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Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. 10/14/2025
Today's Passage :Overview of the New Testament: The Epistles Bible Verse:1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 5:2-6 (ESV) "But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. angel blowing trumpet For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. . . . For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober." Message:
14. Paul's First Epistle to the Thessalonians
1 and 2 Thessalonians were written only a few months apart. They are unique in their timing. First, they might be Paul’s first church epistles, as they were written in the same period as Galatians, around 51-52 A.D., while he was in Corinth. Second, they were written to the “youngest” church. Paul had started the church on Thessalonica only a few months earlier and had been forced to leave by persecution; so his teaching to them had been curtailed. They were new Christians, insecure in their faith, lacking a teacher, and constantly harassed and persecuted by both Greeks and Jews.
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The letters are short because they were written “on the fly,” to help a new church which needed immediate attention.
The members of this church were less prone to trouble and strife than most. Where Paul gives them direction, it is exhortation and support, rather than correction or scolding. In fact, the Thessalonians were holding together well, in spite of persecution. Paul praises them for their strength and, really, practically apologizes for leaving them (although he had no choice).
If we read through the Bible books in order, some of the early chapters in these books seem like perfunctory recitations of ideas more fully explored in previous books; but that is backwards, since these are the earliest books in time. These are not lesser ghosts of themes more fully developed in earlier epistles, but rather Paul’s first efforts to expound important themes that were developed and extended later on.
So we see, for example, shorter exposition of his teachings on the certainty of faith in Christ; steadfastness during tribulation; Christian living, especially avoiding immorality and living as an example; explanation of Paul’s own ministry; his prayers and affection for them; and the importance of mutual love and accord among Christians.
The unique content in 1 Thess. is information on eschatology, i.e. what will happen when Christ returns. The Thessalonians somehow were left with the impression that Christ would return any day, to transport the living to heaven. But as time went by and some of their family and friends began to die, they became quite concerned that the dead would be left behind. In today’s Scripture, Paul corrects their misunderstanding, and as a by-product, instructs Christians for all times about how the last days will occur.
He then admonishes them, and us, to always walk in the light; for we do not know when Christ will return, and his return will be sudden. So we must always keep ourselves ready for Him and not let our faith “sleep.” That is, we must practice and walk in our faith every day.
Meditation : “There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.” ~ Ephesians 4:4-6 Prayer : ay the God of peace, who declared victory over death by the resurrection of His only Son, Jesus Christ, make me perfect in every thought and act through His grace, that my life might be pleasing in His sight and that I might share the perfect peace that is only possible through Him, to whom be glory for ever and ever.....Amen. |
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