504 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 3 Part 4 Book 42 - I Thessalonians 5:1-12 - Part 2

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 4 * BOOK 42 I Thessalonians 5:1-12 - Part 2 Now let’s get right back where we left off in I Thessalonians chapter 5, and now verse 7. I Thessalonians 5:7-8 Now verse 9, and oh what a tremendous lesson for believers. I Thessalonians 5:9a "For God hath not appointed us (as believers ) to wrath. but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ," Paul alludes only to the day of Christ. Now verse 10. I Thessalonians 5:10a "Who died for us,…" Do you see how Paul is constantly bringing up that finished work of the cross, the Gospel of salvation? I Thessalonians 5:10b Now the word sleep here is a reference to physical death. Let’s look at a Scripture in Colossians chapter 3 and we’ll drop in at verse 3. Colossians 3:3a "For ye are dead,…" It dies, but brings forth new life, and that’s the allusion that Jesus makes in John’s gospel chapter 12. So to have eternal life, we have to die to the old Adam, that’s a premise of Scripture. Colossians 3:3 "For ye are dead, (you have been crucified with Christ according to Galatians 2:20) and your (eternal) life is hid with Christ in God." Let’s start with verse 20. John 12:20-21 Now Philip knew that Jesus had nothing to do with Gentiles all through His earthly ministry with the two exceptions that I’ve already alluded to. In the Old Testament and in Christ’s earthly ministry there were just a few exceptions, but in general the Gentiles had been left out, and Philip knew that. Jesus here in Matthew has now chosen the twelve in the first four verses, and now verse 5 of Matthew chapter 10. Matthew 10:5-6 Now folks that shakes people up. I said, "Well it certainly didn’t apply to Gentiles in His earthly ministry. Then Acts chapter 8 introduces us to Saul of Tarsus, who in Acts chapter 9 experiences his conversion on the road to Damascus, and a few verses later God tells Ananias – Acts 9:15 "But the Lord said, unto him, Go thy way: for he (Saul) is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles,…" So here in Matthew chapter 10 we have Jesus telling the twelve- Now come back to John’s gospel chapter 12, and do you think Philip had forgotten that in those 3 years? Andrew too knows that Christ only deals with the children of Israel, and so reading on in verse 22. John 12:22 "Philip cometh and telleth Andrew and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus." John 14:9 "Jesus saith unto him, (Philip) Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip?…" Then Jesus gives the reason He couldn’t go to the Gentiles, and it’s so obvious. Remember the reason I brought you back here was to show when we as believers have died to the old sin nature, up springs what? Verse 23. John 12:23 Now verse 24. John 12:24 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn (kernel) of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: (just a point of biology. It dies. That now because of what Christ has accomplished – yes new life can come up for every believers. Now on our way back to Colossians stop at Romans chapter 6, and verse 5. Good works cannot take the place of that kernel dying and reproducing. Romans 6:5a When Christ laid in the tomb, God saw every believer epitomized in that tomb experience. Now reading on in that last part of the verse. If God has identified with Christ on the cross, with Him in the tomb, then He can also identify in His resurrection. Romans 6:5b New life! See that’s why God has arranged spring time the way He arranged it. New life, resurrection, the whole nine yards. I think that’s another reason that God says, "Every man has been lighted that comes into the world." (John 1:9) Then verse 6. Romans 6:6 "Knowing this (as a believer now. Because that old man is dead, but out of that dead nature we get new life. Colossians 3:3 "For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God." You’ve been crucified with Christ. The old Adam has been put to death, and your eternal life, your new life in Christ, and where is it? It is hid with Christ in God. Here we are with Christ, and Christ is in that Godhead, and there we are, never to be removed. So for the true believer who is with Christ, we are hid in God, and then verse 4. Colossians 3:4 "When Christ, (the day of Christ) who is our life, shall appear, they shall ye also appear with him in glory." Now back to I Thessalonians chapter 5, and verse 10 again. I Thessalonians 5:10 "Who died for us, that, whether we wake ( the living) or sleep, (have died) we should live together with him." Now verse 11. I Thessalonians 5:11 If they’re believers we’re going to see them again. That’s our comfort. I Thessalonians 5:11 Paul thought the world of these Thessalonians, and do you know why? Now verse 12. I Thessalonians 5:12-13a #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible