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Inverse.

Number 16. 1st Thessalonians.

Chapter 5. Verse number 16.

The Apostle Paul riding under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

Thus, the word of God.

Says Rejoice always.

Pray, without ceasing.

In everything give thanks for.

This is, the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Do not quench the spirit.

Do not despise prophecies, test all things, hold fast.

What is good?

Abstain from every form of evil.

Let's pray.

Our great God and mighty father.

We humbly bow before your presence once again.

Thanking you Lord, for the many blessings of this past year.

And thanking you Lord, for the many blessings that are to come to us in this new year.

Father, we ask you Lord to meet with us.

In a very special way this morning.

I pray God that you would use your word.

As what it is, a sword.

That would Pierce even the most hardest of hearts.

I pray Lord that's that.

We as Christians as we consider this new year to come and the many difficulties that every year brings Many even this morning are going through difficulties hardships of that, which they thought they would never have to face in this life.

Well, I pray that through your word.

You would encourage them.

father, I pray that they would find that this particular passage of scripture is a help to them, not only for today, but for our tomorrow, Paul, I pray again that you bless each person here.

Give us listening ears and hearts are receptive to your word and by your spirit, apply it to our heart and life.

No matter the situation that we are in Where is all of these things in Christ, name and all of God's people said, amen and amen.

Well 2022 was quite the year, was it not?

We have seen some some major culture cultural shifts.

You could say there was a lot to be thankful for as we look at our, our country as a whole.

And when we considered Roe versus Wade was overturned, that was an answer to prayer over many, many years.

But there was some awful things that took place in 2022.

We think about Russia, invading, Ukraine.

We think about the sharp rise in inflation.

Or even most recently in the latter part of this year.

The Respect for marriage act, that passed which legalized same-sex marriage for some awful things.

This past year was yet another year of that.

Just Left me and I know many of you just shocked at how fast our culture shift is taking place.

And the reason for this is that it is very likely that God has taken his restraining hand.

Off of our country and giving us over to our sin.

that's, We as a country or just doing dumb things.

Listen to me this morning seeing will make you dumb.

Now, you might have been done before your lymph living in sin, but it will make you dumber.

And, and that's so not trying to be Brash or facetious, I'm just being truthful.

Seeing will make you stupid.

And you see our country, the shade that she is in, in summer things that we are embracing a day, is nothing more than stupidity and foolishness and things that other countries are are laughing at us. at the things that we Embrace as quote on quote truth, What a question is, what will 2023 look like?

What will that this year?

Look like what?

It hold for us?

What is going to happen with the war is is Putin going to withdraw?

Or is he going to buckle down and and out of desperation do something.

Even more horrendous is inflation going to come down.

When we fall into an economic recession, will our rights and our liberties as Citizens be reduced even more in 2023.

What?

We don't know, right?

We don't know.

And we focus on all of these possibilities.

It's enough to drive us crazy right.

You think about all the possibilities of those things that could happen in the year to come and it's enough to drive you batty for sure.

So we don't know what the future holds but there is one thing we should know.

And that is we do know who holds the future that is God.

And so, rather than focusing on the unknown and live with the headline hysteria, I want to focus this next.

This next year, on seven things that are in this one short passage of scripture just 43 words and total That God commands us to a buddy.

I believe that in obedience to the seven commands, we will draw near to God.

No matter what happens, in our culture, no matter what, we are going through in the circumstances, in our life.

But before we look at the, the specifics of these commands, let me say some things about the commands that are found in God's word.

Now, it has been said that the Bible is not a book of commands.

The Bible is a book of principles.

Now, it is true that the Bible contains many principles that are to guide our lives.

That is true.

But I believe this statement as a whole is incorrect because the Bible contains many Commandments in the Old Testament and we think of the Ten Commandments There are numerous Commandments even in the New Testament, one specifically is the Great Commission that was given by Jesus Christ himself there.

Matthew chapter 28, verse number 19.

Jesus said, go therefore and make disciples that is a commandment.

That's not a recommendation or suggestion.

Jesus is giving a command here to the church go, and make disciples of all Nations, baptizing them in the name of the father, and of the Son, and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe, all things that I have.

What?

Commanded, you and low?

I'm with you always even to the End of the Age, there are numerous numerous Commandments that Jesus gave in the gospels.

One Rider stated that there was some 30 Commandments that Jesus elongate But what I want you to notice with me this morning in our text is that the grammar of 1st Thessalonians chapter 5, verses 16 through 20 to the grammar indicates that these are Commandments, these are imperative that are to be obeyed.

A Paul riding under the inspiration.

Of the, holy spirit is not giving us seven recommendation, AR7 suggestion for you to Rejoice.

Always are, you might think about praying without ceasing know.

These are Commandments again that are divinely inspired by God.

These are imperative that we must do and are expected to do if you are a child of God.

Now.

Somebody might say, well, that's legalism.

Listen it is not legal isn't to say that we should obey the Commandments of the New Testament that is not legalism.

Legalism is when we seek to obey them in our own strength.

I've been trying to Merritt God acceptance by that and then also flaunt those things that were trying to do amongst others.

I sense the Holy Spirit coming at Pentecost doing well.

Each and every Christian we have God's enabling power to do everything he commands us to do.

But listen every command that God gives us every command he gives us.

We can obey that command not in and on our on our own strength.

But by the enabling of the holy spirit of God,

To be under grace and not under the law, does not mean that there are no more commands.

It means that God now enables us to obey all that He commands through his enabling Grace and the feeling of his spirit in our lives.

But notice in addition to these being imperatives, these commands are also in the present tense with speaks of continuous action.