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1 Thessalonians 5 Look up, with Knees on the ground, and Nose in the Book. - Pastor David McGee

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Pastor David McGee

Date Taught: December 5, 2021

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Life Lessons Referenced

Life Lesson (1 Thessalonians 5:)

Get to know God by getting to know his Bible better and better by reading it and studying it every day.

Statement (1 Thessalonians 5:)

The names of the NT books
The names of the OT books
The Roman road
The 10 Commandments
Exodus 20 Deuteronomy 5 Deuteronomy 6 is the Shema
The 7 Feasts of the Lord in Leviticus 23
The Lord’s Prayer in Matthew

Life Lesson (1 Thessalonians 5:)

Crave your Bible more than you crave your phone, more than you crave food.

Life Lesson (1 Thessalonians 5:)

Jesus warned us not to be deceived. We need to get to know our Bibles personally more and more to prevent from being deceived. Jesus used the Word of God in His battle with the enemy.

Verses Referenced and Teaching Notes

Matthew 6:9-13 NKJV

9 “In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. 10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as [it is] in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. 13 And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

Matthew 24:33 NKJV

“So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near--at the doors!

Matthew 24:33 NLT

In the same way, when you see all these things, you can know his return is very near, right at the door.

Matthew 24:33 KJV

So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, [even] at the doors.

Matthew 24:42-46 NKJV

42 “Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. 43 “But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. 44 “Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. 45 “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season? 46 “Blessed [is] that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.

1 Peter 1:13 NKJV

Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest [your] hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

1 Peter 5:8 NKJV

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

1 Peter 5:8-10 NLT

8 Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. 9 Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith. Remember that your Christian brothers and sisters all over the world are going through the same kind of suffering you are. 10 In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.

Proverbs 4:16-19 NKJV

16 For they do not sleep unless they have done evil; And their sleep is taken away unless they make [someone] fall. 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence. 18 But the path of the just [is] like the shining sun, That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day. 19 The way of the wicked [is] like darkness; They do not know what makes them stumble.

Proverbs 4:17 NKJV

For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

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