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


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



• Paul Exhorts (implore or beg) them to DO



• 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;


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

"disorderly"


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



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



– 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


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


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"


"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"


"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


• Patient in helping all


• Patient in helping all• Patience in warning unruly


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


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


• 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


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


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

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

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