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Warren Wiersbe - Practicalities and Admonitions - 17 of 20 | Back to the Bible | YouTubeToText
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This message emphasizes the practical application of biblical doctrine, particularly focusing on how believers should interact with others within the church and cultivate a God-centered life through joy, prayer, and thankfulness.
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welcome to back to the Bible radio
featuring best-selling author and
internationally known Bible teacher
Warren where's being I find people who
like to linger in the doctrinal sections
of Scripture or the prophetic sections
of Scripture but when you start talking
about the practical part of the Word of
God they're they're not to interested in
that and yet that's the important part
the doctrine is the foundation for duty
all doctrine must give forth duty and
all Duty must be based on doctrine and
this is why at the end of first
Thessalonians chapter 5 we have Paul
giving this series of expectations now
in verses 12 and 13 he exhorts the
leaders and the members of the church he
tells the leaders that they should labor
and lead and admonish and then he tells
the members that they should recognize
their leaders and to value them and to
love them that in verses 14 and 15 we
have a series of admonitions concerning
some of the problem people in the church
now we exhort you brethren and that
means the whole church not just the
leaders warned those who are unruly
comfort the faint-hearted uphold the
weak now here we have a series of
admonitions that deal with problem
people in the church wherever there are
people there are problems wherever there
are problems there is potential for
spiritual growth most pastors and Sunday
School teachers and church leaders do
not like problems we want things to go
along smoothly but you know there are
problems you have a group of people here
they've all had different backgrounds
they have different genetic structure
the only thing they have in common is
they belong to the family of God they
possess the same Holy Spirit they read
the same Bible but they don't always
read it the same way and they pray to
the same Father and some are praying
selfishly and so we have problem people
in the church now who are they well
number one there are the unruly I
suppose the word insubordinate could be
used here the disorderly really it's a military
military
the word unruly means a soldier who's
out of rank or out of step and this is
what creates problems in the church
there's a buck private who wants to act
like a general or the Army is marching
east and he decides he wants to march
west and it's an unfortunate thing when
there are those in local assemblies who
are unruly they will not be ruled by the
Word of God they are soldiers out of
rank they are soldiers out of step the
local church you see is the part of an
army there has to be Authority there has
to be organization there has to be some
kind of strategy we're fighting a battle
and the enemy we fight is an enemy who
is strong and he has wisdom and he's got
a strategy going I wonder how much
strategy there is in the life of the
average local church assembly now in
Thessalonica some of these people were
idle they are the ones who said what
Jesus is coming back so why work as a
consequence they became freeloaders and
the church had to support them this is
why Paul wrote second Thessalonians one
reason why he wrote it in chapter 3
beginning at verse 7 he exhorts these
lazy people to get back to work for even
when we were with you we commanded you
this if anyone will not work neither
shall he eat 2nd Thessalonians chapter 3
verse 10 so the unruly in this case were
folks who would not obey the Word of God
and go to work and carry their share of
the load and they were depending upon
the church to support them anyone who
rejects the Word of God is unruly
chapter 4 verse 8 of first Thessalonians
therefore he who rejects this does not
reject man but God who has also given us
His Holy Spirit it's an interesting
connection people say to me well the
Holy Spirit led me to do this and I say
but this chapter in verse says what you
did is wrong well the Holy Spirit led me
first Thessalonians
chapter four verse eight tells me that
the Spirit of God never contradicts the
Word of God he follows the word that he
wrote I think sometimes people who think
they are filled with the spirit are
being fooled by the spirits and as a
consequence they're getting out of the
will of God and I says you warn them put
them in mind what I taught you have you
warned these people let them know that
they're out of rank and to get back in
step with the rest of God's people as
they follow the Word of God
now the second group are those called
the faint-hearted Comfort the faint heart
heart
this means the discouraged the Greek
word means the small soul now some
people by nature by natural temperament
are are discouraged some people have
physical problems that discourage them
sometimes it's satanic opposition these
are the people who always want to quit a
nothing is going to go right they are
sort of the doubting Thomases of the
local church assembly now in every
church there are those who say that it
can't be done
and for some reason God ordains I guess
that there are on every committee people
who say oh there isn't enough money
there isn't enough time there aren't
enough people the apostles were
sometimes like this five thousand people
were there they were hungry and Philip
says well we don't have enough money to
buy food for them and and somebody else
says well we have some loaves and fishes
what are they among so many the faint
heart of those who are giving up nice
has encouraged them that word comfort
means to encourage put some strength
into their hearts encourage the
faint-hearted don't argue with them
don't drive them out of the church help
them to grow give them the shelter that
they need but help them to grow
you can't pamper people like this but
you do have to encourage them now the
third group uphold the week now who are
the weak I don't think he's talking
about the morally weak or the physically
weak he's talking about those who have
