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1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 ESV

1. Sanctification:

Reveal Answer

(vv. 1-3a)
- The danger of

and the deceitfulness of sin are the reasons for this urgency
- John Owen: “Be killing

, or

will be killing you.”
- To be sanctified is to be

2. Sanctification:

Reveal Answer

(vv. 3b-8)
- Sexual Immorality: Sex outside of the marriage

between one man and one woman
- Ongoing unrepentant sexual immorality is incompatible with

- Pride and self-righteousness cause you and those around you to keep

in the

3. Sanctification:

Reveal Answer

(vv. 9—12)
-

guards against sexual immorality and all kinds of sin
- Pride and self-righteousness are the

of brotherly love
- Instead of saying “I’m better than you,” brotherly love says “I’m

for you.”
- Brotherly love seeks not to be an unnecessary burden, but rather positions itself to be able to

burdens

4. Sanctification:

Reveal Answer

- Fight to believe the

in its fullness
- As you are more and more sanctified, hope in

grows more and more

“The Lord Jesus has undertaken everything that His people’s souls require: not only to deliver them from the

of their sins, by His atoning death, but from the

of their sins, by placing in their hearts the Holy Spirit; not only to

them but also to

them. He is, thus, not only their ‘righteousness’ but their ‘sanctification.’”
- J.C. Ryle