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NOW COMFORT AND EDIFY ONE ANOTHER WITH THIS 1
“Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.”
1 Thessalonians 5:11 (KJV)
The Church, from her inception, has suffered hostility, threats, political persecution, philosophical persecution, and both mental and physical torture.
All these are attempts to crush and destroy the mission of the Church.
Take note:
The Church is the aggregation of all the saints in Christ.
Therefore, don’t think of the Church as an institution separated from you. You are part of the very constitution of the Church. The Church is the body of Christ, the herald of God’s eternal purpose. The city is set on the hill, giving hope to a hopeless world. The Church is the torch of God in a world overwhelmed by gross darkness. It is the divine salt pack that preserves and gives taste to the earth.
This is why the adversary has always seen the Church as a threat.
There have been attempts to destroy the Church through heretical and deceptive doctrines.
Matters that are to bring hope to the Church were diluted with error. And it’s with the intention to corrupt the hope of the saints and produce fear in their hearts.
Over the centuries, the news of Jesus’s coming has been seen as news of doom for all mankind.
However, the coming of Jesus is a day of hope, joy, and the full manifestation of glory for those in Christ.
If you have followed these episodes on 1 Thessalonians 5, you should be established in this certainty: the believer is not appointed for wrath but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus, who died for us.
Paul the apostle addressed the matter of the coming of our Lord Jesus to comfort the hearts of the saints.
No matter how the people of the world will mock, persecute, or attack the Church, we must be comforted with the reality that our Lord cometh.
Take a look at verse 11 of 1 Thessalonians 5, again:
“Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.”
The sentence begins with “Wherefore”, the Greek word is “dio”, which simply means, “therefore”, or for which cause or consequently.
The word “dio” or “Wherefore” as used in the verse is a logical connector. It introduces an explanation that emphasizes the logical outcome or necessity of an action or belief.
Paul the apostle used “wherefore” in the verse to draw an inference from what he had previously stated.
This explains that as believers we are to comfort and edify one another on the grounds of this truth that:
– God has not appointed us to wrath.
– He has appointed us to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus, who died for us.
– And that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with the Lord Jesus.
No believer is to threaten another believer with the coming of Jesus.
Instead, we are instructed through the epistles to comfort one another with the news of the coming of Jesus.
Hallelujah!
BIBLE READING IN THE YEAR 2025
1 YEAR PLAN
2 Samuel 9-11
2 YEARS PLAN
Leviticus 3
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