The first few verses show that we are to receive claims of truth, (but should test them by the Scriptures as the Bereans did). Prophecy is defined as 'a direct revelation from God, in the exact words of the Holy Spirit'. Not receiving the prophecy is 'quenching the Spirit'. God shows Moses what a prophet is by making Aaron Moses' 'prophet'. Our sanctification is the focus of the next few verses, followed by Paul's final call for prayer and his charge that this letter should be read to all the believers there in Thessalonica.
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Pastor Wagner has been an ordained minister of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church for 48 years, serving the Bayview congregation since 1983. He is a graduate of Westmont College (B.A., 1970) and Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia (M.Div., 1973), and in 1998 was...