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¹ Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

² For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

³ For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

⁴ That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

⁵ Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

⁶ That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

⁷ For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

⁸ He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

⁹ But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

¹⁰ And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;

¹¹ And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

¹² That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

¹³ But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

¹⁴ For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

¹⁵ For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

¹⁶ For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

¹⁷ Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

¹⁸ Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

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Submiracle's 1 Thessalonians Chapter 4 comment on 3/24/2026, 12:04pm...

Sermon Outline: Ambassadors for the King

Key Texts: 1 Thessalonians 4:8, 2 Samuel 10:1-6

Target Audience: Evangelism Teams

Objective: To remind the team of their divine commission, reframe rejection as a spiritual reality, and empower them with the authority and identity they have in Christ.

Introduction: The Fear and The Truth

(Start with a relatable question)

"Good morning, team. As we prepare to go out, what's the one thing that can tempt us to stay silent? It's the fear of rejection, isn't it? The fear of being dismissed, ridiculed, or despised."

"But what if I told you that when you are rejected, it's often not about you at all? What if we could see that rejection through God's eyes? Our key verse for today gives us this divine perspective:

Read 1 Thessalonians 4:8: 'He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.'"

"This isn't just Paul's opinion. He's drawing on a principle that runs through all of Scripture. To understand the weight of this, we need to go back to the story of a king and his shamed messengers."

Point I: The Commission - You Are Official Representatives

You don't go in your own name; you go as an Ambassador.

Our core identity is found in 2 Corinthians 5:20: "We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us."

An ambassador doesn't speak their own words; they deliver the message of their king. They don't operate on their own authority, but on the authority of the one who sent them.

Your sending is connected to Christ's own mission.

Jesus said in John 20:21: "As the Father has sent me, I am sending you."

Think about that! The same authority, the same purpose, the same divine backing that Jesus had from the Father, He now extends to us.

Application: "When you step out that door today, you are not just a volunteer. You are a credentialed representative of the King of Kings. You carry a message of reconciliation on His behalf."

Point II: The Co

Duncan's 1 Thessalonians Chapter 4 comment on 10/19/2022, 6:08am...

Just to add to what others have said

Matthew 22:32 what is written

Remember he is the God of the living, I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'[a]? He is not the God of the dead but of the living."

When believer dies he goes to be with the father

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