WFJ-37 900121AM OUR FOCUS THIS MORNING: I Th. 2:19-20 The second great upward look of this epistle – In brief it crystalizes our FUTURE JOY OF HOMEGOING   You remember chapter one as it emphasized our PRESENT HOPE OF SALVATION.   There are two vital aspects we learned: 1] In salvation we were wondrously placed […]

WFJ-23 970720PM LIVING PURITY—How to be Blameless When Jesus Comes for YOU! (I THESSALONIANS 4:1-8). The city of Thessalonica is a thriving city – the second largest in Greece today. In Paul’s day that meant lots of temptations for the eyes, the mind, and the flesh.   What did he prescribe? Abstinence from anything that […]

WFJ-25 970914PM In God’s book, a lack of love is the worst situation a person could enter. In fact, God considers loveless living much worse than things we consider repugnant. Love is critical to God, a lack of it is fatal. In Ezekiel 16.49 the Lord tells Israel their condition is fatal because of their […]

WFJ-30 971130PM The most comforting passage in the Word of God is in II Corinthians where the word ”comfort is used 10 times in 5 verses. Note the origin of comfort: 1. v. 3 THE SOURCE OF COMFORT IS God’s DEVOTION 2. v. 4 THE SHARING OF COMFORT is God’s delight 3. v.5 THE SUPPLY […]

WFJ-29 971116PM Look for a moment if you would please to our portion of study tonight: First Thessalonians 4:18 Therefore comfort one another with these words. NKJV. Martin Rinkart was a pastor at Eilenberg, Saxony during the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648). Because Eilenberg was a walled city, it became a severely overcrowded refuge for political […]

WFJ-38 900128AM A man, perhaps 45 years old. A believer for about 17 years sits to pen a letter to a precious band of saints. It was the Thessalonians who had listened and embraced the gospel on his second outreach from the church at Antioch.   Gives the theme for an EPITAPH! Found in excavations […]

WFJ-33 971228PM LIVING IN GOD’S FAMILY: It’s true. Nothing, absolutely nothing on this earth is more important to us when the chips are down than the members of our family. Do everything possible to cultivate those relationships.   Author, J. Allan Petersen, writing on this very subject, tells of a traumatic experience he endured that […]

WFJ-30 971207PM How can we prepare for the end of the world? By understanding God’s Word! What will a believer be like who is prepared? They will be: 1. LIVING CONFIDENTLY v. 1-2 But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you.2 For you yourselves know […]

WFJ-22 970608PM THE MYTH OF LUST: YOU ONLY GO AROUND ONCE SO GO FOR THE GUSTO! (I THES. 4:1-8). Researchers have found that even in the world of nature the myth persists that bigger is better. One group of scientists made a cardboard version of a female butterfly during mating season and placed it […]

WFJ-34 980111PM LIVING IN GOD’S FAMILY ( I THESSALONIANS 5:15-28): Imagine you are sitting down to eat a very special family meal. Say, Thanksgiving dinner. That’s not too hard to see how we just did so recently. But picture these folks around the table: a lifelong Irish Catholic IRA terrorist escaped from Dublin prison sitting […]