WALKING WORTHY (3 OF 16)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:13-20
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Walking Worthy (3 of 16)
Series: Ready
Tim Badal
1 Thessalonians 2:13-20
We've been in a series entitled ''Ready: Strength for Today, Hope for Tomorrow.'' We've been learning about what it means to be ready for the issues, struggles, trials and tribulations that may come in the days ahead, while having hope that God is in control throughout all the things that we may face each and every day. Also we've been learning about the hope that Jesus Christ will come back and take us to heaven. This is what the letters to the Thessalonian church are all about. Paul is trying to prepare the people in Thessalonica to be ready. As we read their letters, we are reminded that we are to be ready to serve and honor God, give to Him, minster for Him and be ready for all that He calls us to in His Word.
Before we get into our passage, I want us to begin in verse 12 where Paul exhorts the people in Thessalonica with one job. He says, ''We exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.'' That word ''walk'' is used throughout Scripture. In fact it's used 100 different times in the New Testament and five times in the books of First and Second Thessalonians. The idea of ''walk'' is synonymous with living the Christian life. Just as each and every day we get up and take step after step into our lives, so too the Christian life is a process of taking one step after another as we journey through this life closer and closer to Jesus Christ. But as we learned, at times walking isn't as easy as we may want it to be.
Some of you may be aware that my family got away this past week for a vacation and went on a cruise. We mocked you incessantly when we saw the below zero weather while we were enjoying 80 degree weather and we hated coming back. On the second day on the boat we hit some rough waters. The storm that is now pummeling the east coast was coming from the Gulf of Mexico and the ...
Series: Ready
Tim Badal
1 Thessalonians 2:13-20
We've been in a series entitled ''Ready: Strength for Today, Hope for Tomorrow.'' We've been learning about what it means to be ready for the issues, struggles, trials and tribulations that may come in the days ahead, while having hope that God is in control throughout all the things that we may face each and every day. Also we've been learning about the hope that Jesus Christ will come back and take us to heaven. This is what the letters to the Thessalonian church are all about. Paul is trying to prepare the people in Thessalonica to be ready. As we read their letters, we are reminded that we are to be ready to serve and honor God, give to Him, minster for Him and be ready for all that He calls us to in His Word.
Before we get into our passage, I want us to begin in verse 12 where Paul exhorts the people in Thessalonica with one job. He says, ''We exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.'' That word ''walk'' is used throughout Scripture. In fact it's used 100 different times in the New Testament and five times in the books of First and Second Thessalonians. The idea of ''walk'' is synonymous with living the Christian life. Just as each and every day we get up and take step after step into our lives, so too the Christian life is a process of taking one step after another as we journey through this life closer and closer to Jesus Christ. But as we learned, at times walking isn't as easy as we may want it to be.
Some of you may be aware that my family got away this past week for a vacation and went on a cruise. We mocked you incessantly when we saw the below zero weather while we were enjoying 80 degree weather and we hated coming back. On the second day on the boat we hit some rough waters. The storm that is now pummeling the east coast was coming from the Gulf of Mexico and the ...
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