Pleasing God I Thessalonians 4:1-12

As we continue in Thessalonians, we find Paul challenging the church to please God in their daily lives (4:1-2). The question here is: “How can I claim to know God and not seek to please Him?”
Paul offers two instructions regarding pleasing God.

I. Live with

(vv. 3-8)

II. Live with

(vv. 9-12)


    For further study:
  1. What has happened to the virtue of self-control in our culture? Please give reasons for your response.
  2. Why does Paul affirm marriage (a man and a woman) as the only relationship for sexual intercourse? See Genesis 1-2; I Corinthians 7
  3. How are the Ten Commandments “Liberating Limits” on our behavior?