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Becoming Better Exhorters

Becoming Better Exhorters. 1Thes 2:1-12. 1.  Exhort (parakaleo) - "To call to a person. to call on, entreat. to admonish, to urge" (Vine, 217);  to console, encourage, strengthen, instruct, teach. cf. 1Tim 4:13 (15); Rom. 12:8. Becoming Better Exhorters.

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Becoming Better Exhorters

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  1. Becoming Better Exhorters

  2. 1Thes 2:1-12 1.  Exhort (parakaleo) - "To call to a person. to call on, entreat. to admonish, to urge" (Vine, 217);  to console, encourage, strengthen, instruct, teach. cf. 1Tim 4:13 (15); Rom. 12:8

  3. Becoming Better Exhorters I.  WHAT WE MUST USE TO EXHORT  A.  Source of Our Exhortations:  The Gospel - 1Ths 2:2-4; 2Tim 4:2; 1Cor 14:3   B.  Effective Exhortation Does Not Come From:    1.  Fables (fictitious, invented stories) - 2Tim 4:3 2.  Error – 1Ths 2:3     3.  Oratory, wisdom, philosophy or tradition of men - 1Cor 2:1, 4; Col 2:8

  4. Becoming Better Exhorters II.  PURPOSE OF EXHORTING ONE ANOTHER   A.  Instruction - Acts 13:15; 15:31   B.  Persuasion - Acts 13:43; 2:40; 11:23; 2 Cor. 8:4   C.  Strengthen - Acts 14:22; 11:23   D.  Comfort (consolation, encouragement) - Phil 2:1; 2Cor 1:3-7; Heb 6:17-18 III.  RIGHT & WRONG WAYS TO EXHORT - 1Ths. 2:1-12

  5. Becoming Better Exhorters IV.  TRAITS OF THE EXHORTER - Acts 11:22-24   A.  Considers His Brethren - 11:22 (Phil 2:3-4; 2Cor 11:28-29; Heb10:24)   B.  Assesses the Situation & Praises Whenever He Can - 11:23 (2Tim. 4:2)   C.  Avoids Hypocrisy - Acts 11:24 (Mt 7:1-5; 1 Tim 4:15-16)   D.  Full of the Holy Spirit - Acts 11:24 (Acts 6:3; Eph 5:18; Gal 5:16,18, 22-25)   E.  Person of Faith - Acts 11:24 (2Cor 5:7)

  6. Becoming Better Exhorters V.  ACCEPTING EXHORTATION   A.  Assess if it is Truth-Acts 2:40-41; 17:11   B.  Receive & Use it to Grow Stronger in Christ - Acts 11:24, 26

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