4 But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. 5 You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. 6 So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. 9 For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. 10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. 11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
Final Instructions
12 Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you. 13 Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. 14 And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone. 15 Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.
16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
19 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not treat prophecies with contempt 21 but test them all; hold on to what is good, 22 reject every kind of evil.
23 May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.
25 Brothers and sisters, pray for us. 26 Greet all God’s people with a holy kiss. 27 I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers and sisters.
28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
-1 Thessalonians 5:4-28
I am blessed to come from a long line of strong, Christian women but sometimes that strongness can turn bad and become stubbornness. I know it has for me a lot of times. We just need to remember who we are serving and the reason we are serving The One and the Only God. Like we all know, no one is perfect so these verses are good to try and live out but we do need to be reminded everyday of these verses if we what to live them out. I feel like this is another explanation in the Bible that explains what our inner being should be like. It should be peaceful, loving, prayerful, faithful, patience, encouragement, and so on should be following out of our lives onto others' lives. How else will they know that we are children of God?
Those verses are just some more verses that tell you how to live your life for God and the more verses I find like that, the more I really believe that is what the Bible is all about. It could be about how to live it at work, at home, or just in everyday life but the Bible is a Map to how to live life. It is amazing that no matter how many times you hear the same verse or verses over and over, they always have new meaning depending on the time and the situations you are in or thinking about. The Bible never gets old and it never fails us and never will. We will never be done reading and learning from the Bible because life is just full of lessons and the best way to learn how to handle those lessons is from the Bible.
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