PASTORS AND THOSE THEY LEAD (12 OF 15)
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:12-15
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Pastors and Those They Lead (12 of 15)
Series: 1 Thessalonians
Robert Dawson
1 Thessalonians 5:12-15
One of the things I miss greatly about living in NC is my Mudcats (MiLB). Kristal, John Mark and I loved going to watch baseball at 5 County Stadium just a few miles from our home. If we were lucky enough to get tickets on the Friday night games we could hang out after the game and watch their weekly fireworks display. They would turn out all the lights and shoot the fireworks up from outside the left-centerfield fence. We could see all kinds of colors, shapes and patterns. There were some that looked like a big, bright asterisk hung momentarily in the blackness of space. Others looked like blazing hot streaks as they raced across the night sky while others looked like water pouring out of a shower head. Then at the end of the display they had the grand-finale. It was a pretty amazing display of pyrotechnics as they shot all the different kinds off at one time lighting up the night sky tying all of them together in one mosaic of fire, sound and smoke.
As we approach the close of this magnificent letter, one that was written to a young but thriving church, Paul closes with a flurry of powerful, direct and succinct statements of challenging instruction as he reviews (like every good preacher) he hurries to tie up some loose ends.
We will unpack, over the next couple of weeks, a very compact and powerful conclusion to this letter and in the process, unpack some truths that apply to us today.
1 Thessalonians 5.12-28
As this letter comes to a close he addresses some different groups that existed in that church, and in reality still exists in every church today.
1. Leaders and those who are being led
2. Problem children of the church (yes every church has them)
3. General instruction to all members
As he closes this letter he brings the responsibilities of each of these groups to light:
1. Leaders responsibility to church (12-13)
2. C ...
Series: 1 Thessalonians
Robert Dawson
1 Thessalonians 5:12-15
One of the things I miss greatly about living in NC is my Mudcats (MiLB). Kristal, John Mark and I loved going to watch baseball at 5 County Stadium just a few miles from our home. If we were lucky enough to get tickets on the Friday night games we could hang out after the game and watch their weekly fireworks display. They would turn out all the lights and shoot the fireworks up from outside the left-centerfield fence. We could see all kinds of colors, shapes and patterns. There were some that looked like a big, bright asterisk hung momentarily in the blackness of space. Others looked like blazing hot streaks as they raced across the night sky while others looked like water pouring out of a shower head. Then at the end of the display they had the grand-finale. It was a pretty amazing display of pyrotechnics as they shot all the different kinds off at one time lighting up the night sky tying all of them together in one mosaic of fire, sound and smoke.
As we approach the close of this magnificent letter, one that was written to a young but thriving church, Paul closes with a flurry of powerful, direct and succinct statements of challenging instruction as he reviews (like every good preacher) he hurries to tie up some loose ends.
We will unpack, over the next couple of weeks, a very compact and powerful conclusion to this letter and in the process, unpack some truths that apply to us today.
1 Thessalonians 5.12-28
As this letter comes to a close he addresses some different groups that existed in that church, and in reality still exists in every church today.
1. Leaders and those who are being led
2. Problem children of the church (yes every church has them)
3. General instruction to all members
As he closes this letter he brings the responsibilities of each of these groups to light:
1. Leaders responsibility to church (12-13)
2. C ...
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