THEY CHANGED
Sunday Morning: August 6,
2000
Text: 2 Thessalonians 1:1-3
"Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus,
unto the church of the
Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
2.
Grace unto you, and
peace, from
God
our
Father
and the Lord
Jesus Christ.
3. We are bound to thank God always
for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith
groweth
exceedingly [present active], and the charity of every one of you all toward
each other aboundeth
[present active];"
Malachi 1:6 "A
son honoureth his father,
and a servant his master: if then
I be a father,
where is mine honour?
and if I be a master, where is my fear?
saith the LORD of hosts unto you. . ."
INCENTIVE TO CHANGE
2 Corinthians 5:9-11 "Wherefore we
labour [our ambition], that,
whether present or absent, we may
be accepted [pleasing] of
him.
10. For we must all appear before the
judgment seat of Christ; that every one may
receive the things done in
his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be
good or bad.
11. Knowing therefore the
terror [fear] of the Lord, we persuade men (to be pleasing to him, V.9);
. . ."
2 Thessalonians 1:2
"Grace
unto you, and peace,
from God our Father
and the Lord
Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 12:9
"And he said unto me, My
grace is sufficient for thee: for
my strength is made perfect in
weakness. Most gladly therefore
will I rather glory in my infirmities, that
the power of Christ may rest
upon me."
2 Thessalonians 1:1-3
"We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is
meet, because
that your faith
groweth exceedingly
[present active], and the
charity (love) of every one of you all toward each other
aboundeth [present active];"
Galatians 5:5-6 "For we through the
spirit (submissive spirit of sonship)
wait for the
hope of righteousness by
faith.
6. . . . faith which worketh [present middle] by
love."
Romans 10:17 "So then faith
cometh by hearing,
and hearing by the
word of God
[Christ]."
1 Thessalonians 3:2
"And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellow labourer
in the gospel of Christ, to
establish you, and to comfort
you concerning your faith:"
1 Thessalonians 3:12
And the Lord make you to
increase
and abound in
love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
Hebrews 10:24 "And let us consider one
another to provoke unto love
and to good works:"
2 Timothy 3:5, 7 "Having a
form of godliness,
but denying
the power
(of God) thereof: . . .
7. Ever learning,
and never able to come to the
knowledge of the truth."
Romans 12:1-2 "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies (earthen vessel) a living sacrifice (total submission), holy (not in sin), acceptable [well pleasing, faith] unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable [well pleasing], and perfect, will of God."
1 Peter 1:13 "Wherefore
gird up the loins of your mind,
be sober, and hope to the end .
. ."
Matthew 11:29 "Take my
yoke (His control of you) upon you, and
learn of me; for I am
meek and lowly
in heart: and ye shall find rest
unto your souls."
James 1:22-25 "But be ye
doers of the word, and not
hearers only,
deceiving your own selves.
23. For if any be a hearer
of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man
beholding his natural face in a
glass:
24. For he beholdeth
himself, and goeth his way, and straightway
forgetteth what manner of man he was.
25. But whoso looketh
into the perfect law
of liberty,
and continueth
therein, he being not a forgetful
hearer, but a
doer of the work, this man shall
be blessed in his deed."
Philippians 4:9 "Those things, which
ye have both learned, and received,
and heard, and
seen in me, do
[practice, present active imperative]: and the God of
peace
shall be with you."