![]() No matter how tired they get, they've got to rage against the dying of the light. They should never give into the darkness and fall asleep. You, brothers and sisters, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, for you suffered the same things from your own. 1 Thessalonians Chapter 1 Bible Options + Text Size 1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. He tells the Thessalonians, "You are all children of light and children of the day we are not of the night or of darkness" (1 Thessalonians 5:5)-meaning that they are meant to act in a holy and illuminated way at all times. Maybe if someone could hand them a flashlight, they would be able to get a clue. Those who are in the dark can't make out what God wants to tell them. In Paul's world, light means that people can see the truth about God and follow a good and righteous path. He summons us to holiness (1 Thess 4:3), so that our lives may flourish (John 10:10) and we may. He ties this in with another one of his favorite images: light and darkness. His message to broken and fragile people is always redemptive. Mainly, that means living good Christian lives and not slacking off at all. Writing to a congregation of Gentile converts not long after he introduced them to the faith, Paul clarifies his teachings on a few points where the. They need to be alert and ready for when Jesus comes back. What does Paul mean by this? He's basically saying that Christians need to stay on their toes. Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing. It's All Greek to Us What the Greco part of that whole Greco-Roman world thing looked like. Paul's Travels A map of the Roman Empire, which highlights all of Paul's favorite vacation spots. Stand Strong by 116 Clique More hip-hop Bible, this time from 2 Thessalonians. For God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep we may live with him. This Christian rap group slow jams 1 Thessalonians on their album, 13. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, and put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. ![]() Let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober for those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night. ![]() Paul warns the Thessalonians not to nod off to sleep while they're waiting for Jesus to come back. Were they afraid of the dark? Or was there something else going on? You Snooze, You Lose But for Paul and the early Christians, falling asleep was not a good idea. ![]() Parents all over the world have invented little songs to get their children to just go the heck to sleep already. Without sleep, we turn into walking zombies in desperate need of Starbucks. ![]()
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