Sermon Notes October 20, 2013

I. The key word in this passage is the word _______________. (1 Thessalonians 4:3)
A. Sanctification is a word that means a life of continued ____________ toward the kind of life that God wants us all to live.
1. To be ____________ means simple to “belong to God.” (Hebrews 10:10)
2. Sanctification is the ____________ in the way we live that happens because God makes us holy. (1 John 3:2)
B. Paul’s emphasis is on the importance of continued ____________. (1 Thessalonians 4:1)
1. Paul says, “do what we taught you to the ____________.”
2. Don’t be satisfied with where you are … keep ____________.
II. Three areas that provide a test of our _______________ toward the kind of life that pleases God.
A. Growth toward greater ____________ purity.
(1 Thessalonians 4:3-8)
B. Growth toward ____________ other Christians in ways that please God. (1 Thessalonians 4:9-10 … 1 John 4:20-21)
C. Growth in the ____________ of our lives.
(1 Thessalonians 4:11-12)


Next Sunday’s Message … “The Most Important Missionary you Know” (Matthew 5:13-16) … Steve Lee preaching