• 1Thess 5:14 gives Instructions regarding responsibilities we have toward others

• 1Thess 5:14 gives Instructions regarding responsibilities we have toward others

• Written by Paul to church in Thessalonica

• 1Thess 5:14 gives Instructions regarding responsibilities we have toward others

• Written by Paul to church in Thessalonica (church established Acts 17)

• 1Thess 5:14 gives Instructions regarding responsibilities we have toward others

• Written by Paul to church in Thessalonica (church established Acts 17)

• Paul Exhorts (implore or beg) them to DO

• 1Thess 5:14 gives Instructions regarding responsibilities we have toward others

• Written by Paul to church in Thessalonica (church established Acts 17)

• Paul Exhorts (implore or beg) them to DO• To brethren (Christians) not just preachers

or elders

• WARN THEM THAT ARE UNRULY

• WARN THEM THAT ARE UNRULY– "Unruly" = "disorderly, out of the ranks;

irregular 1Thess 5:14;

• WARN THEM THAT ARE UNRULY– "Unruly" = "disorderly, out of the ranks;

irregular 1Thess 5:14; • Same word in 2Thess 3:6 "withdraw" from

"disorderly"

• WARN THEM THAT ARE UNRULY– "Unruly" = "disorderly, out of the ranks;

irregular 1Thess 5:14; • Same word in 2Thess 3:6 "withdraw" from

"disorderly"– Unruly members are to be warned

• WARN THEM THAT ARE UNRULY– Many afraid of offending; but not of allowing

sin to run its course Gal 6:1; Jas 5:19

• WARN THEM THAT ARE UNRULY– Many afraid of offending; but not of allowing

sin to run its course Gal 6:1; Jas 5:19– Possible to fall - we must guard against

falling 1Cor 10:12; Gal 5:4

• COMFORT THE FEEBLEMINDED

• COMFORT THE FEEBLEMINDED– Not intellectual - ASV, NASB "encourage the

fainthearted"

• COMFORT THE FEEBLEMINDED– Not intellectual - ASV, NASB "encourage the

fainthearted" Dr. Leonard Crammer a psychiatrist who specialized 30 years treating depressed people said, "The human being is the only species that can't survive alone. The human needs another human being otherwise he is dead! A telephone call to a depressed person can save a life. An occasional word, a ten-minute visit, can be more effective than twenty-four hours of nursing care. You can buy nursing care. You can't buy love."

• COMFORT THE FEEBLEMINDED– Word "exhort" very close to word comfort

or encourage Heb 3:12-13; 1Tim 4:13; Heb 10:25

• COMFORT THE FEEBLEMINDED– Word "exhort" very close to word comfort

or encourage Heb 3:12-13; 1Tim 4:13; Heb 10:25

– Many ways to encourage others: show concern for and confidence in them

• COMFORT THE FEEBLEMINDED– Word "exhort" very close to word comfort

or encourage Heb 3:12-13; 1Tim 4:13; Heb 10:25

– Many ways to encourage others: show concern for and confidence in them

– Warn the unruly, but COMFORT the feebleminded

• SUPPORT THE WEAK

• SUPPORT THE WEAK– Not physically weak but spiritually weak.

There are reasons for being spiritually weak just as for those who are physically weak

• SUPPORT THE WEAK– Not physically weak but spiritually weak.

There are reasons for being spiritually weak just as for those who are physically weak• Newly converted, "weak" for awhile - like

babies but must grow 1Pet 2:2

• SUPPORT THE WEAK– Not physically weak but spiritually weak.

There are reasons for being spiritually weak just as for those who are physically weak• Newly converted, "weak" for awhile - like

babies but must grow 1Pet 2:2 • Some have been members for years but

never grown spiritually Heb 5:12-14

• SUPPORT THE WEAK– Weak must be supported - NASB and NIV

"help the weak"

• SUPPORT THE WEAK– Weak must be supported - NASB and NIV

"help the weak" – Infant not left to care for self; but often

new converts, receive little teaching Matt 28:18-20 "teach," "baptize," and "teach"

• SUPPORT THE WEAK– Weak must be supported - NASB and NIV

"help the weak" – Infant not left to care for self; but often

new converts, receive little teaching Matt 28:18-20 "teach," "baptize," and "teach"

– Heed admonitions in passages like Rom 15:1; Phil 2:4

• BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN

• BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN– Patience = forbearance, long-suffering;

that quality of self-restraint in provocation that does not hastily retaliate or promptly punish. It involves ideas of continuance or endurance

• BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN– Patience = forbearance, long-suffering;

that quality of self-restraint in provocation that does not hastily retaliate or promptly punish. It involves ideas of continuance or endurance

– Essential to salvation Heb 10:36, 38; 12:1; 2Pet 1:6

• BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN– Toward ALL men

• BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN– Toward ALL men

• Patient in helping all

• BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN– Toward ALL men

• Patient in helping all• Patience in warning unruly

• BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN– Toward ALL men

• Patient in helping all• Patience in warning unruly • Patient comforting discouraged

• BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN– Toward ALL men

• Patient in helping all• Patience in warning unruly • Patient comforting discouraged• Patient helping weak

• BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN– Toward ALL men

• Patient in helping all• Patience in warning unruly • Patient comforting discouraged• Patient helping weak

– Paul worked with Corinthians with patience 2Cor 12:12

• We have a responsibility to each of these four groups: Warn unruly; comfort Feeble-minded; Support the weak; Patient with all

• We have a responsibility to each of these four groups: Warn unruly; comfort Feeble-minded; Support the weak; Patient with all

• Are we fulfilling our responsibilities in each of these areas?

• We have a responsibility to each of these four groups: Warn unruly; comfort Feeble-minded; Support the weak; Patient with all

• Are we fulfilling our responsibilities in each of these areas?

• It takes mature full grown Christians to shoulder these responsibilities successfully