DAY 632 - To be Holy (請按此處收聼廣東話Cantonese podcast click here)

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                               Today's Reading: 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8

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Bible Study

     Paul's main concern in this passage is holiness and especially in the area of sexuality. 

Bishop N.T. Wright says ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._T._Wright ) :
     Paul's clear instructions, then, are these. First, no fornication (v.3): this word includes all kinds of sexual practice outside marriage itself, and in Paul's world could refer particularly, though not exclusively, to the sacred prostitution at pagan temples.  Second, self-control within marriage: the wild and untamed lust that went on the rampage looking for new partners and new pleasures was to be brought into strict submission (vv.4-5). Third, no cheating of one another; verse 6a is probably a delicate way of referring to people effectively stealing one another's spouses.  Fourth, remember that these instructions are not only from God himself, but will be backed up by the judgement of the Lord (v.6b).

N.T. Wright. Paul for Everyone:Galatians and Thessalonians. Louisville,KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004, p.119.

      Do you have a personal problem concerning with any of those sins above? How can you help those you know having problem with that? 

      
Let's have a time to be still and give the Holy Spirit space to speak through the passage we have just read. Offer this time up to Jesus as you listen to him, while listening to "Gabriel's Oboe":  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmax47l2hLU

Spiritual Journal

    The title I heard from Jesus today is: To be holy

    What I got from Jesus today is a call to live a life of holiness. Every Christian should know that is the way we need to live out. But, are you able to live it out?What could you do if you are unable to follow a holy living?

    Remember, Paul says, "He who rejects this instruction does not reject man but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit." Reject God?! Oh, no!

    To be holy is God's command and his call to you! 

Dear Lord Jesus,

Lead us to be holy because you are holy. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

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