God Wants You To Be Made Holy
Finally, brothers and sisters, we taught you how to live in a
way that pleases God. In fact, that is how you are living. In the name of the
Lord Jesus we ask and beg you to do it more and more.
You
know the directions we gave you. They were given by the authority of the Lord
Jesus.
God
wants you to be made holy. He wants you to stay away from sexual sins. He wants
all of you to learn to control your own bodies. You must live in a way that is
holy. You must live with honor. Don't long to commit sexual sins like those who
don't know God. None of you should sin against your brother by doing that. You
should not take advantage of him. The Lord will punish
everyone who commits those kinds of sins. We have already told you and warned
you about that. God chose us to live pure lives. He wants us to be holy.
So
if you refuse to accept my teaching, you turn your back on God, not on people.
God gives you his Holy Spirit.
We
don't need to write to you about love among believers. God himself has taught
you to love each other. In fact, you do love all the brothers and sisters all
around
Do
everything you can to live a quiet life. Mind your own business. Work with your
hands, just as we told you to. Then unbelievers will have respect for your
everyday life. And you won't have to depend on anyone.
1 Thessalonians 4:1-12
God
has the right to be troubled by our human tendency to ignore His clear
instructions. We are reminded so many times that we are to live in order to
please God. When we ignore the teaching of God, through our Savior Jesus, we
have no excuses. We have the Bible to guide us.
There is no good excuse for ignoring God.
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