“ Short Commands”

 “Short Commands”

 

Do not quench the Spirit.  Do not despise prophecies.  Test all things; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil.  1st Thessalonians 5:19-22

 

The Apostle Paul, in his sermon to the Thessalonians, gave them and US, quite a few SHORT COMMANDS that we SHOULD carry out until JESUS returns, to gather up His Church.  Paul’s commands are to HELP us in our last days on earth. 

Let us look at some of these SHORT COMMANDS.  In verse nineteen he advises us to NOT QUENCH the HOLY SPIRIT.  The word QUENCH means to SUPPRESS, so the Apostle Paul tells us, “Do NOT QUENCH or SUPPRESS the work of God’s Holy Spirit.  We are to allow God’s Spirit to do His WORK in our LIVES, because He who calls you to do a specific work is FAITHFUL.  And we CAN and SHOULD TRUST His Calling on our LIVES. 

Another SHORT COMMAND of the Apostle is that we should NOT. DESPISE PROPHECIES, but we should TEST ALL THINGS that are said.  If it goes AGAINST the WORD of GOD (Bible) then it is FALSE, and you should refrain from what is said or being taught.  But you SHOULD HOLD FAST to what is GOOD! 

The next SHORT COMMAND is that we SHOULD ABSTAIN FROM EVERY FORM of EVIL.  Even to the APPEARANCE of EVIL that could cause someone else to SIN.  These are only a few of the commands.  They are the ones that are SHORT and SIMPLE but FOLLOWING them is a LONG and HARD walk, sometimes.  And we NEED HELP, that is where the HOLY SPIRIT, who LIVES IN US, comes in.  He is there to be our GUIDE, COUNSELLOR, and COMPANION. 

So, if you are a CHILD of the LIVING GOD, then my advice to you is to READ the whole chapter five of 1st Thessalonians for ALL of Paul’s SHORT COMMANDS. And if you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to GOD, then you are NOT a CHILD of GOD, and you’re facing GOD, who will pass JUDGMENT on you for FOLLOWING your SINFUL NATURE.  And REJECTING God’s Gift of SALVATION, and NOT FOLLOWING His SPIRIT but FOLLOWING the DEVIL, who will lead you to an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL it’s HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE, ONCE you are there. 

So, in order to ESCAPE such a DESTINY, you MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST.  You MUST BELIEVE that JESUS is the SON of GOD, and that He SHED HIS BLOOD to PAY the RANSOM for YOUR WRETCHED soul.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to HIM and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and FOLLOW these SHORT COMMANDS that are LED by His HOLY SPIRIT.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!   Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!