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FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE

FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE. 1Thess 5:14 gives Instructions regarding responsibilities we have toward others. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE. 1Thess 5:14 gives Instructions regarding responsibilities we have toward others

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FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE

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  1. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE

  2. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • 1Thess 5:14 gives Instructions regarding responsibilities we have toward others

  3. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • 1Thess 5:14 gives Instructions regarding responsibilities we have toward others • Written by Paul to church in Thessalonica

  4. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • 1Thess 5:14 gives Instructions regarding responsibilities we have toward others • Written by Paul to church in Thessalonica (church established Acts 17)

  5. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • 1Thess 5:14 gives Instructions regarding responsibilities we have toward others • Written by Paul to church in Thessalonica (church established Acts 17) • Paul Exhorts (implore or beg) them to DO

  6. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • 1Thess 5:14 gives Instructions regarding responsibilities we have toward others • Written by Paul to church in Thessalonica (church established Acts 17) • Paul Exhorts (implore or beg) them to DO • To brethren(Christians) not just preachers or elders

  7. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE

  8. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • WARN THEM THAT ARE UNRULY

  9. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • WARN THEM THAT ARE UNRULY • "Unruly" = "disorderly, out of the ranks; irregular 1Thess 5:14;

  10. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • WARN THEM THAT ARE UNRULY • "Unruly" = "disorderly, out of the ranks; irregular 1Thess 5:14; • Same word in 2Thess 3:6 "withdraw" from "disorderly"

  11. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • WARN THEM THAT ARE UNRULY • "Unruly" = "disorderly, out of the ranks; irregular 1Thess 5:14; • Same word in 2Thess 3:6 "withdraw" from "disorderly" • Unruly members are to be warned

  12. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • WARN THEM THAT ARE UNRULY • Many afraid of offending; but not of allowing sin to run its course Gal 6:1; Jas 5:19

  13. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • WARN THEM THAT ARE UNRULY • Many afraid of offending; but not of allowing sin to run its course Gal 6:1; Jas 5:19 • Possible to fall - we must guard against falling 1Cor 10:12; Gal 5:4

  14. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • COMFORT THE FEEBLEMINDED

  15. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • COMFORT THE FEEBLEMINDED • Not intellectual - ASV, NASB "encourage the fainthearted"

  16. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • COMFORT THE FEEBLEMINDED • Not intellectual - ASV, NASB "encourage the fainthearted" Dr. Leonard Crammer a psychiatrist who specialized 30 years treating depressed people said, "The human being is the only species that can't survive alone. The human needs another human being otherwise he is dead! A telephone call to a depressed person can save a life. An occasional word, a ten-minute visit, can be more effective than twenty-four hours of nursing care. You can buy nursing care. You can't buy love."

  17. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • COMFORT THE FEEBLEMINDED • Word "exhort" very close to word comfort or encourage Heb 3:12-13; 1Tim 4:13; Heb 10:25

  18. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • COMFORT THE FEEBLEMINDED • Word "exhort" very close to word comfort or encourage Heb 3:12-13; 1Tim 4:13; Heb 10:25 • Many ways to encourage others: show concern for and confidence in them

  19. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • COMFORT THE FEEBLEMINDED • Word "exhort" very close to word comfort or encourage Heb 3:12-13; 1Tim 4:13; Heb 10:25 • Many ways to encourage others: show concern for and confidence in them • Warn the unruly, but COMFORT the feebleminded

  20. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • SUPPORT THE WEAK

  21. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • SUPPORT THE WEAK • Not physically weak but spiritually weak. There are reasons for being spiritually weak just as for those who are physically weak

  22. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • SUPPORT THE WEAK • Not physically weak but spiritually weak. There are reasons for being spiritually weak just as for those who are physically weak • Newly converted, "weak" for awhile - like babies but must grow 1Pet 2:2

  23. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • SUPPORT THE WEAK • Not physically weak but spiritually weak. There are reasons for being spiritually weak just as for those who are physically weak • Newly converted, "weak" for awhile - like babies but must grow 1Pet 2:2 • Some have been members for years but never grown spiritually Heb 5:12-14

  24. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • SUPPORT THE WEAK • Weak must be supported - NASB and NIV "help the weak"

  25. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • SUPPORT THE WEAK • Weak must be supported - NASB and NIV "help the weak" • Infant not left to care for self; but often new converts, receive little teaching Matt 28:18-20 "teach," "baptize," and "teach"

  26. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • SUPPORT THE WEAK • Weak must be supported - NASB and NIV "help the weak" • Infant not left to care for self; but often new converts, receive little teaching Matt 28:18-20 "teach," "baptize," and "teach" • Heed admonitions in passages like Rom 15:1; Phil 2:4

  27. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN

  28. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN • Patience = forbearance, long-suffering; that quality of self-restraint in provocation that does not hastily retaliate or promptly punish. It involves ideas of continuance or endurance

  29. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN • Patience = forbearance, long-suffering; that quality of self-restraint in provocation that does not hastily retaliate or promptly punish. It involves ideas of continuance or endurance • Essential to salvation Heb 10:36, 38; 12:1; 2Pet 1:6

  30. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN • Toward ALL men

  31. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN • Toward ALL men • Patient in helping all

  32. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN • Toward ALL men • Patient in helping all • Patience in warning unruly

  33. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN • Toward ALL men • Patient in helping all • Patience in warning unruly • Patient comforting discouraged

  34. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN • Toward ALL men • Patient in helping all • Patience in warning unruly • Patient comforting discouraged • Patient helping weak

  35. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN • Toward ALL men • Patient in helping all • Patience in warning unruly • Patient comforting discouraged • Patient helping weak • Paul worked with Corinthians with patience 2Cor 12:12

  36. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE

  37. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • We have a responsibility to each of these four groups: Warn unruly; comfort Feeble-minded; Support the weak; Patient with all

  38. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • We have a responsibility to each of these four groups: Warn unruly; comfort Feeble-minded; Support the weak; Patient with all • Are we fulfilling our responsibilities in each of these areas?

  39. FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO OTHER PEOPLE • We have a responsibility to each of these four groups: Warn unruly; comfort Feeble-minded; Support the weak; Patient with all • Are we fulfilling our responsibilities in each of these areas? • It takes mature full grown Christians to shoulder these responsibilities successfully

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