I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read to all the holy brethren.
Paul’s First Letter to the Thessalonians
JUNE 2024 – 2025 —
1 CORINTHIANS
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Letters – Is he writing to me?
The short answer: YES.
In their epistles or 1st century church letters the Apostles and other men sent out by Jesus build up the saints [small – ‘s’] or members of local first century churches.
A Disciple or other witness of JESUS would write it. Messengers then delivered these church letters to many isolated worshipers.
Followers of Jesus Christ receive these letters as a major encouragement to their personal faith. Then leaders read them to worshipers of their church.
Although the Epistles 0r Letters to the Church were originally written to churches of the first century,
Romans through Jude will seem like letters to your 21st century church.
Most New Testament writers take on specific issues confronting faithful followers of Jesus Christ. These same issues continue to confront believers until the Lord’s coming again in these last days.
Certainly Christ our Lord will come again to those God has chosen for eternal life.
Believers currently suffer more than most of you who know Christ in your local church can imagine.
In other lands Christians continue to suffer by the hand of the ungodly.
Go into all the world
A 21st century Common Era church can see and hear nearly any atrocity of man or artificial imagination of sinful man’s mind, yet ‘christians‘ dare not speak of any absolute truth of the Lord God or talk of JESUS CHRIST.
Will YOU comment on Scripture and share the Gospel?
I invite you to read the inspired word of Scripture written in these LETTERS TO THE CHURCH.
Beloved brother or sister in Christ Jesus,
Will you read this ‘CHURCH LETTER’ and talk of JESUS through your comment, sharing and email to me about this ‘Letter to you?”
Is your family too busy to pray?
I am praying for my family today.
Romans 1:
9 God knows how often I pray for you.
Day and night I bring you and your needs in prayer to God, whom I serve with all my heart by spreading the Good News about his Son.
10 One of the things I always pray for is the opportunity, God willing, to come at last to see you.
15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear… [more from 1 Peter]
Are you ready for Christ Jesus?
O church, arise and put your armor on.
What is your Christian Social Witness?
DO YOU TALK OF JESUS ONLINE?
Most Christians who spend any time online (facebook, Pinterest, Twitter and other Social networking sites) RARELY mention Jesus.
Oh sure, some of us pin a poster with a nice verse. (Maybe a “Friend” might just happen to see it an get converted.) Do you really think this qualifies as talk of Jesus?
Jesus IS and will return on the clouds… perhaps any day now.
Certainly in terms of 2000 years since our Lord’s promise to return AFTER the Gospel is spread throughout the world, this 21st century must qualify as last days.
“Is there any oil in your lamp of social witness?
Put our your armor, church, my dear brothers & sisters in our Lord.
When everyone in our ‘SOCIAL’ networks is talking about every thing else, WHY are Christians so unwilling to talk of Jesus?
While we spend hour after hour in our ‘SOCIAL’ circles with hardly a mention of Jesus Christ, the Ephesians 6 armor of Christians has become rusty as Dorothy’s Tin Man. (Link provided, in case you forgot where you left your armor.)
Jesus is NOT going to take up everyone when He returns. Don’t you want your Christian Social Witness to help SAVE your ‘FRIENDS from hell?’
A definition may help 21st c. Christians get our ideas of armor out of the middle ages.
any tool or implement for preparing a thing
arms used in warfare, weapons
Another reference to this armor (from the same Greek word) provides additional encouragement for our witness.
– 2 Corinthians 6: We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain. 2 For He says:
“In an acceptable time I have heard you,
And in the day of salvation I have helped you.”
Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God… By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left…
Please SHARE your talk of Jesus with all of us and with your friends. ADD a Comment.
Our Christian Social Witness matters; but above all… before the battle…
O church, arise and put your armor on. *
* “O Church, Arise”
Words and Music by Keith Getty & Stuart Townend
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“Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.”
OH, I AM SO READY TO WORSHIP THE LORD WITH MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST IN THE MORNING, UNLESS HE RETURNS BEFORE THEN. Either way, we are so blessed!
Shared by Pam Fairchild Taylor
Were you blessed? Please share your Bible verses and comment on our posts. Thank you my dear sister in the Lord. – Roger