TCN's Biblical Journey Dec 4th

Tell City Nazarene Church's Biblical Journey
With Pastor Charles Areson
Today's reading is 1 Thessalonians 3-5 and 2 Thessalonians 1


"Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not treat prophecies with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil." 1 Thessalonians 5:16-22


Two Sentences but 7 verses, it may seem a little weird but when you consider how much is in these two sentences it makes sense. There are seven entire messages a pastor could preach on in these verses. 


Here is my summary:
"Rejoice always,
(Rejoice in the Lord not in the circumstances because God never changes and not just on Sunday)

 pray continually,
(This is an attitude of prayer and continually means continually)

 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 
(Yes, God wants you to give thanks because of him not necessarily the circumstance)

Do not quench the Spirit. 
(Kinda like, don’t bite the hand that feeds you)

Do not treat prophecies with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good, 
(Don’t treat preached messages with contempt, but do see if they line up with scripture if they do apply them. Don’t dismiss what you don’t like)

reject every kind of evil." 

(Evil, the word here is related to pain, thus reject things which cause pain in others and yourself. Wrong actions always cause pain to you eventually so reject them.)