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Discipleship Focus: Character
- Character: Having the interior life that is necessary to support the work that God sets before a person. It is hearing from God and obeying. It is doing the right thing when nobody is looking.
Paul
continues to look into the lives of the Thessalonians. He continues to commend them! The Thessalonians continue to stand fast in
the Lord! They are continue to wrestle
against sexual impurity. They are
striving to control the desires of their flesh.
They are continuing to love one another.
They are minding their affairs.
They are doing the best that they can do. They are walking as an example to others.
That is
character. That is what God wants us to
do with our lives. God wants us to hear
His will, obey, and then let that witness bear into the lives of others. That is what the Christian walk is focused
upon.
So then
Paul turns to the natural result of having character. Those who embrace and welcome the character
of God into their life will be raised into life eternal. When Christ returns, we will be resurrected
with Him. That will be the greatest
fruit of character that we can ever taste.
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