Wednesday, 30 June 2021

Solid Ground: 1 Thes 5 (Meeting) - To Be Sanctified Wholly with Our Spirit, Soul, and Body Preserved Complete

Quantitatively, God sanctifies us wholly; 

Qualitatively, God preserves us complete, that is, He keeps our spirit, soul, and body perfect


Be preserved - active-passive :)

1. Our default situation - a deadened condition 

  • We must keep our spirit in a living condition - exercising (rejoicing, praying, and giving thanks) 
    •  "exercising" means to put in some effort (on the one hand, God is doing it; on the other hand, we need to cooperate by putting in some effort).  
    • Why our spirit sometimes feel heavy? We can see something, listen to something, etc. to deaden to our spirit 
  • Being passive - just to do nothing 
    • We need to be saved from this passivity 
    • Sometimes, we might be "saying too much" yet without any reality and content. The Lord 

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