“Staying On Course – I & II Thessalonians” Series
Lesson Five: “Getting Up To Speed”
I Thessalonians 4:1-12
Conquerors Sunday School Class – Sunday, August 22, 2021
Our Lesson’s Theme Verse is found in this passage of Scripture…
“For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.”
I Thessalonians 4:7
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Today’s Lesson Thought can be summed up in this one little Statement…
“God Desires That His Children Grow Up Wholly and Holy!”
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Lesson: “Getting Up To Speed”
I : Getting Going
- I Thessalonians 3:11-13, I Thessalonians 4:1-2, Acts 2:41-47, Galatians 3:1-5
II : Gaining Momentum
A: First of all, By Doing God’s Will
- I Thessalonians 4:3-8, I Corinthians 10:13-14, James 4:7-10,
I John 2:15-16, Genesis 3:1-6, Revelation 12:9, John 8:44,
James 4:2-5, James 4:7
B: By Following God’s Call
- I Thessalonians 4:7-8, Hebrews 10:19-25, Genesis 4:1-7, Genesis 4:16-24,
I Peter 1:15-16, I Corinthians 11:1, Ephesians 5:1-21, Philippians 3:17-21,
Ephesians 5:17-18, Genesis 6:5-7
III : Maintaining Forward Progress
A: By Loving our Brothers and Sisters in Christ
- I Thessalonians 4:9-10, I John 4:20
B: By Living Quiet Lives
- I Thessalonians 4:11-12, II Thessalonians 3:10, I Timothy 5:8
Conclusion:
What a blessing we could be, if only more like Jesus, we would choose to be! Child of God, which direction is your spiritual life moving today…frontwards or backwards??
What is keeping YOU from getting up to speed as you need to be for the One who has saved you??
Let me ask you today, child of God…what do you need to choose to do in order to either begin to or maintain to live more holy and righteous before God?? Will you be willing to do what it takes today to get up to speed as to where you need to be spiritually in your service for the Lord??
Hebrews 12:1 and 2 say, “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus…”
Please make the right choice today, child of God, and get up to speed as you continue growing in the Lord!