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4:7 For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness. 4:8 Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
4:9 Now on the topic of brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another. 4:10 And indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers and sisters in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, 4:11 to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your hands, as we commanded you. 4:12 In this way you will live a decent life before outsiders and not be in need.
1 Thessalonians 4:7-12 NET
Key Point: What we do as our vocation can be an expression of our calling to live both Biblically and transformationally
You are what you do vs. You do what you are
Inferiority complex: “I’m just…”
Workers: hauling stones vs. building cathedral
Work = expression of creation – unique and crucial
Worldview Contrasts (secular humanist vs. Biblical):
Entitlement vs. ennoblement! My Due vs. My Gift
Work: \= salvation = natural expression of gratitude for grace
Doing the will of the Father with joy – John 4:34
What’s your S.H.A.P.E.?? Uniquely gifted for God’s work in God’s Body impacting God’s world!
Outcome = transformation!
When your highest desires meet the deepest needs of the world – in Jesus’ Name!
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Updated 2/12: The previous MP3 of the sermon was inaudible. This has been corrected.
2:11 Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul, 2:12 and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.
2:13 Be subject to every human institution for the Lord’s sake, whether to a king as supreme 2:14 or to governors as those he commissions to punish wrongdoers and praise those who do good. 2:15 For God wants you to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good. 2:16 Live as free people, not using your freedom as a pretext for evil, but as God’s slaves. 2:17 Honor all people, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the king.
2:18 Slaves, be subject to your masters with all reverence, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are perverse. 2:19 For this finds God’s favor, if because of conscience toward God someone endures hardships in suffering unjustly. 2:20 For what credit is it if you sin and are mistreated and endure it? But if you do good and suffer and so endure, this finds favor with God. 2:21 For to this you were called, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving an example for you to follow in his steps. 2:22 He committed no sin nor was deceit found in his mouth. 2:23 When he was maligned, he did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened no retaliation, but committed himself to God who judges justly. 2:24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning and live for righteousness. By his wounds you were healed. 2:25 For you were going astray like sheep but now you have turned back to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.
1 Peter 2:11-25
Introduction: Growing Up!
1. Love the ________________ of Believers
(vs.11-12.17b)
1. Display ____________ _____________
2. Use ____________ ___________
2. Honor the ______________ (vs. 13-16, 17d)
1. Represent the __________
2. Do ____________ to ___________
3. Honor All ___________________ (vs. 17a, 18-20)
1. Show _____________ to Everyone
2. Exhibit _______________ to All
4. Revere _____________ (vs. 17c, 21-24)
1. Trust His __________
2. Be His ______________
Conclusion: Our Shepherd and Guardian (vs. 25)
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Practice Love
5:13 For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another. 5:14 For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely, “You must love your neighbor as yourself.” 5:15 However, if you continually bite and devour one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another. 5:16 But I say, live by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh. 5:17 For the flesh has desires that are opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit has desires that are opposed to the flesh, for these are in opposition to each other, so that you cannot do what you want. 5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, depravity, 5:20 idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish rivalries, dissensions, factions, 5:21 envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!
5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 5:23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 5:24 Now those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 5:25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also behave in accordance with the Spirit.
Galatians 5:13-5:25
Key Point: God’s Spirit can transform both individuals and communities if we commit and submit ourselves to Him
How do you view the world?
Creation reveals God’s mind; social order reveals God’s heart
Worldviews: My/Our way vs. God’s way?
My/Our Way: vss. 19-21
Wall St to Main St – what about the Back Streets of America?
What if “LOVE” was a way of life for both people and societies?
God’s Way: vss. 22-23 Private pain becomes a shared concern “Live by the Spirit…keep in step” = commit & submit
“Common-union” celebrated because of Jesus’ sacrifice
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