weak conscience --is Romans 14 and 15
that we are to receive those who are
weak in the faith
who are those who are weak in the faith
those who must live by a rigid set of
rules and regulations don't do this
don't do that they haven't got the
courage to step out by faith and live by
God's grace they are the immature people
who will not live by faith and grow now
they're weak Romans 14 and 15 tells us
we should welcome these people receive
them we should encourage them and we
should help them to grow there's a
tendency in some churches to pamper this
crowd and they always stay babies Paul
doesn't tell us that he says you uphold
them now why do you uphold a weak person
to give him the strength to learn how to
walk somebody's in surgery and they come
out and although they're so weak and
they get home so what do you do you walk
with them when I have visited in
hospitals I have seen the nurses and the
aides walking down the hall with the
patients why to teach them how to get
their strength back he doesn't say
pamper these people they'll stay weak
all of their lives they'll always be
legalistic judging others condemning
others rather he says these who are weak
you love them and you uphold them now
that word uphold has the idea of to get
firmly next to them and cleave to them
you let your body be a means of support
for them but don't be a crutch for the
rest of their lives
it's time that some of these people got
strong enough to walk on their own two
feet by faith so here we have three
admonitions to the unruly warn them get
back in step to the faint-hearted
encourage them God's going to see you
through to the week he tells us we
should have hold them why so they can
grow now he adds some admonitions
regarding all people be patient with all
I don't know about you but it's easy to
get impatient with the unruly it's easy
to get impatient with the faint-hearted
who just say nothing can be done it's
awfully difficult sometimes to keep with the
the
weak and uphold them it's so easy to get
impatient with people who won't grow who
haven't got the courage and the faith to
trust the grace of God and just step out
and live under the smile of their
father's love they're always walking
under a dark cloud of guilt well he says
you'd be patient with all I need that
see to it that you're patient love is
patient and kind and the fruit of the
Spirit is patience then he says that
don't render evil for evil see that no
one renders evil for evil to anyone be
forgiving no retaliation
now he's simply repeating here what
Jesus taught in the Sermon on the Mount
you have heard that it was said you
shall love your neighbor and hate your
enemy but I say unto you love your
enemies that's easy to do bless those
who curse you do good to those who hate
you pray for those who spitefully use
you and persecute you my those are some
of the hardest verses in the Bible to
accept and obey but they are there and
they are just as much a part of the Word
of God as John 3:16 be forgiving don't
retaliate Paul wrote the same thing in
the book of Romans didn't at the end of
chapter 12 repay no one evil for evil he
says in verse 17 have regard for good
things in the sight of all men if it is
possible now sometimes it isn't but if
it is possible as much as depends on you
sometimes you can't do anything about it
live peaceably with all men and beloved
do not avenge yourselves
so be patient be forgiving that's the
negative part of it then he says pursue
that which is good both for yourselves
and for all that's the positive part of
it be patient with everybody be
forgiving don't harbor malice in your
heart and don't figure out ways to pay
people back it'll make your life
miserable rather find out ways to do goo
for them and for yourself because when
you do good for others you're doing good
for yourself and you're bringing glory
to God takes effort to do this but God
Paul is giving a series of exhortation
x' here
a series of triplets really and he has
been exhorting the leaders and the
members of the church there's an
exhortation concerning the problem
people in the church in verse 14 and
concerning all people in verse 15 now in
16 through 21 he's talking about our
relationship to God up till now he's
been talking about our relationship to
other people in the church but our
relationship to other people in the
church depends upon our relationship
with God well let's begin with the verse
16 of 1st Thessalonians 5 rejoice always
my relationship to the Lord should be
one of joy I should be joyful
do you enjoy God oh you say you can't do
that because God is far away God is
nearer to us he says near as our own hearts
hearts
he says near as an open Bible he never
leaves us he never forsakes us do you
enjoy God you know there are many people
who evade their responsibilities they
look for every excuse they have not to
go to church not to read the Bible not
to pray not to worship and then there
are those who just endure the things of
the Lord well they'll go but they won't
enjoy it Paul is saying to us I want you
to enjoy God that's the Christian life
to rejoice in the Lord always and again
I say rejoice Paul wrote that to the
Philippians to rejoice in the spirit the
fruit of the Spirit is love joy you see
now why Paul has arranged these
expectations in the first section verses
12 through 15 he talks about love if you
love people you follow your leaders if
you love people you esteem them highly
if you love people you promote peace in
the church if you love people you'll
warn the unruly you'll comfort the
faint-hearted you'll uphold the weak if
you love people you won't retaliate now
the next thing is joy oh you want joy
but you don't want love
did you ever stop to think that the very
people in your life who create problems
can also create joy it all depends on
our relationship to the Lord we should
rejoice be joyful Paul says do it always
I have to be careful of the word always
when in my writing and in my preaching
I've got to be very careful when I say
always husbands and wives have to be
careful of that word always oh you
always say that well no I don't oh you
always do it that way well no I don't
but God can use the word always the fact
Paul likes the word always chapter 1
