God’s will for us in Christ Jesus is being joyful

God’s will for us in Christ Jesus is being joyful

1 The 5: 16

¹⁶ Rejoice always, ¹⁷ pray continually, ¹⁸ give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Php 4:4

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! ⁵ Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 

Lk 18:1

Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.

Eph 5:20

¹⁸ Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, ¹⁹ speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, ²⁰ always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    God’s will for us in Christ Jesus is being joyful

God’s will for us are

2)    Rejoice always

3)    Always pray and not give up

4)    Being filled with the Spirit and always giving thanks to God the Father in everything

Encourage each other with your words

Encourage each other with your words

1 The 4:18

¹⁷ After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. ¹⁸ Therefore encourage one another with these words.

1 The 5:11

¹⁰ He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. ¹¹ Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

Eph 4:29

²⁹ Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. ³⁰ And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    We will be with the Lord forever, therefore encourage one another with these words

2)    Jesus died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.  Therefore encourage one another and build each other up.

3)    Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

God called us to live a holy life

God called us to live a holy life

1 The 4:7

⁷ For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.

Lev 11:44

⁴⁴ I am the Lord your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves along the ground. ⁴⁵ I am the Lord, who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.

1 Pet 1:15

¹⁴ As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. ¹⁵ But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; ¹⁶ for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    God called us to live a holy life

2)    God brought us out of Egypt to be our God, therefore be holy, because He is holy.

3)    As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.

God did not appoint us to suffer wrath, but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ

God did not appoint us to suffer wrath, but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ

1 The 5:9

⁹ For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 The 1:10

⁸ The Lord’s message rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia—your faith in God has become known everywhere. Therefore we do not need to say anything about it, ⁹ for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, ¹⁰ and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.

2 The 2:13, 14

 ¹³ But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as first fruits^[b] to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. ¹⁴ He called you to this through our gospel that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    God did not appoint us to suffer wrath, but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ

2)    We have turned from idols to serve the living and true God and are waiting on Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath, whom God raised from the dead

3)    God chose us as first fruits^[b] to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

4)    God called us to be first fruits through our gospel that we might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Pleasing God through our living

Pleasing God through our living

1 The 4:1

As for other matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more. 

2 Cor 5:9

⁸ We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. ⁹ So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. 

Rom 14:18

¹⁷ For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, ¹⁸ because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.

Eph 5:10

⁸ For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) ¹⁰ and find out what pleases the Lord. ¹¹ Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

Col 1:10

⁹ For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,^[e] 10 so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    Pleasing God through our living

2)    We make it our goal to please God, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.

3)     For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.

4)    Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord.

5)    We are to live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God

May the Lord strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless in the presence of our God and Father

May the Lord strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless in the presence of our God and Father

  1 The 3:13

¹³ May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.

 Psalm 15:2

¹ Lord, who may dwell in your sacred tent?
    Who may live on your holy mountain?

² The one whose walk is blameless,
    who does what is righteous,
    who speaks the truth from their heart;

1 Cor 1:8

⁸ He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.9 God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Php 2:15

¹⁴ Do everything without grumbling or arguing, ¹⁵ so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.”^[c] Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky ¹⁶ as you hold firmly to the word of life.

1 The 5:23

²³ May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Pet 3:14

¹⁴ But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear their threats^[b]; do not be frightened.”^[c] 15 But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    May the Lord strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless in the presence of our God and Father

2)    The one whose walk is blameless may dwell with the Lord

3)     God will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

4)    Do everything without grumbling or arguing,  so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.

5)    May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

6)    But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear their threats^[b]; do not be frightened.”

May the Lord makes your love increase and overflow for each other

May the Lord makes your love increase and overflow for each other

1 The 3:12

¹² May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.

Php 1:9

⁹ And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, ¹⁰ so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ

1 The 4:9-10

⁹ Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. ¹⁰ And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more

2 The 1:3

 ³ We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters,^[b] and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    May the Lord makes your love increase and overflow for each other

2)    And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,  so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ              .

3)    We have been taught by God to love each other

Because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.