1 Thessalonians 4
How do birds fight? Some birds apparently fight by making as much noise as possible. The other day I heard a flock of crows squawking in the trees. When the racket did not subside I decided to investigate what was disturbing them, and the neighborhood. Upon review, I counted six crows hollering about another critter in the tree. I could not see the reason that they were upset, but it was more than likely a hawk. Crows are territorial and very protective and they realize that the hawk is a predator. Eventually the racket stopped because the hawk decided it had enough noise and harassment for one day and left. In many ways we as people can be distracted from what God has for us by the noise of our society. In 1 Thessalonians 4, Paul instructs this new church to display the purity of their faith by living a holy life that is not preoccupied with sinful lusts (1-8). Next, he encourages them to love others instead of being preoccupied with personal influence (9-12). Finally, Paul encourages the church to have the perspective of hope in contrast to misguided fears about the future and grief over believers who have died (13-18). To avoid the raucous distractions of our world we would do well to heed this teaching on the purity of faith, the practice of love and the perspective of hope.
For more see 1 Thessalonians
How do birds fight? Some birds apparently fight by making as much noise as possible. The other day I heard a flock of crows squawking in the trees. When the racket did not subside I decided to investigate what was disturbing them, and the neighborhood. Upon review, I counted six crows hollering about another critter in the tree. I could not see the reason that they were upset, but it was more than likely a hawk. Crows are territorial and very protective and they realize that the hawk is a predator. Eventually the racket stopped because the hawk decided it had enough noise and harassment for one day and left. In many ways we as people can be distracted from what God has for us by the noise of our society. In 1 Thessalonians 4, Paul instructs this new church to display the purity of their faith by living a holy life that is not preoccupied with sinful lusts (1-8). Next, he encourages them to love others instead of being preoccupied with personal influence (9-12). Finally, Paul encourages the church to have the perspective of hope in contrast to misguided fears about the future and grief over believers who have died (13-18). To avoid the raucous distractions of our world we would do well to heed this teaching on the purity of faith, the practice of love and the perspective of hope.
For more see 1 Thessalonians
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