28.939
 ways

00:30:28.939 --> 00:30:30.699
 and

00:30:30.699 --> 00:30:30.919
 what

00:30:30.919 --> 00:30:31.039
 is

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:31.179
 the

00:30:31.179 --> 00:30:31.339
 way

00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:31.519
 that

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:31.679
 we

00:30:31.679 --> 00:30:32.319
 know

00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:32.839
 the

00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:33.079
 spirit

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:33.259
 is

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:33.759
 actively

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.299
 working

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:34.539
 in

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:34.699
 our

00:30:34.699 --> 00:30:35.220
 regeneration

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.679
 and

00:30:35.679 --> 00:30:36.159
 sanctification

00:30:36.159 --> 00:30:36.759
 today

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.679
 preparing

00:30:37.679 --> 00:30:37.960
 us

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:38.199
 for the

00:30:38.199 --> 00:30:38.480
 return

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:38.639
 of

00:30:38.639 --> 00:30:39.000
 Christ

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.859
 he's

00:30:39.859 --> 00:30:40.240
 working

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.559
 through

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:40.740
 his

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.240
 word

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:42.519
 so

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:42.879
 don't

00:30:42.879 --> 00:30:43.500
 despise

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:43.839
 it

00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:46.419
 be

00:30:46.419 --> 00:30:46.939
 present

00:30:46.939 --> 00:30:48.240
 when

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.439
 it's

00:30:48.439 --> 00:30:48.619
 being

00:30:48.619 --> 00:30:49.079
 taught

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.339
 and

00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:49.720
 preached

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:49.720


00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:49.899
 in

00:30:49.899 --> 00:30:50.019
 the

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.439
 church

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:52.259
 let

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.420
 it

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:52.600
 be

00:30:52.600 --> 00:30:52.799
 the

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.000
 thing

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.200
 that

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:53.640
 guides

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:53.799
 your

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.380
 discipling

00:30:54.380 --> 00:30:55.019
 relationships

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.279
 with

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:55.480
 one

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:55.779
 another

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.039
 as you

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:56.360
 sit at

00:30:56.360 --> 00:30:56.660
 coffee

00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:57.059
 together

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.360
 this

00:30:57.360 --> 00:30:57.640
 week

00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:58.400
 let

00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:58.580
 it

00:30:58.580 --> 00:30:58.740
 be

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:58.940
 the

00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.160
 thing

00:30:59.160 --> 00:30:59.500
 that's

00:30:59.500 --> 00:30:59.880
 ruling

00:30:59.880 --> 00:31:00.180
 over

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:00.380
 your

00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:00.880
 home

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.380
 let

00:31:01.380 --> 00:31:01.500
 it

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:01.640
 be

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:01.840
 the

00:31:01.840 --> 00:31:02.080
 thing

00:31:02.080 --> 00:31:02.380
 that's

00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:02.640
 ruling

00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:03.059
 over

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:03.740
 your

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.400
 work

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:05.360
 your

00:31:05.360 --> 00:31:06.160
 relationships

00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:08.320
 for both

00:31:08.320 --> 00:31:08.500
 the

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:09.100
 Thessalonians

00:31:09.100 --> 00:31:09.680
 and for

00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:10.059
 us

00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:11.120
 this

00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:11.740
 instruction

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:13.039
 is about

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:13.539
 proper

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.039
 submission

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.440
 to the

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:14.779
 Bible

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:16.580
 and

00:31:16.580 --> 00:31:16.940
 through

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.200
 the

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:17.559
 scriptures

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:18.799
 the

00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:19.059
 spirit

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:19.279
 is

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.620
 indeed

00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:20.160
 working

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:22.640
 even

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:23.180
 now

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:25.580
 preparing

00:31:25.580 --> 00:31:26.080
 us for

00:31:26.080 --> 00:31:26.480
 Christ's

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:26.940
 return

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:28.460
 and to

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:28.900
 cooperate

00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:29.259
 with

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:29.440
 his

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:29.820
 work

00:31:29.820 --> 00:31:30.779
 we

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:31.060
 must

00:31:31.060 --> 00:31:31.680
 embrace

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:32.519
 the

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:32.759
 word

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:32.940
 of

00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:33.279
 God

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:33.980
 and

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.460
 test

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:35.180
 everything

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:35.940
 by

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.200
 it

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:37.240
 let's

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.360
 pray

00:31:37.360 --> 00:31:37.640
 together