verse 2 we give thanks to God always for
you chapter 3 and verse 6 he brought us
good news of your faith in love and that
you always have good remembrance of us
chapter 4 verse 17 we shall always be
with the Lord here in chapter 5 verse 15
he says now you always pursue what is
good Paul likes the word always you say
we rejoice always sometimes I'm in
circumstances that are not very joyful
that's when you need to rejoice I'm
preaching to myself in spite of the
trials in spite of the difficulties we
should rejoice always our relationship
with God must be one of joy joyful
always in spite of trials now these
people were going through difficulty
chapter 1 verse 6 having received the
word in much affliction with joy of the
Holy Spirit chapter 2 verse 14 for you
brethren became imitators of the
Churches of God which are in Judea in
Christ Jesus for you also suffered here
were people going through suffering a
chapter 3 verse 3 that no one should be
shaken by these afflictions when you go
through first Thessalonians you find out
these people we're not sitting in a
summer Bible conference someplace
looking at a beautiful blue lake and why
Shiina clouds go by while somebody
preached they were in the midst of
affliction and yet he says rejoice why
that's what takes the poison out of
problems if we don't rejoice we end up
getting poisoned
Paul writes and says our light
affliction which is but for a moment is
working for us not against us a far more
exceeding and eternal weight of glory in
fact Paul says in Romans chapter 8 and
verse 18 I consider that the sufferings
of this present time are not worthy to
be compared with the glory which shall
be revealed in us not just to us but in
us well this is an act of will God says
you rejoice God is not going to be
satisfied until we are happy in his will
he'll do everything he has to do to get
us to the place where we are happy in
his will that must be why James wrote my
brethren count it all joy when you fall
into various trials knowing that the
testing of your faith produces endurance
and endurance goes on to make character
and to make you what God wants you to be
secondly our relationship to God should
be not only joyful but it should be
trustful prayerful submitted to God pray
without ceasing that does not mean you
go around muttering prayers it doesn't
mean you have to always be on your knees
our inmost desires are expressions of
prayer turn in your Bible to Psalm 10
Psalm 10 and verse 17 the psalmist
speaks and he says this Lord you have
heard the desire of the humble you will
prepare their heart you will cause your
ear to hear now God hears the desire
long before he hears the prayer you see
when you and I have desires in our
hearts for our own lives for the church for
for
loved ones those desires become prayers
and God hears them look at Psalm 21
verse 2 you have given him his heart's
desire and have not withheld the
requests of his lips you see the
requests on my lips comes from my heart
out of the abundance of the heart the
mouth speaks and therefore we are always
praying because we are always desiring
some 37 in verse 4 delight yourself also
in the Lord and he shall give you the
desires of your heart now if your
delight is in the Lord your desires will
be in his will when you delight in
someone you want only to do that which
is right so pray without ceasing simply
means let the desires of your heart
moment by moment be directed into the
things of God may not always to pray and
not to faint Luke 18:1 let's be careful
that the desires of our heart are all
that God wants them to be now he goes on
to say not only should we be joyful and
prayerful we should be thankful those
two go together don't they
Paul gives us a good example right in
this letter over and over again you find
him giving thanks chapter 1 verse 2 we
give thanks to God chapter 2 verse 13
for this reason we also thank God
chapter 3 verse 9 for what thanks can we
render to God and it goes on in 2nd
Thessalonians chapter 1 verse 3 in
chapter 2 verse 13 Paul was in prison
and yet he'd give thanks read
Philippians Paul was separated from his
friends in Thessalonica and yet he's
giving thanks read 1st Thessalonians as
you're read Paul's letters you find this
thankful spirit Paul was a great
appreciate or by the way if you want to
take the poison out of life if you want
to sand down some of the rough corners
of life just learn to be thankful oh
it's a hard lesson to learn but we need
to learn how to give thanks
in everything give things when we give
thanks it shows that our great desire is
to please God he commanded me to give
things that's his will therefore I
should do it when we give thanks for
pleasing God when we give thanks we're
trusting God we're saying I don't
understand this
I would rather not be in this hospital
or this cemetery at this funeral service
or whatever we may be going through but
father I'm gonna give thanks even though
I don't understand because I believe you
love me and I believe you're going to
care for me and I believe this is your
will when you give thanks for everything
you're practicing Romans 8:28 and you
know it frees you from pride when you
learn to be thankful to the Lord it
lifts your heart to him and you get your
hands off of the things that he ought to
be directing it takes care of pride it
takes care of greed oh how greedy we get
how covetous we are and we learn to give
thanks and that takes the the greed out
of our hearts thank you father for what
you've done thank you for what you've
given instead of complaining about what
we don't have let's learn to give thanks
for what we do have this is an
atmosphere of growth and God alone can
make it possible
rejoice always be joyful pray without
ceasing be prayerful in everything give
thanks be thankful for this is the will
of God in Christ Jesus for you whatever
God commands he enables God's
commandments are God's enable months
therefore he can help us do this now
look at verse 24 he who calls you is
faithful who also will do it now let's
trust him to do it let's start asking
God Oh Lord make me joyful help me to be
prayerful help me to be thankful because
this is your will and I want to please
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