A Set-Apart Church
1 Thes. 4:1-8
A Set-Apart Church
I.
Set-Apart in our Walk before God (4:1).
Eph 2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the
course of this world, according to the prince of the power
of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of
disobedience:
A Set-Apart Church
I.
Set-Apart in our Walk before God (4:1).
1 Thes. 2:12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you
unto his kingdom and glory.
1 Thes. 4:12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without,
and that ye may have lack of nothing.
2 Thes. 3:6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that
walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
2 Thes. 3:11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you
disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
A Set-Apart Church
I.
II.
Set-Apart in our Walk before God (4:1).
Set-Apart to the Will of God (4:2-6).
Sanctification – purity.
A Set-Apart Church
II.
Set-Apart to the Will of God (4:2-6).
1 Tim. 4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of
the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in
purity.
1 Tim 5:22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other
men's sins: keep thyself pure.
2 Tim. 2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith,
charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
“We keep prostitutes for
pleasure; we keep
mistresses for the day to
day needs of the body;
we keep wives for the
begetting of children and
for the faithful
guardianship of our
homes.”
Demosthenes
A Set-Apart Church
I.
II.
Set-Apart in our Walk before God (4:1).
Set-Apart to the Will of God (4:2-6).
Rom 6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness
unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead,
and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
A Set-Apart Church
I.
II.
Set-Apart in our Walk before God (4:1).
Set-Apart to the Will of God (4:2-6).
Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that
ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable service.
A Set-Apart Church
I.
II.
Set-Apart in our Walk before God (4:1).
Set-Apart to the Will of God (4:2-6).
Rom 1:24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the
lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between
themselves:
A Set-Apart Church
I.
II.
Set-Apart in our Walk before God (4:1).
Set-Apart to the Will of God (4:2-6).
2 Cor. 2:11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not
ignorant of his devices.
A Set-Apart Church
I.
II.
III.
Set-Apart in our Walk before God (4:1).
Set-Apart to the Will of God (4:2-6).
Set-Apart to the Way of God (4:7-8).
Gal 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust
of the flesh.