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OCTOBER 18
10 With my whole heart I have sought
You;
Oh, let me not wander from Your
commandments! 5:12 recognize. This does not mean simple
11 Your word I have hidden in face recognition, but that the people are to
my heart, know their pastors well enough to have an
That I might not sin against You. intimate appreciation for them and to respect
12 Blessed are You, O LORD! them because of their value.The work of pas-
Teach me Your statutes. tors is summarized in a 3-fold description
13 With my lips I have declared which includes: 1) laboring, working to the
All the judgments of Your mouth. point of exhaustion; 2) overseeing, literally
14 I have rejoiced in the way of Your standing before the flock to lead them in the
testimonies, way of righteousness; and 3) admonishing,
As much as in all riches. instructing in the truths of God’s Word.
15 I will meditate on Your precepts,
And contemplate Your ways.
16 I will delight myself in Your statutes;
I will not forget Your word. pursue what is good both for yourselves and
for all.
Proverbs 27:14 16 Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in
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14 He who blesses his friend with a loud everything give thanks; for this is the will of
voice, rising early in the morning, God in Christ Jesus for you.
19 Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise
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It will be counted a curse to him.
prophecies. Test all things; hold fast what is
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1 Thessalonians 5:1–28 good. Abstain from every form of evil.
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23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanc-
But concerning the times and the seasons,
5 brethren, you have no need that I should tify you completely; and may your whole spir-
write to you. For you yourselves know per- it, soul, and body be preserved blameless at
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fectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who
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thief in the night. For when they say, “Peace calls you is faithful, who also will do it.
25 Brethren, pray for us.
and safety!” then sudden destruction comes
26 Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss.
upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant
27 I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be
woman. And they shall not escape. But you,
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brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day read to all the holy brethren.
28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
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should overtake you as a thief. You are all
sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of you. Amen.
the night nor of darkness. Therefore let us
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not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be
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sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night,
and those who get drunk are drunk at night.
8 But let us who are of the day be sober, putting 5:19 quench. The fire of God’s Spirit is not to
on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a be doused with sin.Believers are also instruct-
helmet the hope of salvation. For God did not ed to not grieve the Holy Spirit (Eph. 4:30) but
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appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation to be controlled by the Holy Spirit (Eph. 5:18)
through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for and to walk by the Holy Spirit (Gal. 5:16).
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us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should
live together with Him. 5:23 God…sanctify you. Only God (Rom.
11 Therefore comfort each other and edify 15:33; 16:20; Phil. 4:9; Heb. 13:20) “Himself”can
one another, just as you also are doing. separate us from sin to holiness “completely.”
12 And we urge you, brethren, to recognize whole spirit, soul, and body. This compre-
those who labor among you, and are over you hensive reference makes the term “complete-
in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem ly” more emphatic. By using spirit and soul,
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them very highly in love for their work’s sake. Paul was not indicating that the immaterial
Be at peace among yourselves. part of man could be divided into two sub-
14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn those stances (Heb. 4:12). The two words are used
who are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, up- interchangeably throughout Scripture (Heb.
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hold the weak, be patient with all. See that no 6:19; 10:39; 1 Pet. 2:11; 2 Pet. 2:8).
one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always
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