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"In sanctification and honour."

Text: 1 Thessalonians 4:4

THE CALL TO EXERCISE DISCIPLINE

The matter of immorality was of great importance. Thus Paul and Silas pursued the matter further.

“That each of you should know how to possess his own vessel
in sanctification and honour, not in passion of lust,
like the Gentiles who do not know God.”

1 Thessalonians 4:4-5

1. “That each of you should know how to possess his own vessel”

a) “Each of you”

i) This is a reference to the individual.

ii) Each person is responsible to maintain a high moral standard.

b) “How to possess his own vessel”

i) This is a reference to the human body.

ii) Paul used the word “vessel” in 2 Timothy 2:20-21.

iii) Every believer should desire to be a clean vessel of honour for the Lord.

c) “In sanctification and honour”

i) There must first be sanctification.

ii) Honour follows after.

2. “Not in passion of lust”

a) The root is disclosed.

b) The problem is the lust of the flesh.

3. “Like the Gentiles who do not know God”

a) The word “Gentile” is not a racial term.

b) It represents people who do not know God.

i) They do not acknowledge God.

ii) They pay no attention to God’s commandments.

iii) They think nothing of sexual immorality.

4. Urgent word of Exhortation

a) Paul and Silas argue on the side of high morality.

b) Our faith in the Lord should cause us to desire the practice of sanctification.