1 Thes.5:19-22

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1 Thes.519-22

• Gods Hedges
• Five Hedges, Four Verses

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I Do Not Quench The Spirit, 19

• Quench suppress, stifle
• Nu.111-2
• Often figurative
• 2 Sm.2117, David
• 2 K.2217, Gods wrath
• S.S.87, love
• Mk.948, fire

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Holy Spirit Quenched?

• Ac.751, resisted
• This is perverse unbelief
• Ep.430, grieved (Gn.65-6)
• 1 Th.519, quenched
• Calloused conscience
• Hb.1029, insulted

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Fire extinguishers

• Water (direct approach). Ep.616
• Hb.1134 (cf. Dn.3). Jd.23
• Wet blanket (smother it)
• Mt.1220
• Weak, doubters, spiritually sick
• Mt.1322. 2 T.410, Demas
• Wear it out (neglect)
• Mt.258. 2 Tim.16

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II Do Not Despise Prophecies, 20

• Prophecy inspired utterance, forth-teller
• Perhaps they valued tongues above prophecy (as
  Corinth)
• Its easy to appeal to what is flashy
• What we really need is the word of God

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Despise

• Regard as nothing, treat w. contempt
• May despise by
• Hating the message, Je.36
• Ignoring the message, Hb.37
• Mt.2437-39
• Neglecting the message, Hb.23. Mt.225
• 2 Tim.43-4

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III Test All Things, 21

• Coins dump doctrines
• Test all things
• Some avoid spiritual tests
• 1. I dont argue over the Bible
• 2. Weve done this for years
• 3. Great names approve it (2 Th.21-3)

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The divine testing instrument

• Word of God
• Dt.131-5
• Highest test was not signs, but the Word already
  confirmed by highest signs
• 1 K.13, Gods word was firm
• 1 Jn.41-6, give them a test

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IV Hold Fast What Is Good, 21

• Hold firmly
• We test (20) not just to reject the bad, but to
  keep the good
• What is good
• Dont have to hold out, hold up, hold on, or
  hold anything!
• 1. 1 Co.152
• 2. Ph.312

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• 3. Col.219
• Not just attached to members
• 4. 1 Tim.612
• Olympic games
• 5. 2 Tim.113
• Thousands depend on opinion
• 6. Hb.36 (14)
• 7. Rv.311

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Hold on or else

• Backsliders begin by letting go of something
  they once held fast they gradually slip away . .
  .
• Denominations preach the impos-sibility of
  apostasy

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V Abstain From Every Form Of Evil, 22

• Abstain hold from, keep oneself from, keep away
• Opposite of hold fast, 21
• Every form of evil every kind of evil

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Many ways to go wrong

• Keep away from every form that wickedness may
  assume (43)
• 1. Immorality
• 2. Retaliation
• 3. Ingratitude
• 4. Rejection of prophecy

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• If there be any manifestation of evil, however
  slight, shun it at once. Flee from the lion's
  roar, and you need not dread his teeth