Sermon Tone Analysis

Through much of the letter Paul has addressed individual people, but here he addresses the group as a whole, the entire Church

This is not intended to be all about me, but inevetblly part of todays message will be.

I.

The Work vs. 12-13

1 Thes 5:12

The leaders here are the elders of the Church.

As Baptists we can get frightened by the term elder, but it simply is one of the three titles for pastor (elder, Bishop, overseer) These were men who worked hard providing pastoral care for the flock

this most likely was in their spare time since in the early church leaders often carried full time Jobs outside the Church although Paul was not a Pastor he did this too, He was a tentmaker.

Paul describes these leader’s as being over you in the Lord.

every pastor has a position of leadership inside the Church and is responsible before God for those under his care

Paul describes theese leaders abs being over you in the Lord.

every pastor has a position of leadership inside the Church and is responsible befor God for those under their care

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This is a mighty charge and one that no Pastor Should take lightly

Paul gives three exhortations to the church with the Leaders in mind

They were to respect the leaders

esteem them

To live in Peace with each other

in verse 12 Paul tells the Church to give recognition to, this carries with it the meaning of respect.

This is not to say to hail them as king or to put them on a pedestal but rather to respect.

verse 13 tells the Church to regard them highly in Love.

verse 13 tells the Church to regard them highly in Love.

this should be an attitude as that all have toward Church leaders.

to treat them well and hold highly.

Many pastors are mistreated or even despised by some church members.

it is all too bad when this occurs Paul taught that all should be held in High esteem because of what their responsibilities were before God “because of their work” If there is no other reason to respect church leaders

this should be an attitude as that all have toward Church leaders.

to treat them well and hold highly.

in verse 12 Paul tells the Church to give reognition too, this carries with it the meaning of respect.

This is not to say to hail them as king or to put them on a petistol but rather to respect.

Many pastors are mistreated or even despised by some church members.

it is all too bad when this occurs Paul taught that all should be held in High esteem because of what their responsibilities were before God “because of their work”

Pray for your Pastor

97% of Pastors have been betrayed, fasly accused or hurt by trusted friends

70% of Pastors battle depression

7,000 Churches close each year

1,500 Pastors leave the ministery each month

10% of all pastors will retire as a pastor

80% of Pastors feel discouraged

94% of pastor’s families feel the presure of ministery

78% of Pastos hav no close friends

90% of Pastors report working 55-75 hours per week

I do around 70

Pray for me

The third instruction given was to live with each other in peace

verse 13 tells the Church to regard them highly in Love.

this shold be an attitude as that all have tward Church leaders.

to treat them well and hold highly.

Many pastors are mistreated or even dispised by some church members.

it is all to bad when this occurs Paul taught that all should be held in High esteem because of what there responsibilities were before God “because of there work” If there is no other reason to respect church leaders

in the Thessalonica Church peaceful relationships existed, and therefore Paul was encouraging them to maintain this

The third istruction given was to live with each other in pece in the thesolinica Church peaceful relationships existed, and therfore Paul was encougeing them to maintain this

II.

The Attitude 14- 18

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Every believer has four continuing responsibilities

1. pew warmers need to be warned.

Those who neglect their duties need to be stirred up to action.

2. the fainthearted need to be encouraged

these people tend to be discouraged more easily than most.

they need to be cheered up and encouraged to press on and extra help to live Christian life.

pew warmers need to be warrned.

Those who neglect thier duites need to be stired up to action.

3. Help the week:

these people have not yet learned to lean on the Lord as much as they should for their spiritual needs until they do they need strong support from other believers.

Obviously, all of us are week and need the strength that comes only from Christ but those who are new believers or week spiritually need more than most.

the faintharted need to be encourged theese beople tend to be discourged more easily than most.

they need to be cheered up and encourged to press on and extra help to live Christian life.

4. Be patient with them all:

one of the fruits of the spirit is being patient and this is the command here, to be patient with everyone.

this stems from the preceding three.

Help the week: theese people have not yet learned to lean on the Lord as much as they should for thier spirtual needs until they do they need strong support from other believers.

Obviously all of us are week and need the strength that comes only from Christ but those who are new belivers or week spirtually need more than most.

Be patient with them all: one of the fruits of the spirit is being patient and this is the comand here, to be pacent with everyone.

this stems from the preceding three.

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As we have been taking about patience we now come to the opposite,

retaliation, retaliation is not an option for a believer.

The one who has been wronged never has the right to repay

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It is not enough ho simply avoid evil, but one must also “peruse what is good” For a Christian doing good is not “I will if I can” but rather an action of consistently working at it.

This takes effort and is something we all must focus on

There are three commands here

1. Rejoice always

Rejoyce always

2. Pray without ceasing

Pray without ceasing

3. Give thanks in all circumstances

Give thanks in all cericumstances

Rejoice always

This is not a choice a christian should be in a constent state of joyfulness

2. Pray without ceasing

a.

A believer should have His mindswet on God all the time

3. Give thanks in all circumstances

a.

This connects to rejoicing always, it is easy to give thanks when things are going well, but not so much when going through a trial.

Illustrate Tim Tidwell

He ends this Point with theese three things are the will of God, Sometimes we wonder what is God’s will and at times it can be hared to determine, but we know as it directly says here that God wants us to Rejoyce always, pray without ceasing, and Give thanks in all circumstances

He ends this Point with these three things are the will of God,

sometimes we wonder what God’s will is and at times it can be hard to determine, but we know as it directly says here that God wants us to