“THE CHRISTIAN’S LABOR” – 2 OF 6
1 THESSALONIANS 5:14
1. The COMING Day of the LORD. (5:1-3)
2. The CHILDREN of the Light. (5:4-8)
3. A COMFORTING Legacy. (5:9-11)
4. The CHRISTIAN’S Labor. (5:12-24)
I. FIRST Triplet of Exhortation. (vv. 12-13)
II. SECOND Triplet of Exhortation. (v. 14)
a. STERNLY warn those who are idle and unruly. (v. 14a) Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly Deuteronomy 20:3-4; 2 Chronicles 19:10; Psalm 19:11; Jeremiah 6:10; Ezekiel 3:16-22; 33:3-9; Acts 15:32; 20:27, 31; 1 Corinthians 4:14; Colossians 1:28; 2 Thessalonians 3:11-13; Titus 1:6, 10
b. SOOTHE those that are timid and fainthearted. (v. 14b) comfort the feebleminded Job 4:4; Psalm 41:1; Isaiah 35:3-4; 40:1-2, 11; Ezekiel 34:16; Matthew 12:20; Luke 22:32; John 21:15-17; Acts 18:23; 20:12; Romans 14:1; 15:1-3; 1 Corinthians 14:3, 31; Galatians 6:1-2; 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12; Hebrews 12:12
c. SUPPORT and help those that are weak while being patient with them. (v. 14c) support the weak, be patient toward all men Acts 20:35; Isaiah 63:9; 1 Corinthians 13:4-5; 2 Corinthians 6:4; Galatians 5:22; Ephesians 4:2-3, 32; 5:1-2; Colossians 2:2; 3:12-14; 4:8; 1 Thessalonians 4:18; 1 Timothy 3:3; 6:11; 2 Timothy 2:24-25; 4:2; Hebrews 5:2; 13:3
